En Passant (for women)

mellybee

When I was a child, I used to snug myself under a lilac tree with a good book in my hand and I spent my entire day preoccupied with an imaginary word and caught the breeze of the lilac whipped by the wind occasionally.

Olivia Giacobetti achieved to capture the lilac note truly , but it is more than a straightforward lilac scent because this fragrance evokes memories of my childhood.

The best time of wearing is when you don't feel like smelling perfume-y, just simple pretty.

Lorilavira

En passant is really nice.It's fresh and soft and very light it's not really a parfume,it's more like a second skin.
I smell the cucumber and flowers(lilac).The rice make it soft.I never smelled such a fragrance really interesting.
I think it's a perfect fragrance for the spring and summertime,you always feel free and clean when you wear it.
A scent for all occasion and for every woman.It's not really powerful and last not such a long time but this is maybe interesting for some people which searching for a light,natural scent.The Bottle is great i like the Bottle a lot the clarity match good to the fragrance.

Popovna

The best spring smell. For a long time searched for a gentle lilac.

tessture

It does smell like real lilac, right down to the woody branches and green rangy leaves. Don't get me wrong, I love lilac and grew up with lilac bushes in the yard, but there's a note the flowers get as they start to die, a sort of rotting sweetness, sad decay, and this perfume has that, too. I'd rather my florals were fresher and less close to turning black and falling all over the table.

SedNonSatiata

I agree with all of the reviews so far, and especially with mademoiselle nicole's "heartbreakingly beautiful."

The top note of En Passant is gorgeous, perfect lilac, which is a multi-layered scent in itself. It reminds a bit of vintage Diorissmo, perhaps because i tend to perceive lilac and muguet as similar in nature: sweet floral over a polleny, dry, vegetal,gently earthy layer. En Passant is more restrained and less chilly than Diorissmo, and the notes of cucumber and hay (or rice? bread?) give En Passant a lasting outdoor warmth and freshness.

I simply adore this perfume and my only complaint is that I wish it lasted longer, especially since it is so expensive. It dries down quickly and almost disappears from me in about one hour. The fleeting quality of En Passant certainly fits its name, but that is some pricey poetry! It reminds me of Baudelaire's "fugitive beauté" in "A une passante: "Ô toi que j'eusse aimée, ô toi qui le savais!" [O you whom I would have loved, O you who knew it!]

Natalya

Smell of love and romance,sensual classic fragrance,not too heavy or too flowery.Love it! One minus-too pricey

F_A

Very nice "clean" and pure scent of white lilac, and though I don't like white flowers in fragrances, this one is an exception! It is so very radiant and serene.

mademoiselle_nicole

pure and cristal-clear.
it is the perfect spring scent. soft and clean lilac with a slight touch of cucumber to give it an aquatic whiff.
it treats the beauty of this one raw material with the respect you find in a childs eyes when it observes nature.
heartbreakingly beautiful

jeca

Must have for spring :-) Absolutely natural lilac, with the fine green and juicy beginning.