Cristalle (for women)
Designer: Chanel Olfactive Group: Chypre Floral
!Eau de toilette Cristalle was created in 1974, by the famous Chanel perfume creator Henri Robert. A perfect and pure fragrance composition reminds of an ideally lined crystal. Clear green notes reveal a wide spectrum: from green spicy basil to sweet petitgrain, a perfect beginning followed by exuberant eruption of lemon and bergamot freshness. The green note of galbanum unites the citrus notes and extends their glorious melody. The heart is composed of hyacinth and jasmine, but their luxuriance is subordinate to the perfect lines of the entire composition. The base includes oak moss and wood.
The perfume belongs to the floral-chypre olfactive group. Eau de parfum Cristalle was created by Jacques Polge in 1993. While EDT is mysterious and astringent 'chypre', eau de parfum is sweeter and richer. The verdure of the top notes is significantly moderated, and bergamot is replaced by sweet mandarin. Juicy peach and melon repel the dark notes characteristic for EDT, and bring out the whole composition to the daylight. Exotic luxury of ylang-ylang and jasmine contrasts the soily nuance of vetiver and oak moss.
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i am using Cristalle since 1995. it is perfect for the summer or any time of the year. am so glad that lots of people don't like it so it became my exclusive signature :) it's fresh, crisp, clean, refreshing and yet feminine! i received lots of complements wearing it. my only complain about Cristalle is the lasting power which makes me have to apply again and again.. i can't get enough of it.. it's really lovely!
07/05/09 02:15:48
ı wanna perfume that has hiacynth..which one do u suggest me..
07/03/09 15:55:16
It starts out sour and piquant. Then, the hiacynth charmingly arises to lighten the mood, and the brazillian rosewood has a softening, soothing effect. The oakimoss and vetiver are noteable right away, giving such an interesting effect to the entire secnt. I am testing the EDT. I just love it. Oh, how I wish it would stay just like this, forever! Alas, it fades away so quickly. No sillage to announce itś Chanelesque presence and style, no fixation for the delicacy to last more than two to three hours or so. Now, I am longing to test the mysterious EDP.
06/18/09 14:05:11
Perfect for hot summer days since it makes you feel fresh without the bitterness or sharpness of citrus scents. A real classic!
04/01/09 15:39:43
as a chanel perfume,it's not saying loud about the house behind it,it doesn't give me headache and I like it.
it opens with very strong and sharp citruses,bergamot notes.it's very green and I get something like olive note in it,which is not really bad.it's a bit spicy and not floral after 10 minutes.it's not very strong in the middle notes,but certainly it's not sweet and that's a good choice for people who don't like sweet perfumes.
to me it's all green and the best part about it is a opening scent.the bergamot is just great here.
so if you don't like other chanel fragrances,give this one a try.
it opens with very strong and sharp citruses,bergamot notes.it's very green and I get something like olive note in it,which is not really bad.it's a bit spicy and not floral after 10 minutes.it's not very strong in the middle notes,but certainly it's not sweet and that's a good choice for people who don't like sweet perfumes.
to me it's all green and the best part about it is a opening scent.the bergamot is just great here.
so if you don't like other chanel fragrances,give this one a try.
03/24/09 09:29:33
I understand that the eau de parfum and the eau de toilette are completely different formulations, the EdP being more floral and the EdT being more like the original '74 chypre.
I tested the EdT and found it very pleasant: the opening green notes are refreshing, making this a wonderful choice for a hot day. The top-to-heart portion seems a little, well, dull to me. However, as the hyacinth/jasmine heart subsides into the clean vetiver/moss base, Cristalle becomes utterly lovely. I won't be buying this, because I only really love about the last hour's worth of each application, and that's a pretty pricey experience. But it is truly, truly wonderful, for that one hour. Try it.
I tested the EdT and found it very pleasant: the opening green notes are refreshing, making this a wonderful choice for a hot day. The top-to-heart portion seems a little, well, dull to me. However, as the hyacinth/jasmine heart subsides into the clean vetiver/moss base, Cristalle becomes utterly lovely. I won't be buying this, because I only really love about the last hour's worth of each application, and that's a pretty pricey experience. But it is truly, truly wonderful, for that one hour. Try it.
02/18/09 17:23:33
This is not a review, as I don't get along well with chypres and it wouldn't be fair...but I want to add a funny comment: upon smelling this after wearing it for 15 minutes, my fiancee said, "You smell like a urinal cake!" Being a woman, I had to ask him what a urinal cake was...ha! :)
01/12/09 07:51:11
at the begining i used to think it smells kinda old and serious...because of the bergamot and lemon, i suspect...once on the skin though it grows into this unbelievable freshness, but it no longer stings the nose...the vetiver makes it green and cool but warm at the same time...i wear it only in the spring, because it is the essence of it: sunny and bright, but retaining the cold freshness of the winter...it's definetly a happy potion after a long winter hibernation :P
12/29/08 11:47:44
One of my all time favorites. Crisp and clean, but still femenine. A great perfume for the office, becuase it is not overpowering. I fell fresh and energtic when I wear Cristalle.
11/29/08 17:02:48
smells cologny, soft, and NOT serious, but after some time of using it, it is the opposit. It is a serious scent, but the kinde that can be used every time and where ( school, work,party )
11/02/08 00:23:50
It wasn't what I expected it to be at least not from reviews, notes or what its name suggested. When I tried this one, it was like,'here we come again, another perfume I can't understand at all'. It smelled smoky to me, a bit bitter, I couldn't detect anything citrucy, because it seemed to me some chypre scent or made of aldehydes, resembling majority of hermes, and some Yves Saint Laurent scents, which seem all the same to me, and I am not a fan of those. The nearest it come to citrucy to me, it is the scent's 'dryness', but I coudn't describe it more, because it is too thick, smokey and sort of aldehyde chypre smell to me. Definately can't judge its freshness, but can assure as 'deep' I could get into this scent there isn't a hint of sweetness in it
10/25/08 15:03:10
I know I am in the minority regarding this fragrance, but it just did not work for me. It was too green or clean to me. I do think it would be great for the office or on a spring day. It just wasn't my cup of tea.
10/10/08 21:20:17
Very clean, crisp, structured. I always see green when I smell this. And I always wear a well-ironed white shirt to the office when I put this on. It's a very professional, smart scent.
06/25/08 07:41:06
I think I saw on another perfume website that there are two types of Cristalle. The original Cristalle Eau de Toilette was made in 1974, which is the one I'm more familiar with, as a sharp citrusy metallic perfume that has incredible sillage and smells great on everyone else but me.
Well today, I stopped by the store to see if they have Cristalle and they have the Eau de Parfum which was made in 1994(?) by someone else, and man, this smells totally different from the original Cristalle. I'm surprised they gave it the same name. I tried it on myself to see if my skin likes it better than the original. After the initial blast of a mostly "lime zest" smell, it dries down on my skin into something like a soapy watered-down version of "Sunflowers." Not the 1974 Cristalle I remember at all. Oh well!
Well today, I stopped by the store to see if they have Cristalle and they have the Eau de Parfum which was made in 1994(?) by someone else, and man, this smells totally different from the original Cristalle. I'm surprised they gave it the same name. I tried it on myself to see if my skin likes it better than the original. After the initial blast of a mostly "lime zest" smell, it dries down on my skin into something like a soapy watered-down version of "Sunflowers." Not the 1974 Cristalle I remember at all. Oh well!
03/08/08 22:21:51
The perfect scent for the office - crisp, cool, elegant, silky.
10/31/07 17:25:04
Extremely sharp, green, cold and crystal clear, I like it, it's like a crystal ;o)
10/20/07 19:06:46
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