Songes (for women)

frida

Songes is a kind of a boudoir-scent.Mystical and powdery. If you want to try one of Annick Goultals perfumes,try this one.It reminds me of Bal de Versailles and L´heure bleue. Not a day perfume. But when the night comes......

missk

Songes is absolutely beautiful. One whiff of this fragrance and I really fell in love.

I had started off my love for Annick Goutal fragrances when I tried Passion, which just happened to be the first perfume from her house that I tried. From then on I have been continuously impressed by her array of floral fragrances. Songes was no exception.

As you may have guessed, Songes is very flowery, sweet, feminine and pretty. While Passion is more suited to special occasions, Songes wears well as a casual or daytime scent.

The scent itself is quite bright and sugary. Imagine a bouquet of fresh jasmine and frangipani blooms sprinkled with icing sugar and you have Songes.

This fragrance actually makes me think of a wedding. Not a particular wedding, just an image of a romantic celebration, and Songes could very well be a beautiful and fitting fragrance for such a day.

This fragrance has great lasting power, so those people that assume that Annick Goutal fragrances don't last, you should think again.

I knew even before testing this fragrance, that Songes would be undeniably hard to resist. If you love white florals or sweet scents, I highly recommend.

rebella

I´ve tried some Annick Goutal perfumes and non of them manage to make any impression on me. Until I tried Songes, and of what an impression. More than enough to outlast the others I´ve tried from AG. I´m so glad that I´ve got the possibility to try Songes thanks to a swap with another Fragrantica member.

Songes is classy, elegant, sofisticated and smelling of good taste and money. A perfume that matches pearl necklaces, flawless but light make-up, champagne-coloured satin dresses and modestly high healed shoes. The flowers in Songes smells almost alive and the soft, lingering note of incense is so sensual yet softspoken.

If you´re only about to try one from Annick Goutal, make sure it´s Songes. Songes goes straight to the top among my floral favourites, and thats kind of an accomplishment.

Powdery, sweet, magnificent. Ladylike and lingering, so beautiful, longlasting and gosh I do love it.

Time to make room on my big bottle list again, I guess?

Promise to not count Annick Goutal out before you tried this one!

verity

This one I would happily accept as a gift, but don't quite love enough to purchase for myself as I have a slight reservation which can't quite put my finger on. Love the initial hit of jasmine and ylang ylang. It is also an interesting scent in that you can sniff away and pick up other flowers and the vanilla. It could be overwhelming for some, and on the heavy side. If you want a lighter version of this the AG singular jasmine is jut as alluring without the density of the other notes such as the heady frangipane. Very unique though and unlike anything else I've ever come across.

Mals86

If you're a White Floral Girl like me, you must try Songes. It is heady and rich, a Big White Floral fragrance done right from start to finish. The frangipani and tiara are luminous; the jasmine and ylang provide texture; the vanilla gives a cohesive base, binding the flowers in sweetness.

In case you hadn't noticed, Big White Florals are indeed sweet, which is one reason some people don't like them. On the other hand, some people seem to have skin made for white florals; the fragrance seems to melt into their skins and become part of them. I'm one of those lucky people. If you are too, please pick up Songes.

VioletLily

Sometimes something says to me that Songes is not total love for me, that it could possibly be too heady and powdery, but then I catch a wisp of it and ahhhhh, it is love, there is just something about it!
You’ll have to excuse my flowery description here, but as it states on the box, Songes is indeed intoxicating. Jasmine and frangipani burst onto my skin, blossoming into a beautiful warmth with the roundness of the ylang-ylang, and a sweet whisper of powderiness. As it dries down it becomes a little dusky and somehow airy…like a gentle warm breeze, and that’s where the true magic is…the duskiness of this scent, whether in the background at the start or as it starts come to the fore on the drydown, this is what gives it that unique feel. It truly is reminiscent of delicate white flowers mingling into warm breezes on balmy tropical nights; of the sun having just gone down, and that beautiful deep blue light of the moon beginning to rise; so very, very evocative. The only other scent I can think of right now that is just as emotive for me in this way, is another favourite of mine, Monyette Paris. The final drydown is a very softly sweet almost spiced white floral vanilla.
So beautifully done, Songes is indeed a dream in its dusky, sweet, exquisiteness.
PS. This review is for the EDT

F_A

I love Songes! Cannot resist the sweet powdery flowers - so romantic, mysterious, dreamy, simply lovely!I even spray it for the night on my wrist to sleep better:) Songes, for my nose, has something in common with Guerlain L'Heure bleue. A must try for powdery perfume lovers!

Leesee

Of all the Annick Goutal scents I have tried, this is by far the most wearable. There is something about the AG genre that, while undeniably pretty, tends toward frilly-frou-frou-ness, for lack of a better term. Songes has all of the feminine charm of AG's other scents, but possesses at its core an uncharacteristic air of restraint as well. This combination of femininity and reticence creates a delicious, yet completely dignified scent.

essija

At first I get a lot of Jasmine, very floral and pretty with a twist of sweet like sand and sable not candy like at all. Very White flower like. This is nice but nothing I would wear often. Special occasion maybe. Not really my style.. Doesn't seem too strong so that is good b/c this would give you a headache is too strong. This is a little out dated.

debbborra

I tried Songes and fell in love. The idea was something similar to passion, but a bit lighter. The opening disappointed me. It was very full, heady and strong, a little too strong, too flowery. But after a few minutes it calmed right down into something absolutely gorgeous and delicious with wonderful staying power. It's a lovely floral with some interesting things happening. It may be my newest favorite.

KeLLStar

I'm undecided about this one.

On the card & bottle the Jasmine is the dominant scent which enticed me to try the perfume on my skin.

On my skin, the Jasmine is pulled back to turn into a powdery, extremely sweet sugary scent. I think this scent could do without the Vanilla & just rely on the flowers.