Songes Annick Goutal for women

This EDP is yummy but doesn't last on my skin so I gave it to a girlfriend.
OMG!! What a difference. On her it is a glorious cascade of flowers and vanilla, and some spicy scent that we couldn't place and isn't in the notes. I left her after 4 hours and Songes was still powering away like it had at the 1/2 hour point but slightly more vanilla. YUMMY!!

On me 3/10 GRRR!

On my friend
Sillage 9/10 (4+ hours when I left her)
Scent 9/10 AWESOME

This is for the EDP.

I bought Songes EDP for a bargain price on eBay and love it. I lived for nearly a decade in Malaysia, where Frangipani (Kemboja) trees are planted by the roadside. I used to collect the fallen blossoms and float them in a bowl of water, to enjoy their creamy, sunburst beauty and glorious perfume. I have been searching for a faithful representation of frangipani scent ever since. Is Songes the one? No, it isn't quite accurate and is considerably more sugary and vanillary (is that a word?) than the real thing. But it is gorgeous and does try to capture the lush character of an idealised tropical flower. Because it is so sweet, I don't find this a very sophisticated perfume but it is a joyous one and sometimes that is just what is needed.

NB The contents of my bottle have turned orangey-red. I read that this is normal for the EDP and is a characteristic of some jasmine oils. If any does know of a good Frangipani that doesn't have such a sweet, strong vanilla base, I would love to hear.

This an absolutely dreamy scent that I think it works for both men and women( especially the EDP). I do remember the EDT being more feminine( I still want it), but I found the EDP at a very good price. I do smell the frangipani and a very nice tuberose, with a leathery/rubbery vanilla "aftertaste". I do perceive it as a cross between the more raw and cold "Tubereuse Criminelle" and the calming Jannat by Memo. The lasting power and sillage is tremendous( equally EDT and EDP). I can't decide which version I like most, because they are two different scents that are more like cousins. Like Serge Lutens fragrances, Montale and some designer fragrances, this one is like out of this world. A couple could share this easily. I'm sort of in love with this scent, along with Memo and Tubereuse Criminelle. Can anybody tell me if I could pull of Un Matin d'Orage? I found it at a great price on the internet.

SONGES has quickly worked its way up into my top 10. Every time I wear it I find a new facet. Sometimes it's the jasmine, which is so aromatic it almost smells like fresh, steaming jasmine rice. There is also a strong incense note, which I love. When I first put it on I feel like I am emitting pleasant-smelling smoke, like when a candle is blown out, or when a nice incense stick is quitely burning its way down. The sweet frangipani and vanilla are dominant, and they get creamier as they wear.

Richly sweet, white flower, insense beauty, I love, and it needs not be more complicated than that.

(This is for the edt)

I think 'Songes' is what perfumery is about - lifting you out of hum-drum existence into another world. There is part of me that doesn't even want to know what elements are in the scent. All I know is that I was dreaming of a very far off and beautiful place when I took my first breath of Songes.

While this is unquestionably feminine, there is something about Songes that feels like a return to nature. No, there aren't any harsh woody notes here that bring to mind the earth or rain or weather... What I do smell here is something like flowers in a greenhouse. I remember my father had some lilies in his greenhouse, and this was the first image/memory that came to mind.

Songes also works well for those who love flowers but don't particularly like jasmine. While there is certainly identifiable jasmine in the scent, it doesn't stand out; rather, the flowers are combined so well that it seems like a new and previously unknown flower is emerging out of the clouds. I suppose this is the kind of flower that would appear in a dream.

This is a lovely scent....it is sweet. I am usually an oriental over but this is nice. Very feminine. It's good when you feel really girly.....
I wear this one when I am in a certain mood.

This is a VERY pretty, sweet and syrupy white floral. I really like it a lot. Very feminine, a bit powdery or dusty, and yes - intoxicating. Nothing dark or gothic in here, just pure golden, diffuse loveliness.

Man, I'm going to have to take a perfumery class or something - learn some notes, so I can describe my favorites better! I do feel jasmine in here, and I also did actually catch the ylang ylang - it's just enough to amp up the sweetness a notch.

<3

I tried Songes (from a sample) for the first time this morning. And while I do smell the jasmine, I can't seem to smell anything else. Since I love the scent of jasmine, I am happy but what happened to the other scents? Fleur de Tiare, Frangipani, Vanilla, Ylang-ylang?

Vraiment irresistible! Je suis enseignant et je choisis avec grande precaution le parfum que j'emploie, d'habitude, plus discret, moins penetrant, tres personnel. Lorsque j'ai choisi celui-ci, je savais qu'il etait tres agree par les jeunes, il s'est fait remarquer vite par eux, cela a ete une grande revelation,,tres, tres reussi!

This perfume reminds me Youth Dew by Estée Lauder, but with something different, superior. If you spray each of them on your wrists and compare, you'll see...

Annick Goutal seems to use higher quality ingredients. You can smell the difference, especially on the woody notes. Probably because Estée Lauder is well known for using mostly chemicals (I had an allergic skin reaction and/or very strong nausea to many Estée Lauder products, so I finally gave up trying these).

There is something precious in Songes, like some kind of rare incense. It's a haut-de-gamme perfume that makes me feel exotic and classy at the same time.

A wonderful tropical white bomb, not too sweet not too syrupy, strong but soothing and honeyed. I don't find it in the least powdery. It's all floral nectars and it has a thoughtful balmy air. I loved it from my first sniff.

It's one of the few perfumes that carry through effortlessly from day to evening.And it has no age limits, it would equally suit a young girl or a mature lady.

I was sceptical of Goutal before I discovered this gem. Alas it doesn't last too well but it's still well worth paying for. Unmissable.

I find this a Lily-heavy scent with a good dose of ylang and other tropical florals. This is exuberantly floral and for me, not a winter scent. I will wear this one alongside my samples of Datura Noir in the summer, but I don't find it 'classy', I find it delightfully glam and trashy, just like D.N., to be worn with a cocktail and sitting on a sunbed. I like it a lot!!

Certain tuberose notes go straight to washcloth on my skin, and apparently Songes is laden with just those tuberose notes. The persistent stench of wet fabric runs through the whole duration of the fragrance on my skin, like a high pitched whiny voice in the background following you wherever you go. I was able to make out a nice indolic jasmine in the top and some lovely creamy frangipani and ylang in the heart, along with a subtle citrus and vanilla - a pretty fragrance, no doubt, if it wasn't for having to enjoy it as if through a cloth gag in my mouth. The drydown was unadulterated cloth. I caught myself being constantly annoyed and snappy all through the afternoon, and when I took the time to analyze what kept setting me off, I realized it was the smell, taste and feeling of fabric in my nose and throat. No Songes for me, I guess.

Elegantly mature and mysterious fragrance.It has a little old-fashioned feeling but it's delicately feminin.

Tiare and frangipani opens with a touch of vanilla. They give me the slightly tropical illusion. Soft, warm, very pleasant smell.Ylang-Ylang and jasmine clearly detectable in the heart, they transform the scent into a warm, deep, delicious powdery composition..no edges, just close to skin pleasure.:)

I can hardly imagine this scent on a young girl, this fragrance just for "grown-up" womens..

I think this is a unique and complex fragrance. The eau the toilette has long lasting power, and the sillage is above medium. First I get a sweet and exotic touch of tiare and frangipani, then the jasmine reveals, lush and creamy, with a small hint of vanilla. The smell is not what I first expected, it is seductive, dirty, dark and sexy. Inspite of this, the fragrance is far from heavy.

I know that a lot of people adore this, but on me it is instant headache in a bottle. Sweet and almost stiffling. Alas!

God, what a HUGE disappointment! Loud, heavy, sticky, tacky, nauseating. I expected so much from this perfume, based on all the reviews, and all I got was a massive headache. Elegant is the last word I would use describing it. :((((

So creamy and elegant.
Almost I don’t feel I want to smell it on a too much hot day.
But it would be a type of best scents for you to feel yourself very special and refined.
Smooth, but not suitable for immature women, perfume selects a wearer.

Oh, i forgot!! Despite it is an EDT, amazing lasting power..in my clothes way over 8h, in my skin it is starting to fade tho. And maybe the dry down takes longer than 2h....I'd say maybe 3

I recently bought this EDT after month and months of spraying a little bit on myself every time i went to a store that had it. The first try of it i did was over paper, and i remember i thought that it had such a strange note on it...then i noticed it was the frangipani. I didn't like it...but there was something appealing, exotic, special in this fragrance that made me go back now and then to keep trying it until i finally got sucked into it's sensuality, femininity and got a 100ml bottle for myself. Oh my god..i am in love! At first it is a blast of sensuality and sweetness, as if a bouquet of exotic flowers where melting down under the hottest summer in a polynesian island. Dense, carnal, sweet, intoxicating (in the good sense, haha). Finally after maybe a couple of hours for me, it dries down to a soft subtile delicious vanilla scent that hits softy my nose as i moove arround making me moan every time a hint of it reaches my senses. Delicate, again feminine, sweet, warm..delicious. For me this is a scent for a voluptuous woman, sensual, self confident, mature, mysterious and irresistible.

Because of it's strength one would think it is better a winter time scent, but, again, this EDT stands out of the rule making it more special: for me it better fits a hot humid summer night in which a long vaporous thin dress envolves you same as the sweetness of this scent. (and when i mean hot summer night i mean it, i live in spain and we have over 40ºC summers...and i insist, i will take this fragrance with me to the beach)

Has anyone compared the EDT and the EDP? Which differences there are between them? i love this scent so much than i am planning to order the EDP too, but it would have to be not smelling it as it is impossible to find on my country....

The initial blast of Tiara and Frangipani reminds me of the old "Tiara Tahiti" OIls and Blends. Since I am used to those strong single florals I would be happy with just the top notes. But on my skin "Songes" also has a pleasant and fast dry down to Sambac jasmine then vanilla. For me it is at once uplifting and relaxing. I also find that I can layer this with other Annick Goutal fragrances, in particular "Neroli" for an altogether different effect.

A rich, heady tropical floral, thick enough to swim in!

This swirls around you like a luxurious garment. I'm in love!

It's official, I cannot stand Tiare when it's so dominant. I'm sorry but I don't like Songes, it's too flowery for me, I'm sure it can be wonderful on someone who can appreciate it fully.
By the way, if you're looking for a cheaper alternative, try Tiare by l'Erbolario!

I imagine this as something similar to Beautiful Love by Estee Lauder ... i wonder if my supposition is correct 'cause i cannot test this perfume , which is such a pitty !However , i think i will order this one unsniffed !

I have the edt... it smells just like Montale Intense Tiare. It is so strong, I find it difficult to wear. After 1 or 2 hours, it morphs into a real beauty, where I get little whiffs of a gorgeous perfume coming from my skin, and wonder how come it's so lovely. Basically, tiare-frangipani, mixed with soft vanilla. I wish it was lighter, because it is so beautiful and lush, a very elegant tropical scent. Usually my skin eats up perfume, but this one seems to just get amplified once it's out of the bottle and on the skin. Silage and lasting power are both too much for me...and that is on skin; I don't dare to spray it on clothes.

Bright, juicy, sweet - a wonderful bouquet of flowers which is in my opinion quite sophisticated and more of an evening or special occasion perfume.

I really, really wish I could wear it - I love jasmine and vanilla, but something turns dusty on my skin, annoyingly dusty, which blocks my throat and makes me want to sneeze :/ It really ruins the beautiful opening notes for me... Such a shame!

I really loved this perfume from the very first moment I smelled it. The first day I tried it, I felt disappointed with its lasting power on my skin: only 2-3 hours. However, the second time I used it it was much more long-lasting (6 hours). I don't know what the reason for this difference is, but I have stopped doubting whether I bought Songes or not and I have finally bought it. I guess I would have bought it just the same, for I couldn't bring myself to the idea of doing without such a unique beauty in my collection. Sensual, warm, creamy and romantic, but also with a dark, "dirty" touch, as some of you have pointed out.

I really like this perfume, it is warm and sweet, dreamy, romantic and bright..very feminine. I usually prefer darker and "dirtier" perfumes, but Songes brings back many good memories to me and I enjoy wearing it. it reminds me of the time I spent in an indian ashram some years ago, when I was often buying jasmine and frangipani chains from street vendors, to wear them around my neck. many other people were doing the same, so the hot indian air in the ashram was filled with smells of these lovely white and yellow tropical flower. On my skin is also quite lasting, even if after 6/8 hours it gets lighter.. as delicate as a whisper.

I was lured into trying this one by someone I really admire and who has pretty similar fragrance tastes to mine. I can't say that I regret it, but the fragrance is not what I was expecting. Jasmine usually comes off pretty soapy on me--not a bad thing--but that note does not dominate on me. Instead, the frangipani rules, with its oddly alluring swimming pool effect. Also, something quite buttery comes onto the scene. I'm not a note expert. Could it be the tiare? At any rate, the whole thing eventually sweetens to the point of near-edibility on me! Truly lovely, but not at all what I expected.

Songes par Annick Goutal.

Songes is my first Annick Goutal. I must confess I had always been attracted to the brand, but it was until now that I had the chance to try it. Finally, I understand all the fuss there is around Annick Goutal.

As a rather tardy Christmas present, I gave myself a small bottle of Songes EDT. It arrived on the mail about two week ago, during a time that cannot be ignored. I laid my hands on it a Tuesday midday and wore it for the first time early Wednesday morning; only hours before the coldest weather there had been in thirteen years hit my town.

I only mentioned this because it seemed an odd coincidence: wearing a perfume inspired by Tahitian evenings in the middle of a winter storm. As strange as this situation may sound, it is actually what has marked the short-lived relationship I have had with this scent so far. I must admit I received it along with two makeup sets, both inspired by Tahiti as well.

During the coldest moments of that dreadful winter week, the most delicious instants I lived were next to my Tahitian beauty sets. With them, I had the brief opportunity of letting myself go. Imagining the intoxicatingly warm atmosphere of tropical islands, next to the sea breeze and wild flowers, were the outmost rewards I cuold receive. Even now, when the weather has amaliorated and my mood has improved, those memories of Songes remain.

About the scent; I am still puzzeld with it. It is quite different depending on the moment and the distance from which you smell it.

I must warn you all: it is quite strong. Strong in a good way, but still strong. I smelt it from the very instant I opened the package. I detected an unfamiliar but pleasant smell I had not experienced before. Shortly after, I discovered it was Songes, and I had not even opened the perfume box; let alone the flacon. I checked it and the bottle was not scarred, nor dripping; it was just the magical scent that is too big for fitting into the small and delicate bottle in which someone tried to imprison it.

The moment I got it, I immediately opened it and sprayed it on my wrist. I could not make up my mind. From afar, it is just a huge bouquet of clean white flowers. It is like a huge cloud that veils everything around you.

Smelling it very closely, it is dirty. Actually, is is filthy in the best possible way. It is like virgin soil and sand from Tahitian islands. Al that level, on top of the ground, you can also smell the leaves and flowers. Even more strange is the fact that smelling just a drop of scent from a considerable distance, the most noticeable impression you receive is coconut. I normally detest coconut, but this one is done in a French parfumeur manner. It is neither artificial, nor edible; which makes it distinctive.

Finally, as a last souvenir after long hours of wear, Songes leaves on your skin a sweet impression based on white flowers and the most precious vanilla. Songes is the ultimate French sweetness. La douce France, even when it was inpired by des colonnies.

I really loathe florals. So it stands to reason that I also loathe most of the AG frags. This one however is an exception! First impressions are frangipanni, jasmin, with creamy tiare and deeper ylang ylang heart which is impressive, and then later vanilic notes which are powdery but really rather lovely and probably the reason I like it as I do. Its the only AG frag Ive come across and used so far that Id even be remotely inclined to purchase... but I know in my heart Id never use it... my truer orientals and woody musks own me heart and soul and this pretty baby would be neglected for my truer loves. It would be perfect for the summer though, the heady jasmin makes way for the frangipanni and it reminds me of my grandmothers garden... she had frangipanni everywhere and we made flower chains from them as children as we played in the spring and summer. I may be tempted, we'll see, but if you have a floral heart then this would be very worth owning!

I put the edp on for the first time a few hours ago, expecting a scent of mostly florals and vanilla, and instead was greeted by a cloud of tobacco! It was such a smokey vanilla w/ylang scent that I dabbed some onto a paper, and on the paper it was much more like what I had been expecting-tropical, white florals, delicate. On my skin, this wears like Tabac Blond edt's little sister. So do I like Songes? I have no clue at this point. She is so different from what I expected that I need to wear her a few more times to figure it out.

(This review is for Eau de Perfume)

SONGES is a tropical night with the heady and intoxicating flowers, exotic landscape and bright stars. There is something haunting and sensual in the sweet and strong aroma of tiare and frangipani. SONGES showcases their beauty quite well.

The gardenia-like scent of tiare flower and frangipani is intense and sweet in the beginning. The scent transforms into jasmine and vanilla in the heart notes. The vanilla on my skin is not gourmand sweet but woody and smoky. The dry down is vanilla and woody ylang-ylang.

I must say that you have to like strong and sweet scent of tiare and frangipani to appreciate this. This scent is well made and showcasing the beauty of those two flowers well. However, I do not have a skin chemistry to wear them. This scent turns a bit too sweet on my skin. The dry down is much more pleasant and subtle. The staying power and sillage are quite good.

Songes was ok for me. The opening bursts with heavy, thick gardenia. I like gardenia, but only when it's subtle. The floral notes became much more demure as the fragrance evolved, while the vanilla came out more, but not in a cloying way. At this point I found the scent to be quite pleasant. If I got my first whiff of it during this stage, I would not think it was "a gardenia perfume." If you are dreaming of a vanilla-gardenia fragrance, I doubt you'll find a better marriage of the two scents than this. They play on each other beautifully in this fragrance.

This review is for the EDP.

For me, it was love at first smell. The richness of the luxurious Frangipani, combined with the exotic Tiare and hints of Ylang-Ylang opened as a joyful blast that filled me with an unexpected instant happiness. The jasmine and vanilla keep somewhat in the background and provide creaminess and warmth throughout the life of the fragrance.

Songes is a beautiful dream on a sunny Sunday morning, a happy, worry-free sleep in a soft bed with yellow flowered sheets. A cozy room in which the sun rays breeze in through white lace curtains. There's absolutely nothing dark about this fragrance, the oriental component is only here to bring it a honeyed quality and even more delight and pleasure.

I honestly didn't expect to like a predominantly floral composition to this degree, and yet I'm very much infatuated with its beauty and dreaminess. What a suggestive and alluring name it has.

I'm so going to test all Annick Goutal perfumes. They have the most evocative names and I hope the scents will rise up to them as well as Songes does.

Review for EDT:
This opens with opulent white flowers. Lots of white flowers. Some how sweet but not really creamy. With a backdrop of aromatic basmati rice. I don't know why but that's what I smell. I like the smell of cooked rice, although the first time I tried this is was a little strange.

This perfume stays strong for awhile, but settles down after an hour, with a dimming of the white flowers, and an emergence of a nutty vanilla and lingering flowers.

I think it would be fun to spray this on, put on a nice black dress, and go out late, about 11 o'clock. First you would have your white flowers, but they'll dim before they become too obnoxious, and you will be left with a remarkably nice drydown.

After opening briefly with a sweet frangipani-tiare bouquet, Annick Goutal SONGES edp lurches to the left and marches straight to an essentially ylang-vanilla drydown. There is a fairly hefty helping of jasmine in here, too, which becomes stronger right after the opening but then fades, along with the frangipani and tiare, in the approach to the drydown.

SONGES is an unapologetic big yellow-white floral fragrance with such a focus on ylang-ylang that you really must love that note in order to appreciate this perfume. Very strong, slightly spicy, and intoxicatingly thick, SONGES amplifies through its development and should therefore be applied in the manner of a pure perfume.

SONGES is not a subtle composition, but I find it likeable nonetheless and recommend it for strictly winter wear.
Superb staying power.

On me this smells exactly of ojon hair oil! Not unpleasant but very, very buttery almost oily tropical scent ( the ylang predominates )-borderline dirty and quite different from the other goutals i've sampled

I don't do well with heady, white flowers, especially on a bed of vanilla (see Haie fleurie), and to be honest, I sampled this because I was smitten by the moon bottle. Imagine my surprise as chained to my computer for the last four days, I find myself lured back to my Songes sample over and over again.

The first spray is a yikes-provoking blast of white flowers that convinced me this was another one for the stay-away list. But as the minutes passed, and I typed away, I would catch a gorgeous whiff of sillage and realize--it works.

What makes it work, I think, is the vanilla, which has no gourmand agenda. Instead it tames those heady florals, rounds their edges, and lends the blend impressive tenacity. The frangipani gives Songes its fingerprint, setting it off from a host of feminine, white floral blends. At a reception of over 100 people, I identified this in seconds, to the wearer's delight.

Feminine, distinctive, and with formidable strength, sillage, and tenacity. Soft yet regal, Songes can be a a comfort scent if worn sparingly. I mean sparingly. Be warned. Dosage matters with this one.

[This is a review of the EDP. I have read that the EDT is quite different]

On me it is ylang-ylang pure with a little shade of jasmine. So strange.. like I've put on my skin pure essential ylang-ylang oil.

The first 20 minutes of this fragrance made me feel uncomfortable. It felt like it should be on a gracious, pretty, lithe, fragile girl; not on a blundering thunderpuss like me! It was also incredibly familiar, hauntingly so.

After reading the notes, it was probably this incarnation of Jasmine I recognised from somewhere (I have never come across my experience of the actual Jasmine flower that we grew in our yard).

Interestingly I noticed the sweetness others mentioned but it is a very floral one, not a sugary one. Almost a savoury sweetness.

After 20 minutes Songes started to feel very vintage, very powdery and vanilla-floral. I can smell the frangipani lurking there too. My nose started to transmit messages of 'beautiful' to my brain.

This is my first Annick Goutal experience and since I had read AG fragrances are light & etheral I was suprised by the punch this one packed. It is not heady or overpowering but it has some real guts to it. The sillage is good & staying power is also good.

In the end though, I do like it but I simply cannot decide how much I like it. Luckily, I still have another 0.8ml of my sample to decide.

The jasmin is very predominant and the lasting power is exceptionnel. However, I like it best when combinded with Myrrhe Ardente. Then you get a mysterious oriental flower and woody smell that is fantastic.

I don't get gardenia as much, I get a sharp, waxy, anise-like smell - the tiare, which unfortunately is not always my fave smell (it has to be blended well) - mixed with white flowers (jasmine, especially) when first on. These notes are strongest the first couple of minutes. When they calm down, it gets powdery and sweet, becoming a sweet, dusty vanilla with waxy white flowers and a teeny little touch of green. It has that element of delicate and/or "clean" that many of the Annick Goutals seem to have. A demure, delicate feminine scent, like a much better version of Victoria Secret's Cashmere Vanilla. Lasting power is decent, not fabulous. I have to agree with some of the other reviews that it's a pretty good and unique - if safe - white floral.

When I first sprayed on some of this from a sample that was generously sent to me by another forum member, I smelled gardenia. A true gardenia, just like the flowers, even though gardenia is not listed anywhere in the notes. This gorgeous opening lasts for about 15-20 minutes, after which the scent becomes sharper as the exotic tropical flowers make their appearance. This is a sweet, flowery scent, which I often don’t like, but Songes is one that I could fall in love with just for the opening notes.

For me, the selling point is that it smells soft and natural. When I got married many moons ago, we were all wearing freshly picked home-grown gardenias, so this reminds me of summer weddings. The drydown maintains the white floral quality, with a super-creamy vanilla, almost like creme brulee, becoming more prominent as time goes on. Florals are not my favorite genre, but I do like Songes very much and can see adding a larger decant or mini bottle (if I can find one) to my collection.

Bought this based purely on some reviews here..but...I gotta say...I'm not in love with it like I thought I would be. It's...I can't put my finger on it. But it's the first perfume in my scent wardrobe that my husband actually said 'it stinks'. TOTAL bummer because I wanted to like it so bad. Too much vanilla and 'chemical' scent...to little flowers. :( Sad!

This is one of the first AG scents that I purchased. As with most AG fragrances, I had to develop a relationship with the fragrance by wearing it, figuring out what it had to say, understand its makeup and then finding my relationship with the scent. This is why I love AG. It is a special experience. You can't really just spray it on and decide that you do or don't like it. If you do, you miss out on everything this line has to offer. I think it is the reason that there are such loyal wearers and others that do not care for AG at all.
Back to Songes, my first trial was with, unfortunately, an old bottle, it arrived red and had a bit of an aged oder. I did not care for it. After reading reviews I got the feeling I needed to give it another try. Luckily I received a sample that was light in color. Here was the Songes that I had read about! It was soft and smooth, sweetly floral, primarily jasmine but not the sharp green Jasmine of the day, but the rich encompassing Jasmine that one smells on a warm tropical night. The ingrediants list vanilla, but I think it is part of the persona, tropical,warm,soft and nurturing in a sexy way.
I purchased the lotion and a new bottle of the fragrance and love wearing it every night. It is long lasting,I smell it when I wake in the morning, beginning my day with a smile and warmth in my heart.
~Some helpful information. The reason the scent turned red and odd smelling. The fragrance has a lot of essential jssmine oil that is sensitive to being exposed to air and sunlight. It needs to be stored somewhere cool and the top afixed tightly. Again, the special part of AG fragrances, natural ingrediants that you are less likely to find in mass produced fragrances. I hope you love this one too!

Thanks for the sample rithacha!

Songes is a over-the-top floriental-yes, pretty-and it sounded like I would love it-but it's just too too sweet. I've smelled a few fragrances recently that this reminds me of: Monyette Paris, and Aqaba Spring, but there are others. This is an ode to (mostly) white flowers, an overdone dedication-forgetting the tenderness of delicate petals for the thickness in the air that comes from full blooms in a heat wave.

Very vanillic, but the richness of tiare, ylang, frangipani and jasmine together would indeed be enough, sweet-I dare say almost vanillic together even if that ingredient was left out.

I am not a fan of powdery perfumes usually, and this is powdery, but the sweetness is the soul of the scent, the big question as to whether or not you can pull this off-the powder is nice enough, not bothersome. This reminds me a bit of the dessert crème brûlée, which I actually don't like.

Many people like crème brûlée, but it makes me feel sick--I prefer a different but equally rich dessert, like baklava, as I prefer a different, and differently rich ode to white flowers...

Sweet, yummy, white flower floral, devastatingly feminine and sophisticated; all of this with a lovely powdery depth to it and vanilla to round it out. What more could one want in a fragrance. This truly is the scent of dreams and beautiful ones at that.

Despite it was created in 2005, I really thought it was a hello from eighties. And a good one, not outdated. I don't know what brings this a bit old feeling to it, but it's actually nice- like something retro. For those who enjoy older fragrances or powdery floral lovers it would be quite a great find.
What can I say about it? I like it, it's very Annick Goutal, very feminine. I can tell that it contains frangipani and tiare without seeing notes, because it's a bit similar to CSP's Aloha Tiare. Although it seems more sweeter that CSP. Very well done, interesting alternative to most nowadays released stuff.
P.S. Tested from paper strip.
P.P.S. Damn, I'm writing on my old PC and it seems playing jokes.

Despite it was created in 2005, I really thought it was a hello from eighties. And a good one, not outdated. I don't know what brings this a bit old feeling to it, but it's actually nice- like something retro. For those who enjoy older fragrances or powdery floral lovers it would be quite a great find.
What can I say about it? I like it, it's very Annick Goutal, very feminine. I can tell that it contains frangipani and tiare without seeing notes, because it's a bit similar to CSP's Aloha Tiare. Although it seems more sweeter that CSP. Very well done, interesting alternative to most nowadays released stuff.
P.S. Tested from paper strip.

This is a perfect example how the same fragrance can be seen in so many different ways...
I bought it unsniffed. I had read so many different reviews about it, from almost extatic to very critical (somebody even compared it to basement full of books that got mouldy!!!).
After the first spray I was not charmed, almost disappointed. But this is one of those fragrances that take a while to reveal their true self.
I love this combination of jasmin and vanilla, it is sweet, but not girly. I think of it as a scent of womanhood, a sort of mature sweetness. But at the same time I have to admit that it is also a fragrance that is pretty difficult, it took me a while to appreciate it fully.

Today I was wearing it, and I was still wondering whether I liked it or not when a friend of mine suddenly told me that I smelled of India. Im terefore glad I dont smell of old books:)

This(edt version)is a yummy scent. On my skin the jasmin and ylang ylang are very pronounced. Songes also has a smoky note which reminded me of L'Artisans Vanilia. Tropical, lush and womanly.

For me this is the best female perfume by Annick Goutal , it's so delicious , sweet and so diferent

Faint vanilla and old style jasmine with a lemony soap edge and hints of sweat. Not nice on me. Almost nice, but it just doesn't quite make it.

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......

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.