Une Fleur de Cassie Frederic Malle for women

I had this a while ago and gave the bottle to my mother as it really reminded me of "Chanel No.5" very similar notes yet a little different. Amazing fragrance composition but not me at all!

This is simply brilliant. A great example of what real perfumery is. A perfect machine where all the parts work meticolously, in their own place, with an incredible timing, in the right way. Une Fleur De Cassie is the total oppsite of minimalism but is so well orchestrated that all you can do is take your hats off and appreciate it.

A dirty-floral composition almost animalic with a pretty usual pyramid but with an unique smell. If this is not skill, you tell me what it is...A masterwork and a must try for everybody.

Rating: 8.5/10

Just received a sample and had to apply immediately!

First sniff it was a greenish flower, carnation and cumin.

It is now also performing a creamy sensation.

Not sure if this perfume is me or not me. It has a very adverse effect, khm, it is kind of turning me on? :D Possible?

If I sniffed this one on a man... i would just jump at him, straight away. Not sure why, because there is not much masculine about it at all. I am puzzled.

Verdict: Requires further investigation

I was curious about this scent because of the fabulously descriptive reviews, but felt like I approached it wearing blinders.

It's not that i dont get this one, I just don't have an opinion on it. I had to wear it four times before reviewing because I'm putting it on, and yes i can smell it, but it doesn't last long enough to evaluate.

This is not a scent i dislike, this is not a scent that I love. This is just a scent that i tried.

It opens big and yellow for me; quite sweet actually, and this phase I'm 'eh' about. I don't get a dry down, but I do have something lingering on my clothes. I can't say this is musky, and I can't say it's dirty body-like, it's just a scent that is hanging on my clothes.

Bronx is right- this is an intellectual exercise, and the question is: why does it work for some people and not for others? Hmm...

My girlfriend's favorite to wear from FM. Musky, floral, but clean. Need to buy another one. Turns heads.

This perfume represents a fascinating intellectual exercise in perfuming. Last night after I put it on, I could not keep my nose off my wrist. It's decadent and intoxicating -- but definitely a niche product with little popular appeal.

The note on the sample card says Une Fleur de Cassie aims to evoke the "voluptuous, disturbing scents" of the 1930s and that the cassie flower has a fragrance that's "bestial, bordering on the coarse." (On my skin, it starts with a strong jasmine absolute then moves to tuberose and cassie.) The dustiness of the middle and basenotes do conjure the smell of makeup from that era. (My grandmother kept a store of vintage rouges and powders.)

UFDC is definitely not a scent for younger women -- it seems, rather, about the sexuality of mature women.

In her review of it, Sed Non Satiata talks about a note that smells like "unwashed bodies," which she identifies as cumin. I don't smell any spices, but I would her description a step further and say that there's a whopping fecal note in the middle of this perfume. It reminds me of sexual activities that produce not just spunk, but funk.

UFDC would be a good perfume for me if I could afford it: It's for someone overripe and overage but still alluring. Picture Simone Signoret at about this age, wearing a lace slip, stocking and garters, and you get the picture.

Thank you, Dominique Ropion! If I could designate a single perfume to be the scent-track of my life it would be Une Fleur de cassie.

I am a huge fan of acacia farnesia, the dominant note in Une Fleur de Cassie. In most perfumes, acacia farnesiana is sweetened with a huge dollop of heliotrope: the effect is pleasing, but it is not true to the strange, vegetal, dry character of the actual flower. I'm delighted to say that in Une Fleur de Cassie I detect instead of sweet almond, an earthy, spicy, cumin-like note, in perfect contrast to the floral. This is not for everyone, however, and looking at other fragrance sites, I see most people love it or hate it--nothing in between. The cumin can smell a bit funky. Some people perceive it as the scent of unwashed human bodies--and while that is not exactly. I see the connection. Come to think of it there is a seductive, cuminy smell to some male armpits. Maybe that's why I find that sort of dirty basenote glorious. If this seems just too creepy but the rest sounds good to you, I would recommend Après l'Ondée by Guerlain, which is in a similar scent family, but sweeter and cleaner, and every bit as haunting, or the less complicated Mimosa pour moi, by l'Artisan Parfumeur. But by all means, give Une Fleur de Cassie a try. You may fall in love. [Sept. 2008]