Ma Griffe Carven for women

I used to wear this a lot in the 70's so not sure what the newer version is like. It was very strong from what I remember. I've bid for some on ebay so will see....

Ma Griffe is a strong and sour floral with a somewhat spicy base surrounded by green notes. The floral characters are gardenia, lily of the valley and rose. Styrax, asofedita and sandalwood add spice and just a bit of sourness comes from oak moss. There is also a 'note' here that I haven't really encountered before in a perfume, and I'd call that 'soapy green' - it's very pleasant and perhaps just a bit like what you'd expect jade to smell like if it had a smell.

It opens sharp, floral and loud, and this is its strength. There is nothing sweet or gentle about Ma Griffe - this is serious perfume. It evolves slowly (because of its incredible longevity,) and and changes lightly from one stage to another. This soapy-green appears about half an hour in, along with a sour and boozy note. The florals fade slightly, and I think these middle notes are the most pleasant.

It remains spicy till the end, but not in a cinnamon-and-sugar kind of way - asofedita is one of the strangest spices to a Western nose (it's incredibly disagreeable in its raw state,) but when warm it opens into something very appetizing and savory - anybody who's ever cooked a curry will remember this. It plays an important role in Ma Griffe adding a serious edge to the whole experience.

Because its so strong, this one will last all day. The dry down is unusual - it brings forth a kind of withering blossom scent; like cut flowers heavy with the last gasp of perfume. It's a dramatic exit for a perfume that has a lot of assertive character and a strong personality. This is serious perfume, highlighting the strength of chypres. Is it old-fashioned? It may be, slightly, but that is in no way a flaw. Ma Griffe is from a former era when perfume made a stronger statement.

It was my first French fragrance: the first fragrance I wore as a woman... Many years ago, now: in 1981. I was 26 or 27. I don't think I can find it in Uruguay now.

Classic - never lets me down. Always admired when I wear this.

I have to apologize to those who voted on my review only to find it has dissappeared.

I get excited when I get to test something new and in my exhuberance to share my first impressions, I am finding that my reviews are sometimes less than they should be. So, a fresh start...

As I mentioned before, cooler weather makes me yearn for heavier, denser scents so chypre's are the natural choice.

Upon my first sniff of Ma Griffe, I fell instantly in love. Sweet green and slightly soapy aldehydic heaven! It seems like it could be overpowering and way too pushy if you wear more than a dab and yet after only a few minutes it turns into a slightly sweet powdery cinnamon dusting, soft and skin close. There is no further evolution and this is where it remains for the rest of it's 2-3 hour (EDP) life.

It isn't a glorious awe inspiring jus, merely a pleasant day scent. One thing I like about it is the absence of the obligatory mossy dankness of other chypre's. I think aldehydes are the perfect counterpoint to offset this gloom and doom.

Elegant, fresh,amazing. So called "old-fasioned" but masterpiece. A perfect representative of true green notes. Not sweet - very pleasant for all of us who don't like oversweeted perfumes. Sparkling opening, nice drydown.Brilliant composition.

I have known Ma Griffe since childhood. It's a scent that works best in very hot, humid climates as it has a tremendous cooling effect. I loved it when I lived in Africa but on buying it again in London, it just wasn't the same. Partly, the perfume itself had changed and, of course, the British weather is not right for Ma Griffe. I know it is a top favourite of many high-profile women in India. It used to be quite inexpensive but has recently taken a price hike -- not sure why!
Additional Note: BEWARE of Ma Griffe dating from the 1990s to about 2005. (That's when it suddenly also became very cheap to buy.)
The batches produced thereafter (including these days) smell much better and more like the Ma Griffe of the old days.

The reformulated edp I have is quite a safe scent to my nose, and for that it is indeed well-blended. The general impression I have with this fragrance is that of smelling dry hay together with other meadow plants. On first spray it is all about aldehydes, and I do like aldehydes, together with some genteel citrus added in, some slightly oily greenness rounding it. As it dries down there are no particular flowers coming to the front, but I can feel the oakmoss coming through instead, together with just a hint of soft woodiness to sustain it; dry and oakmossy, yet not disturbing, with a remnant of classy feeling. I have applied on my pulse points and on the crook of my arms. While on my pulse points the scent is powdery dry with a dash of citrus, on the crook of my arms it is warmer with flowers and cinnamon or sandalwood, maybe.
I place this scent, for its safe character, in the same category with Blue Grass and Je reviens, even though it is more mature, drier with a hint of powder.
I also think it to be a skin scent, to the effect that it smells of skin, as it brightens and highlights the natural smell of one's person.
I intend to wear it for a couple of days and see how it mixed with skin and hair and how I perceive it when I wake up in the morning.
Now that I move around I can feel a soapy feeling like of my own body and I see that the scent warmed a little more on the crook of my arm.

I have just bought "MA GRIFFE Carven parfum de toilette 10mls", now I wonder about this version. Can it be good? Because it is not spray and splash . It's roll on. I had mini parfum- just only fantastic scent! Reminds me Climat Lancome very much.
I tryed to find the information about Ma Griffe bottle roll on but couldn't find.If this vintage or new - I don't know.

I picked up 50mls vintage 'parfum de toilette' with talc boxed, both unused. I sprayed it on and just cannot get on with it at all, it's just too astringent and sharp for me. Would someone like it? pm me if you would!:)

This is one of the most complex fragrances I've ever encountered. The opening is horrible! It has a witch hazel/astringent smell. Fortunately that quickly gives way to a lovely heart: roses and white flowers,and cool green notes. It is clean, fresh, and dry. What little sweetness Ma Griffe has shows up in the drydown and it is a "candy" sweetness. This little bit of "burnt sugar" mixed with orris root produces a soft, smooth, powdery drydown. Ma Griffe reminds me of Cabotine. They are both cool, dry, green fragrances -- great "go to" perfumes for the long, hot days (and nights) of summer. But Ma Griffe is more subtle, more sophisticated. It is Cabotine grown from a girl into a woman.

Just a little history: In 1946 Ma Griffe was literally "launched." A small plane rained down a bundle of parachutes over Paris, each containing a small bottle of Ma Griffe underneath. I love this story...

Ma Griffe opens crisp and lush of Green Notes caresses
your senses of different shades though light and dark
swirls vibrantly like an Rousseau painting primal and
instinctive from the surface the opening gives an impression of innocence and the green notes adds that
metaphor as we walk further into the Ma Griffe Greenhouse the air becomes thicker and the floral becomes deeper The note of Peach steeps though the
air like a sensual Verita; Rose adds an velvety touch
to this dualistic scent Orris brings the earthy side
and nocturnal jasmine closes the middle with an green
herbal smell; The drydown turn Ma Griffe uninhibited
and Primal; Labdanum with a mixture of Civet adds a
Animalistic spirit Cinnamon brings depth and a bit of an edge; Watered musk dilutes the volume but noticible.

Ma Griffe dries to a dark and esoteric finish of
styrax and dry sandalwood,This scent is a Chameleon
crisp and green at the opening deep and reseinous
drydown, i would love this if it wasn't a bit cloying
but still a nice perfume i would give this
3 out of 5 Stars.

Hello! :-) I bought a golden (!) version of "Ma griffe" and I don´t know if it´s a totally different smell or a fake!? Maybe there is somebody who can answer my question? LOVE!!! ;-)

I have a very strong opinion about Ma Griffe - I HATE it! I bought a vintage eau de toilette bottle on ebay. I'm interested in trying as many vintage scents as possible because I find so many contemporary perfumes have a chemical, synthetic smell, and they don't last. There are so few of good quality, though there are exceptions (for ex: Tresor and Addict -both amazing....). Still I long for the quality of the "real" perfumes of the past, those made with more pure ingredients, the bold, long-lasting scents.

Ma Griffe is one of those classic perfumes, but alas, as I said before, I HATED it! I suppose it's because I gravitate toward sweet perfumes. Ma Griffe is not sweet, except in the sense that it's powdery. What immediately came to mind was a strong similarity to YSL's Rive Gauche, another retro French classic "fresh" green cyphre.

Fragrantica members describe Ma Griffe as very green, so I expected a fresh smell, but I didn't really smell fresh cut green grass. I smelled, let's see....earthy, mossy, damp, grassy mud, with some baby powder poured in it. Yeah, muddy baby powder. I don't smell citrus. Actually, when I think of it, it does smell like a sour lemon that's gone bad. And cut flowers that have been in a vase for weeks and weeks, that have gone bad. Ma Griffe made me feel very nauseous. It was a "scrubber" (had to get rid of it asap!!). Reading the reviews, it seems to smell swell on others. Go figure! Maybe the newer version is lighter, but unfortunately I had such a bad experience with the vintage that I'm not willing to try it.

Cool. Confident. Classy Green. Fresh. Some powder, too...and the faintest hint of spice way in the background. I love this beautiful classic. Love my green scents.

I had an amazing opportunity to test both, Pure Perfume and Eau de Perfume versions of MA GRIFFE. They both share the same theme but they are definitely not the same. I have to say that I absolutely and deeply in love with both versions.

The EDP is like a walk outside on a spring morning. It is green, fresh and beautiful. The EDP appears much lighter, less complex and a bit sharper and greener than the PURE PERFUME.

The PURE PERFUME is like a sultry summer night. It is deep, rich and opulent. The PURE PERFUME is very smooth and incredibly complex but it still retains this “green” quality.

The EDP opening is lemony fresh with green notes and just a touch of aldehydes. The heart notes are mostly ylang-ylang, orange blossom and iris. The composition remains to stay beautiful and light. The oakmoss, vetiver and resins are prominent in the dry down.

The PURE PARFUME opening is rich and opulent. The aldehydes are much more present than in EDP. I also feel a touch of asoefetida. This is a strong combo but it remains very smooth and creamy. The heart notes are stunning with jasmine, ylang-ylang and rose. The composition remains to stay within the green zone but without the sharpness of EDP. The dry down has woody notes with noticeable cinnamon, resins and benzoin notes. There is a bit of honey like sweetness in the PURE PARFUME that I do not detect at all in EDP.

EDP version is like a light beautiful tune played on the piano. PURE PARFUME is like the same tune but played by a big orchestra. MA GRIFFE Pure Perfume is my mom’s signature scent. I am so happy that I followed her advice and tried both versions. If I was asked which one is my favorite, I would pick the pure perfume for its complexity and smooth velvet like finish. This was definitely one of the best purchases I made recently. I am so glad that I finally found the fragrances from Chypre Floral group that I love.

its disappointing that so many people today don't like overpowering perfumes, now everything that is made is so disappearing one spray and its gone, spray this and something like charlie and it will last for a long long time the way perfume/cologne is supposed to be worn, perfume afterall is your signature statement...

This is my mother in a bottle. It was her signature perfume, and now when I wear it I remember her and her stylishness, classiness, intelligence and absolute determination.

It is green, green gree, but unlike most greens it has a robustness and staying power and depth and sexiness that defies its first notes. Gosh, could those early perfumers really compose some amazing bombs!!!It is all quenching and cooling, and has some fire despite that!

It is definitely a fume for a strong, classy and clever lady who wants to smell feminine. Solid staying power, so it also defies lots of greens in that regard!

This is liquid green. I spray it on and feel that I am in the cool, green shade of some mythical tree. It's absolutely wonderful on the hottest, most humid Queensland days - otherwise it can be a bit much as it is quite powdery as well. But, in the right context,it's a gem.

You'll never find another perfume like "Ma Griffe."

i love trying out new scents, which are hard to find(and smell:) i got the EDt and i have to admit - puh, thats a strong one! its oldfashioned in its first blast - reminds me of my grandmothers mix of hairspray and cream- then the citrus gets calmer, its softer and unfortunately on me it vanishes pretty fast.
still its a very demanding strong scent, that needs an certain occasion and bold outfit!!! - thats the way i personally see it.
as for me - its too bitterish herb, i wont wear it, but its pleasent. i'd describe it a spring smell.

I recently acquired a bottle of this. I must say, I dislike the strong, over powering initial smell. But the dry down is totally worth the wait. I find this perfume hard to wear. My family sneezes (non stop) at the initial smell of this perfume. So I put it on in the washroom with the vent on until the dry down happens. Love the soft dry down.

Hi all...so glad to now be a part of this forum! I've been wearing Ma Griffe since I was 16 years old...39 years ago!! I LOVE Ma Griffe (wear nothing else)...but, yes, after the reformulation years ago, sadly it changed. I have been searching for a quality perfume that would be like it ever since, yet can't find anything like it. Some perfumes I've tried have some similar properties, but in the end dissapoint. Anyone know of another perfume that has the same scent of Ma Griffe, or have you heard if Carven has any intention of reformulating Ma Griffe to the quality perfume it once was?

Please track down the pure perfume if you want to try this one. The Eau de Parfum can seem a bit harsh at first, but the dry-down, especially layered over the body cream, is very nice. However, to really "get" the scent, you need to experience the undiluted perfume. It's absolutely lovely, a perfect green chypre, sophisticated and yet fresh. I love it.

I remembered trying this in my 'youth' and never really taking to it enough to get a bottle.
Lured by reading about it's 'green', and forgetting exactly what it smelled like, I decided to try it again and found a reasonably cheap, sealed, vintage bottle of the parfum de toilette on Ebay.
To me it is very very 'dry' and simple, in that it doesn't seem to go through any great change in the drydown.
That's not bad, I can wear this, it reminds me very much of YSL Rive Gauche actually, very similar in that dry quality.

absolutely horrible... maybe it smelled better in 1960 but I strongly doubt it....

I remembered this one from the 1960s. My sister had it and I remember the provocative (for the 60s) ads in magazines. The ladies nails scratching the man's back with green in passion. Whew ! Too much . I got a vintage bottle to try out. I was expecting it to be more sexy but it's very vintage and refined smelling to me. It's great after all the fruity-florals produced now. It seems like something for a really classy lady who keeps her passionate side hidden until the right time in private. It seems very mid-century and retro but too green to be old fashioned. You can't find good Chypres like this anymore. Never mind about trying out the lastest celebrity bimbo fruit juice, check out a vintage bottle of Ma Griff for a different experience.

Update- It's a vintage chypre perfume. I think chypres are an acquired taste and maybe not for everybody. Most of the people on this website are open to trying different fragrances and experimenting with vintage chypres.
This is what Peggy on Mad Men would have worn when she broke new ground for women in the 60s. That is the feeling of Ma Griff , retro classic.

And yes, Rosabelle, your reviews were "absolutely horrible" .

A masterpiece. Cool, green and sparkling,it persists and envelopes the wearer in a fragrance which is personal yet giving.It deserves its legendary reputation.The parfum is particularly beautiful but seems increasingly difficult to obtain.

This was my mother's signature fragrance when I was little. It is an elegant fragrance, and I will continue to make the effort to find it as long as it is made!

Wanted to like this, given its history. Sadly it was not for me. I found it sour and very powdery. On the right person this perfume would be sensational, given the notes of this perfume. The fact is you cannot please everyone and body chemistry certainly plays a factor.

I read the reviews below and I can understand why people like/love Ma Griffe and I think it is great on others skin, but unfortunately not on mine. I find it too sharp and wild and find myself punched in my nose and knocked out completely. Sorry, I wanted to like this one, but not for me at all. :-((

ma griffe the new one is a bugspray
like chematox... do not spend any money on it i regret the purchase deeply, but
the older bottle with the golden top area and plastic top is a unique frag.
Very very addictable!!!

What a beautifully put together fragrance! I came across this perfume by chance and loved the bottle so out of interest I looked it up and was impressed. There wasnt a negative comment to be seen! Having bought the perfume I was delighted with it, I too smell spring, hay, freshly cut grass, moss, Lemon and most evocatively Lily of the Valley. This perfume is strong but gentle, sharp but soft I get so many compliments when wearing it, I'm just so glad I prchased it. This one gets a 10 out of 10 from me.

what else can be said,except,green ,greener ,greenest

i'm in love

I love the aggressive Ma Griff, and Miss Dior , Y and more passive Cabochard and Ivoire and Paloma Picasso in winter.
Even better, they love me. I receive more compliments from this crew than from any other genre.
Ma Griff EDT used to be an economy buy at duty free outlets but is a long time since I have seen the parfum or EDP.

It is said that Ma griff was composed by Mme Gres as a scent for young girls, sporty, modern ,chic. I might add self-absorbed ? I can't think of a recent aldehydic chypre release that has been adopted by teens.

Does anyone else remember Millot's Crepe de Chine ? It too had a layer of gardenia buds and a sharp woody drydown but was not quite as astringent as Ma Griff.I have never understood why it was lost to us.

I continue to try scents from other families and enjoy them but always come back to the Chypre group, especially as I can finally pronounce the word.

Weegee is right on the money: this fragrance is so old it seems new again.


Fantastically green--fresh emerald green and dark mossiness make a contrast that can only be found in old school winners and maybe some adventurous nichery.
A pleasant floral heart basking in a green sun.
The opening is certainly aldehydic-unpleasantly soapy for me--
but there is something about Ma Griffe that keeps it from opening too bitter and too soapy to appreciate the scent in its entirety.

It's a fully precious gem--alive, with strong roots, green fluid-filled stems and a swaying shadow.

Carven MA GRIFFE is one of the most exciting perfumes I've encountered in quite some time. I am grateful to all of the Fragranticistas who praised this worthy creation to the high heavens, since on their recommendation I bought a gift set online and am thoroughly delighted!

MA GRIFFE is totally green and utterly unique. MA GRIFFE is a huge pile of freshly cut grass clippings under a bright blue sky. MA GRIFFE is a vast expanse of glistening green rice paddies in rural Japan with not another soul anywhere in sight.

This may be what I wanted CABOTINE to be, though unfortunately it never measured up to my dream: clean, green, briskly aldehydic, white floral pristine perfection...and also chypre!

MA GRIFFE effects an immediate change in perspective but without numbing the mind. To spritz on MA GRIFFE is to step outside of Plato's Cave and stare directly at the incandescent sun. I may sound like some sort of religious zealot, but MA GRIFFE simply further confirms my longstanding belief in survival of the fittest when it comes to matters of value.

There's a reason why this extraordinary creation still exists and has no even close competitors. In the perfume jungle red in tooth and claw, MA GRIFFE has managed to hold her own, to retain the claim she staked so long ago.

I guess I am finding out what I really love in perfume: aldehydes and cyphers seem to be my favorites. I gravitate naturally towards them. I became curious about this scent after reading about a character in a book called, "White Oleader" who wore this every day. The character was terribly unpleasant, cruel, and mean...So, I was not racing to grab a bottle, just curious. After smelling this, I realized that a family member or teacher in my past must have worn it because it smelled hauntingly familiar. I looooove its fresh, green, soft, femininity. To me, it is very sexy. The way I feel sexy to be...more on the subtle side. To me, it reminds me of walking around Paris on a spring day...partly cloudy. Romantic.

(parfum de toilette)
I'm starting to get to know chypres. My experience with Ma Griffe shows that if you don't feel comfortable with a whole fragrance group, you just haven't found your perfume in it. I wasn't sure about chypres as a whole group and then I found Ma Griffe. (Thanks Kterhark for the introducing us to each other!)

Ma Griffe starts with a localized explosion of aldehydes and greens with slight hint of lemons. Definitely green, pretty soapy and very much in your face. Like your rival showing up for a party with a hairdo like yours but better done. And wearing the same perfume, too. An aaahhh, an immediate punch in the nose, quick move, 180 degree turn, instant change. I understand why this can be getting home after work fragrance.

This stage lasts on me less then 10 minutes, perhaps about 5, and I affectionately call it... no, I am too embarrassed, please, lean closer, I'll whisper... I call it "a green stinker" for these minutes.

Then it mellows out on me and becomes a combination of smells that cannot be experienced together. On the one hand, I feel myself lying on a lot of green grass in the forest, in the heat, tearing the blades, rubbing them against my hands together with the delicate and dangerous flowers of lily of the valley. At the same time, I smell something like steaming milk. How can that happen to be in the same place? This puzzles my mind for about an hour, and then we're on to drydown. It's a sparkling green tarragon soda from my childhood, it's a light green soap made into a shape of cinnamon roll (and with a cinnamon flavor). It's whimsical and comforting at the same time. I'm at home with maverick and I like Ma Griffe.

I put Ma Griffe in my "Love" column, but can't really remember its scent. I'm on a mission to find some again! I'd ordered a sample of it, back in the 70s. A mini bottle came in the mail. I remember loving it; I'd never smelled anything like this before. I used it all up, not thinking (in my teens) that it might one day be a reformulated, hard-to-find fragrance. Sigh. If you can get your hands on some, cherish it.

I have a vintage bottle of the authentic perfume and it was a surprise to find it. Simply delight as a perfume. Real chypree, i feel like i am outdoor, in the country, i smell fresh air coming through the trees in a clean atmosfere. Although the colour of the liquid is altered by the time, the scent smells as new as possible. It doesn' t have any synthetic, industrialy made smell, it's impossible to bring in mind something similar, so perfectly made from it's start until the drydown, which has something unexpectededly sweet and fresh at the same time. It's a fragrance that stays on the skin 24 hours and suits most women. It brings to mind high heels and furs and i agree that accompanies better a classic appearence, as if you walk out from a 50's movie. But i wear it even with athletic clothes. 14.18

I heard the story that this perfume was made by a creator who was actually anosmic. The perfume was made out of memory just like Bethoven did his music. Amazing. I doubt it is the original, unfortunatly, like most of the good old fragrances.

(parfum de toilette review)
I found this quirky gem in an obscure perfume shop at the mall. Never read white oleander, never even read a review of it. Just sniffed, liked, and bought.
The opening is like an espresso jolt to me. Love the sharp, green notes.
Can't say it's gorgeous, can't say it mysterious, and can't say it's stunning.

What I can say it that this has become a scent I wear every other day (so it's a good thing it's a cheapie). I love coming home from work, changing my clothes, and spritzing on some Ma Griffe for an instant change in mood. There is something about this scent that is infectious. It's just plain energizing. Zing!!!

This is a goddess of all that's green and fresh. Very sultry , steamy scent.

The afternoon breeze in a beautiful garden , down in the deep south...

This is a very womanly and in my opinion quite a sexy scent.
Very unique. Another retro gem!

I'm not an expert at picking out notes or anything but I think what gives
this that wonderful freshness is the sage, oakmoss and citruses combining with all its wonderful florals.

I'll be making this my own, love it!

I always loved Ma Griffe, and I first tried it before it became the degraded thing it is today. I just got a little bottle of the vintage Parfum, and oh boy, it is fantastic! If anyone doubts that this is one of the greats, try it in its original formula. It is true thing of beauty that any lover of green scents must experience. If only it could be restored to its former glory.

Mademoiselle Carven loved gardenia, jasmin and rose and she created this wonderful fragrance in 1945. She said "All what I love is green". "Ma Griffe" is fresh, green, soft and sultry. I love it, I made me this gift when I passed my final school test, Ma Griffe was my big motivation to study.

I love this perfume. It is a restrained, classy, dry, green scent. I agree with elgab89 about the Ivoire thing. In fact, I layer them together, sometimes with a touch of Fendi to round things out.

also, I do fine the ads a little embarassing: this is not why I wear it, nor do I feel like this when I do. it sometimes seems to me to have a scent of old-fashioned hard Christmas candy, the good kind, especially in winter; I don`t know which ingredient that would be, but perhaps it is association as I love to wear it in winter and on the holidays.

Does anyone have the true story of the remake of this perfume-that it is not the original-is this true? I love this perfume.

The neroli and oakmoss emerge fairly quickly for me, transforming the initial blast of green into something almost dark - like the moist shadows in the forest. And it's so old it seems new again. Not for everyone, to be sure. I don't wear it often but like knowing it's there on the shelf.

this brings a picture to my mind of my spinster aunt in a twinset and plastic popper pearls, in the 70's, havent tried it for a while, maybe should again as i have been developing my tastes recently, probably similar to miss dior,which is an acquired taste but growing on me fast

I love this scent - also Miss Dior, the only Dior one I like, and Mitsouko - so elgab89 may be on to something! It's a bit astringent and a bit rich as well - a really good deep subtle balance of fresh green notes and deeper sweet notes in the fragrance. Loved it since I was a small child

i didnt think that i am gonna like it ,because i read so much about it`s smell that it is old-fashion and so on but i really loved it !!it is not my style but there is something in this smell that gives me comfort and reminds me of my childhood.love it!

The perfume has so many notes listed
and creates such an interesting combination, many of the notes are not perceptible individually. For sure it is not sweet, as mentioned above, I do not find it so sharp as others do. The old advertisement photos try to give the idea of "pure sex" and "animalistic" tendencies..which seems to be such a contrast for this perfume. The perfume starts out very green and quickly turns into some humid garden of white flowers and or some heavy aura around you,
the fragrance feels humid--humid-is the only way I can describe it. Maybe it is the oakmoss, musk, jasmine, ylang ylang combination creating this feeling of heavyness and humidity. It is a heavy perfume if you spray too much, it is a light perfume if you only spray a little. It´s quite different from all in my collection, and I must say that I do not always enjoy it, but, I do like, appreciate, and admire it.

I don't think my nose gets along very well with chypres in general...I've yet to find one that I'm crazy about. I bought this and wore it a few times, but just couldn't get over the sharp bite of its opening notes. I did like the soft, powdery dry-down. I gave it to my aunt and she loved it!

On certain levels I put it in the same category with Mitsouko, Miss Dior, Calandre, even Ivoire.
If you like this, let me just tell you, you have class! There is nothing old about it, mature - for sure. Made for an elegant woman getting over the romantic sweetness of her adolescence, now wiser and stronger. A femme fatale!

I just had to sniff this after reading "White Oleander," in which one of the characters made this her signature scent. I didn't care for it on the first couple of wearings, but after a few more sniffs, I have decided it's one of the loveliest scents. Very green. If the color green has a scent, this is it. No sweetness at all, which is a nice for a change. It's such a shame that classics like this one get lost amongst all the mediocre fruity florals in today's marketplace. This one is worth tracking down.