Eau du Ciel Annick Goutal for women

It was a perfect September day. The bride carried orchids and wore satin and Eau du Ciel. That bride was me, and although EdC isn't your typical wedding day perfume, I loved it so much at the time that I simply couldn't get married in anything else. The most prominent note is linden (lime) blossom, and I recently discovered (Thanks Fragrantica!) that the lime tree is the lovers' tree in some mythologies, so maybe it wasn't such a weird choice after all.

Though no longer my favorite perfume, Eau du Ciel will always have beautiful memories associated with it for me. It is innocent and fresh and perfect for new beginnings.

Water from Heaven indeed...this perfume is amazing! When I uncapped and sniffed the juice in my vial for the first time I thought: "Wow! What a scent". It was powdery and almost vintage in it's smell (looking now, I see it WAS released in 1986). I had imagined it would be a sillage monster, but on skin it is a lovely almost angelic floral scent with just enough greens and an almost "misty" feel to it...

*Thanks Weegee for sharing some of this divinity with me*

This begins with an almost demure linden blossom (read citrusy, green floral) and clean rosewood beauty. Dry and woody, while being absolutely floral and fresh, no overly sweet rich nectar-oozing flowers here...just simple springtime airy blossoms waving cheerfully. NEVER have I smelled such a difference in a perfume from the bottle to my skin. THIS is somewhere between a nymph and a full-blown goddess! Annick's creations are simply amazing. Soft violets (leaves and all) cascade all around you, tickling your skin, as softly they are whispering: "play with us!". Neroli and iris walk hand-in-hand, neither stronger than the other; both soft and silky, and perfectly balanced. So warm, yet airy; EdC gives new meaning to a "floral" scent. This should have it's own category (or at least start one) like ethereal floral, or vernal floral bouquet. This, to me, is the scent after a light spring rain on newly blooming flowers of different types as the sun comes out, and it is all carried on the wind. As it blows softly all around you, it makes you stop (quite literally) and smell the flowers. To not do so would be to thumb your nose at Mother Nature herself!

Sillage: good
Longevity: average
Overall: 4/5

Many people (from reviews that I have read) complain AG's perfumes do not last or project all that well. Springtime florals do not last forever either, but while they bloom; they are truly a gift from Heaven. Thanks Annick, for this lovely gift of springtime itself, in a bottle. And thank you also, to the 'Powers That Be' for the gift of THESE flowers each and every year. Occasionally we all take a bit of "poetic license", here and there, in our reviews; but right now with this on my wrist and the spring wind coming in the open window...I cannot tell where one stops, and the other begins! A must have for the serious flower loving parfumista...

My favourite annick goutal perfume. It is getting difficult to find.I can smell the liden tree and the violets.It reminds me of my childhood,I don´t know why especially the holidays by the sea side going for walks with my grandmother. I use it for hot summer nights out with a dress and flats.Romantic and nostalgic.

(This review is for Eau de Toilette)

EAU DU CIEL is a clean, fresh and airy fragrance. I agree with other reviewers that it is mostly about orange blossom. The fragrance is clear and light on my skin. It reminds me of a summer morning in the country. I can wear this scent while drinking tea on the terrace and enjoying the morning sunshine. It smells more like a nature than a perfume.

I love linden scent. In EAU DU CIEL, the linden flowers are lightly sweet and fresh. I agree with Cereza’s opinion in the review below that the linden blossoms are not blossoming to its full potential in this scent. However, the opening still remains my favorite part of the fragrance with its shy linden flowers. It reminds me of the fresh wind on the summer morning. The fragrance continues to develop towards the orange blossom heart. I do not get violets at all. I find the heart notes a bit boring. I think the fragrance loses its translucent quality of a summer wind at this point and becomes more ordinary. The dry down notes continues on the trajectory of neroli – orange blossom. It is pleasant but not as captivating to me as the opening notes. I also get a bit of a sour note that Cereza also mentioned in her review.

I admire how natural EAU DU CIEL smells. I do love the opening notes of this fragrance and I wish they would last longer. As usual with niche perfumes I would like to suggest trying a sample before buying.

I was sure that I will enjoy Eau du Ciel, because my first encounter with linden blossoms where in Eau de Noho by Bond no9 and I simply loved it, so I was expecting something really special from Eau du Ciel as well. And here my beloved violet is present as well.

So, the problem with me is that I get TONS of orange blossom. I can't say which, but one if the notes + orange blossom makes a really sour and weird feeling. Violet is not present for my nose. Or blended with orange blossom makes that weird stuff on my wrist. And now about my beloved linden...it is here, a lot, but I just don't get it. In Eau de Noho it wasn't just the sweetness, it was the sun, pureness, comfort captured in that note, but in Eau du Ciel it's just the honey-like sweetness that makes the orange-blossom freshness fuss even more unlikeable.

Eh...I was expecting so much more!

I happily wore this in my mid 20's in the 90's. On my skin, this was an airy, powdery scent, with a crisp freshness of leaves and petals. I really liked this scent, bought it twice! I was all about Annick Goutal at the time.

This scent is primarily orange blossom on me, with a slightly pungent green dimension, mostly in the top notes-
Eau de Ciel has considerably more presence than many of the other niche fragrances that I've tried, which is a definite plus! ( .5 ml has lasted 7 hours, and is still going strong!)
My favorite AG so far...

Eau du Ciel is an intensely nostalgic scent. It smells like the countryside in spring after a sun shower: warm, wet hay; evaporating puddles; tiny violets; grass and a hint of dirt. It’s gentle and unsophisticated, but true to the moment that created it, revealing a delicate and youthful sincerity. This isn’t the type of fragrance a person wears to impress anyone, or to receive compliments, or to feel sophisticated. It’s the type of fragrance that touches your soul because it has a soul of its own. Annick Goutal must have been a genius because she captured nature, spring and childhood in a bottle. There are thousands of perfumes available to purchase, but only a handful are truly works of art. I can only hope that I’ll always be fortunate enough to own a bottle, and the passport to pure, pastoral innocence that it cradles inside.

I received my 3.4 oz spray bottle of this today and what a luxury! On my skin the fragrance is lovely and indeed like the waters of heaven. I can smell the citrus and the wood. It lasts 4 or 5 hours on me, which is good. It is almost gone on e-bay and I hope this does not mean it is gone for good. I feel very fortunate to have been able to purchase a bottle. Hey, I see it is offered on Perfume Emporium!

I received a sample bottle from LuckyScent and now know what all the excitement is about. This developes in the most lovely and gorgeous way after being applied to the skin. It is a wonderful experience to smell as it evolves from wet through dry down and several hours after. The florals and rosewood are perfect in this combination. I will definitely buy a large bottle of this. It is a treasure.

This is beautiful, although probably not for everyone!
It certainly has something very "Annick Goutal" in it... an airy green crispness ; the lack of any artificial sweetness, or complicated flavor.
It starts nice and strong, as a perfumey version of a blooming linden tree, nice silage that only last, at the most, 1 hour. After that it continues, in the form of a linden tree blossom soap. The dry down is clean soap, smelling also like tea made out of linden flowers.
Overall, lovely. If I could change the end soapiness into a more sweet, woody base, it would be indeed heavenly; even so, it's a simple natural, innocent, ageless, peaceful beauty; it feels like it belongs to another era. Pure, angelic, sunny.

Saying Eau de Ciel is a floral is like saying a diamond is just another clear rock!

EdeC is unlike any floral I've ever encountered. The linden, violets and rosewood combine to become another botanical species entirely, or some hitherto unknown herb, even bordering on an incense note while still managing to be both light and airy - even beachy, as chance 25 says.

On my skin, liberally applied (2 sprays on my hair, 2 on neck front & back, ankles and forearms!) the sillage is both lasting (6-8 hours) and awesome! Linden blossom, fresh-cut grass in a meadow, deep purple violets, a hint of lily of the valley... freshness. This is a warm weather scent that evokes the dusky light just after sunset as the fireflies rise before full dark. I'm entralled by the beauty of EdeC, truly. Freshness in a bottle: inhale deeply and sigh as a small smile raises the corners of your mouth.

This has to be the most charming perfume I own. It smells like an older d/c shampoo from the seventies. The iris and rosewood are present and smell almost beachy w/out the saltiness of the beach. The violet is what keeps this sweet and the lime(although I can't smell it)adds a layer of citrus that AG perfumes always seem to have. Mossy and dewy is how it presents itself. Silage maybe 1-3 hrs, so another application is needed sometime thru out the day.