Grand Amour Annick Goutal for women

The Turkish rose in the EDT really stands out to me in this fragrance-that and the green note that is so strong early on remind me of Jacomo Silences. Later the leather and mimosa are more apparent. I like it- it is a complex odor with distinct phases that make it interesting.

this starts out with a very sharp green smell. Something like freshly cut grass. Too strong for me at the beggining. But after 40 minutes, it calms down and you get a very light floral smell , which is very pleasent. But the dry down is absolutely wonderful . Soft floral with a tinge of sweetness to it and not too powdery. I like to put on my body lotion first then apply a very very small spritz of the Grand amour. I think this bottle of 100ml EDT is gonna last me for a few years.Overall it is a good perfume, but not for everyone. It has a very unique distinctive smell.

So lovely and elegant. It starts out very green; all you smell is the hyacinth for a while. Leather and sweet flowers join the composition but the hyacinth is ever-present throughout the life of the scent. It appears to be unusally strong, at least on me, as it lasted a good 12 hours; by the end I felt like I had overdosed on the sweetness a bit.

Grand Amour opens with a bright floral bouquet of hyacinth, lily and honeysuckle. Unfortunately, after a few moments a thick leather comes in and overpowers everything else. Only a hint of jasmine still peeks through for a while before even that gets buried.
Too leathery on me to be the least bit enjoyable.

It seems to turn out quite differently on people, not a safe blind buy!

Powdery and soapy on my skin. It does remind me of Jessica McClintock, which I actually like much better. This one is just strong and unpleasant- almost like hairspray. Very disappointed it didn't work for me because I was hoping for a realistic hyacinth scent, but I assume it is skin chemistry :(

Hyacinth and honeysuckle are florals I like. Usually I find them in in fresh, light or green compositions. Here they have a darker, warmer, background. Dense myrrh and sweet amber are deepening down to a shade that reveals a hint of leather. Very soft but very black leather, like perfectly fitted almost buttery soft gloves.
On my skin this broad accord plays simply beautiful.
What Goutal does with these flowers reminds me a bit of how Caron pairs the rose with warm myrrh in Parfum Sacre. Except there is no incense here, instead the animalistic element with the sensual leather makes Grand Amour manifest more profane suggestions. Pure indulgent sensuality to my nose.
Downside is the lasting-power, it clings forever to scarves and clothes, but to skin it needs reapplying after 4-5 hours.

A wonderful hyacinth soliflore.
Everything else fades in the background, but you know, somehow, that there is more there.
The other notes are subtle, and together, they enable the star of the show to shine.

This is a very creamy and intoxicating juice.
It is soft but also powerful, heady and uncannily true to life.
This EDT is a beauty.

What a lovely fragrance!!! I absolutely amazed!
First, when I'm opened the bottle I was a bit scared, because just a big citrus blast came to my nose..but after it just surprised me...I put it on my wrist, and the opening was full with energy ( I got the hyacinth and the honeysuckle with some citrus note), but it's settled down to a soft, calming flowery drydown.( I got the lily, jasmine and soft powdery hyacint undertone..) It's stays close to my skin.This gorgeous beauty is reminds me of Salvador Dali Purplelight a lot.So,I didn't regret to buy this and I think, I'll keep this fume in my collection.:)

It starts really beautiful on me
but after a few seconds comes the lethear
and kills it for me.
Might be my skin chmistry or the weather
or simply the leather.

Annick Goutal Grand Amour-EDP version.

This gem by Annick Goutal is complex, ambarine, intense.

Not "another" floral scent: indeed is quite distinguishable from others.

The very opening is very daring and intimate at the same time: the notes of the flowers (most people feel deep rose in this one, I rather percieve the hyacinth and jasmine as prominent) are not covered by the noticiable honey and vanilla that intercedes with the chords of myrrh and musk (that some people are not able to smell isolated, but work as a whole to settle the floral notes) while the scent developes to an unexpected green and yet powdery and romantic floral with amber.

-The longevity is lower than expected for an EDP and the sillage is low.

In one word: exquisite. Although florals are not my perfume of choice, this one is exceptional, commencing with very strong and sweet notes of honeysuckle and lily, and retaining that initial effect - to my nose it does not change much in the drydown. Also at the start I definitely get a dry white wine bouquet, you would swear this was alcoholic! It is a very "rich" smelling perfume, rich as in combining best quality ingredients. This is not for the faint-hearted and not for little girls, and not IMO for summer either.

I bought this when I was on holiday in Singapore and loved it - the notes of rose, jasmine and mimosa seemed perfect in the lovely Singaporean climate and the holiday mood. When I wore it back home, however, it just seemed a bit lacklustre and I'm sorry to say I got bored of it very quickly.

I still think it's a very nice scent but it's not interesting enough to hold my attention and in my opinion it's not worth the price.

this might has to do with the chemistry but smells like fresh-cut pumpkins (the big orange ones).

wish i liked pumpkins...

It opens with a woody rose. The rose soon fades and allows the woodyness with leather to shine through.

This was my first venture into the world of Annick Goutal. Strangely the whole time I felt like I was wearing someone else's perfume. It never felt like it was mine. Somehow it tried to make me uneasy so i would give it back to its owner.

Nice and very deep, but it never loved me as I thought it might, or loved me Grand!

I think that Grand Amour's style allows to be used by a woman who feels complete, but can also young women, but actually the result of its notes makes me see that within each one there is a love that lasts and is enlarged, as I feel in this perfume, where the myrrh is letting that flowers as hyacinth and honeysuckle live in harmony, and it expresses a balance in woman with love, sensuality and a pure caress.

This was my first venture into the world of Annick Goutal. Unfortunately I just do not have the right skin chemistry for GRAND AMOUR.
At first I got beautiful hyacinth and lily fragrance but in less than one minute the leather tone came through and took over completely. I got hints of jasmine but it did not compliment the leather well. As this leathery smell developed it became more and more like civet with strong animalistic undertones. On top of it the scent turned a bit soapy.

This scent brings an image of a leather jacket dropped in the grass and then scrubbed with soap.

When the dry down came in, the leather accent finally calmed down and the myrrh came through. I actually like the myrrh in this fragrance. It is light, airy and dreamy.

I know that some fragrances turn leathery on me and I do not mind it. But this one just does not work. I bought this fragrance based on reviews looking for a nice natural floral green scent. This is not what I have experienced. My suggestion is to get a sample before buying. I am sure it smells gorgeous on other people but if you have the same luck as I, you will be in a mild shock if you buy it blind like I did.

UPDATE: My mom tried this fragrance and it is gorgeous on her. The start is fresh and green but a bit sweet. The most incredible thing is when the heart notes bring the leather accent, it is very mild and sophisticated. It is like green florals with just a touch of leather. I cannot even describe it but it smells beautiful. I gave this bottle to my mom as she absolutely fell in love with it.

Extremely sweet at the opening, honeysuckle together with mimosa and some lovely green notes. The jasmin here is sweet, but somehow very green, I can feel jasmin leaves here.
I do not feel this to be an oriental floral, for me it's more floral, lovely sweet floral.
I'm not sure wether I love it or not as it's maybe little bit too sweet and too much of everything, but I can say that the flowers are blended very well together. It is very easy to wear, very romantic and dreamy.
I love how the sillage is very good and how it lingers beautifuly from my wrist reminding me of spring, sun and happyness.
I don't understand why it's called "Grand Amour" as there's nothing GRAND about it. Dreamy, lovely, green flowers.

Worth a try!

Grand Amour, is in my opinion, quite distinct when compared to Annick Goutal's other fragrances.

There's something oddly green in this composition. It's pretty and feminine in a different way than what I'm used to. I can sense an abundance of watery lillies, green grass, honeyed leather, sweet mimose and jasmine, and a slightly chemical vanilla. In other words, a very unique green floral.

Well unlike other reviewers, I don't find this fragrance too heavy or too chaotic. I rather like its quirky little characteristics. I'm rather enchanted by its natural Spring-like freshness.

Like Ninfeo Mio, Grand Amour makes me think of a garden, a luscious green one. As it develops further there's a subtle soapiness and a touch of metallic coldness.

In the drydown there are occasional wafts of rich amber and vanilla, however on my skin, Grand Amour remained pretty and green. This fragrance is not really an oriental in my humble opinion. Well, certainly not oriental when compared to Goutal's Les Orientalistes series.

I can't say that this is my favourite fragrance from this beloved house of mine, (Passion still reigns supreme, shortly followed by Heure Exquise), but for what it's worth I haven't managed to dislike an Annick Goutal fragrance yet, (touch wood). Grand Amour just goes on to prove that this is an unstoppable house with such a variety to choose from.

Just when I thought that Annick Goutal could do not wrong, and that I would just blindly purchase every fragrance in their line...

I procured a 1.0 oz bottle of the EDP, and tested three times. It is a really...thick scent. And it must be the hyacinth that just becomes soul curdling for me. Every time I had to wash it off.

My little square bottle started just staring at me, and eventually I had to abandon it. Hopefully it found a better home.

I don't know if the EDT is a different story. Oh well.

Love is in the air, Annick Goutal GRAND AMOUR, to be precise. I was looking for love in what was supposed to be an oriental perfume, but I found it instead in this voluptuous floral green.

GRAND AMOUR opens big and flowery: dark jasmine, heavy lily and dewy honeysuckle mingle together initially, and as the composition settles down, green grassy hyacinth erupts in billowy clouds of sillage that keep traveling up my neck to my nose, as if to remind me over and over again that I really am wearing perfume, not just another frag.

At long last, I finally understand the enthusiasm of so many AG fans. Very glad that I did not dismiss this line after three strikes, else I would have missed this. Looking back, from my new exalted vista, having seen the AG light after traveling so long and so far through dark tunnels in the night, I recognize that it's quite possible, in fact, that the first couple of samples I tried were insipid reformulations... GRAND AMOUR, rest assured, is the real thing!

This is the edt .... I find it soft and angelic, in the same family with Eau du Ciel of course.... main note is hyacinth and honeysuckle, as others have noticed, mixed with fresh cut grass. The jasmine is there, somewhere in the middle, mimosa and rose are barely noticeable, more like a soft wind breeze from far away. What is interesting about this perfume is that despite the notes and smell, this is not a green perfume, or a cold one. There is something very warm about it, something that gets even warmer in about 30 minutes. I suppose this is when the drydown occur; fast, because on me the scent is short lived. Amber, very faint vanilla and some sort of spice, or resin, maybe cinnamon, appear, mixing beautifully with the floral notes.
I think this is a masterpiece. Yes, it's airy, but I think most of Annick Goutal's creations are. It's a beauty which perhaps does not evoke hot passion, but some sort of spiritual love, and a promise of sensuality. Like a dream, an infatuation, a yet to be fulfilled desire. Love it!

I got a sample of it and on me, it is not overpowering but, also, not exciting. For such a complex formula, I expected it to be more spicey. I have no desire to buy a bottle of it.

Don't get the 'personal' note with this fragrance. It's a very nice, inoffensive jasmine on me. That said I find it rather uninteresting- it's merely pleasant

Jasmine which dries down to baby powder on me-don't get the animalic undertones-rather sweet and soft

Lovely fragrance! Very floral. I smell the honeysuckle and jasmine quite strongly. Do not smell the vanilla. Smells very feminine.

It's a nice scent for older ladies, walking through offices and try to appear sexy. Unfortunately it was a bit too strong for my personal taste, like there had been thrown too many notes in a big bowl.

Soft & sweet, but the base note of myrrh leaves a slightly "off" smell. like a sickly mint. It isn't horrible, just a little off-putting.

beautiful scent, i love it, divine.

Oh, how I tried to like it. But, yes, it smells personal, and not in a good way. Presumptuous, and also not in a good way. Powdery. Maybe some day. Not today.

I tried this one on and despite the fact that my friend said that this one smells like hairspray I have to disagree. For some reason the fragrance smells very dark and spicy and not at all floral on me. But still to me this is quiet a sexy scent I would probabilly buy it but it's kinda pricey. Maybey some day when I have saved up enough money.

I just can't appreciate this fragrance properly...I find it cloying on my skin and too sweetly floral. I think it could smell very pretty on the right person, but that person is NOT me! :)

Grassy hyacinth and honeysuckle with an under-lying note that is too close to civet for me. It smells...personal and not in a good way. That nasty undertone ruins what could be a nice, very lovely floral fragrance.