Aqua Allegoria Pamplelune Guerlain for women

I have this fragrance and I believe it is quite nice for the right person at the right age. But I can't stand it, it smells sweet and cheap on me, but lovely on others. I am looking to sell or swap this almost full/well preserved bottle for something else. Anyone interested? See my likes and wants! thanks:)

I apologize in advance for this extremely curt review.

Bitter grapefruit--yuuuuuuuuuck!

In The Guide, LT points out that high quality grapefruit notes will smell like a citrus dream to some and garlic to others. I love this fragrance, but I had to wear it a few times before my nose "sorted out' the notes. When one smells an unfamiliar note, the brain usually generalizes the new smell to one it already 'knows'; hence the reason why people associate the citrus in this to cat pee(?) This is a beautiful fragrance for summer or spring but will be an instant mood lifter for any time of the year. The citrusy top notes fade into a seamless,beautiful dry down.

Funny comparisons :o) For me this is the most joyful grapefruit of all grape scents. I chose it many-many years ago among dozens just because when I try it it made me laugh ;o) So crazy and cozy it is ;o) I am now wearing it with a great pleasure.

It´s a delightfull grapefruit scent. Citrus-sweet fruity. Sharp

I LOVE Pamplelune, and I'm sorry to those who think I smell like cat pee. To me this is the most gorgeous, bright, uplifting citus ever, and the warm vanilla drydown is superb. My husband thinks it smells like body odor, and my two sons despise it, but my daughter and I adore it, so we wear it for each other. This is joy in a bottle!

I loved the first burst of grapefruit, lemon and bergamot. An uplifting heady fizz with no bitter tang at all. The blackcurrant was in there almost immediately which worked beautifully. This manages zing without sharpness or sherbet.
I wish it had all stayed around a bit longer but it soon merged into the soft base notes with a hint of pettigrain remaining and thankfully for me no hefty overdone boot of vanilla.
Love it. No cat pee at any time nor anything unpleasant at all just wish it had all lasted longer. A really nice surprise. Not what I expected but all good.

I believe it must smell bad to some people but to those who smell cat pee: you also have to believe those of us for whom it smells absolutely beautiful, a full-on masterpiece and a true classic Guerlain in it's subtlety and complexity.

There seems to be a reoccurring pattern with this fragrance. When I smelled it at a department store with my mother, I thought it smelled like a very natural citrus. She, on the other hand, thought it smelled like cat pee. My mom has raised many cats during her childhood and she owns a cat now, so this lady knows her cat pee. I think it would best to err on the side of caution and avoid wearing this. Smelling like cat urine, even to one person, is one person too many.

Very nice citruses, I like it, in the begin a bit scharp but so frech, and after it softens it is very nice and still fresh.
Wear it now for 6 hours since test-sprayed in the shop and it luckely didn't became bad like on several others, it only gets softer.
Thinking about to buy for the next summer.

I love citruses and especially grapefruit. First I loved this perfume but also on my skin the fresh, lovely scent changed into something awful. I couldn't believe it was the same perfume..
I can see it wasn't only my experience.
Beautiful bottle.
Still looking for the perfect grapefruit perfume.

Aqua Allegoria Pamplelune has a patchouli enhanced fruity opening. The currant hits first then all the citrus family follows closely. It's tolerable until the drydown starts--sweetened cat urine--curse the skin chemistry.
One little dab of this .. (sigh) .. lasts several hours on my wrist but the sillage is low. I will not wear it anywhere .. I do not want people to think I am a psycho cat-lady.

Starts off fresh or even harsh with a lot of grapefruit. Then all I can smell is medicine, I guess thanks to the petit grain and bergamot mix. I'll pass on this one.
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I don't get the cat urine smell at all... and I have had cats. My husband and I both like this a lot. I wonder though if others around me will get the cat urine vibe from me? I hope not! I hope it's just a body chemistry thing.

I like it and I hate it - yes, simultaneously.

Yes, I get the burst of juicy grapefruit in the beginning, but the development thereafter really, I mean REALLY smells like cat urine. Okay, maybe not to some folks, but if one knows the unmistakable, sharp, ammoniacal smell of cat urine and has it well defined in memory, it is VERY hard to review and appreciate this perfume without this association.

Unfortunately, I DID read about the cat urine comparison before I bought it. I can appreciate it, but sadly, cannot wear it. I've had five people say the same thing about it - something about my clothes smelling of cat pee.

Here's the perplexing thing - In front of me I have a bottle of AA Pamplelune and a 15mL bottle of Aura Cacia Grapefruit essential oil. Now, the Pamplelune, we already know what it's trying to represent, but the essential oil actually does it MUCH better and with a better feel, development and longevity. Never does it EVER turn into cat urine - why? What is it, other than the patchouli, that turns this potentially gorgeous fragrance into the smell of a litter box?

Ugh this was really foul on me. Like rotting fruit. Ugh!

Finally, after about an hour or two, it dried down to something NOT resembling rotting citrus flesh, at which point it became a very pleasant and mellow vanilla/sandalwood with a whiff of plasticy grapefruit.

For me, so not worth the first repulsive hour.

Reading some of the reviews of this fragrance is a convincing argument to me that people can have very different perceptions of a smell. To me, this smelled abominable, and I just wanted to get away from it as quickly as possible, so much so that maybe this isn't a fair review since I could not give it a full wearing.

I don't object to synthetics - sometimes a synthetic can be really different from what it represents yet still good on its own, just as a red popsicle doesn't taste much like a cherry but is still very good. The synthetic grapefruit here smells horrible to me, just god awful and not very much like a citrus fruit, though enough like one that I could tell it was meant to represent a grapefruit. But maybe that is just suggestion. It is hard for me to describe this smell: medicinal in a bad way, harsh, jarring, like if it was something you ate, you might lose your lunch. Rasping. Notes of old-school hair remover lotion.

I can see that this is not the typical experience, but it may be helpful in that this review would prevent someone from a disastrous blind buy. If this smells like fresh citrus grapefruit to you, then wear it in good health. I honestly feel bad giving such a bad review to something so many others clearly enjoy. I suspect there is a newer citrus aromachemical that most people find fine and a smaller group doesn't percieve the same way. I suspect this same chemical is also in the new Bottega Veneta, which everyone else loves and I find harshly chemical.

Strong over ripe grapefruit rind followed by stinky sweaty body odor.

Unpleasant? You bet! I wrinkled my nose every time I took a sniff. And my chemistry's not to blame as it was the same on the tester strip.

My opinion? It reeks!

i've had this fragrance for years and always wear it in the summer-it's definitely not for everyone but i always feel light and happy when i wear it-great citrus on me-i don't get the cat pee at all-but doesn't last long on me-sparkling is how i describe it

This is my perfect grapefruit heaven.

I was looking for an authentic grapefruit perfume and was hesitating between Jo Malone`s Grapefruit Cologne and this one. I finally decided to go with Pamplelune.

I use it whenever I want to indulge in pure grapefruit juice, it is very citrussy, refreshing and sharp, just like the real fruit! I dont get any blackcurrant in the middle but eventually the vanilla softens the sharpness, it is just really nice, feminine, good quality fragrance.

The lasting power is standard EDT I think but I often spray it on my hair as well and it does hold, not too bad.

I would really recommend it for all the citrus-lovers out there, perfect for hot summer days.

I love this stuff, it has a very natural grapefruit smell, it's super citrusy, but then, you get the vanilla through all the bitterness of the fruits, and it's just perfect in its own weird way. Often, I find that fragrances that have a lot of citrus are boring, they all smell the same! But this one is different, it's very interesting (but still totaly wearable). Unlike others, I don't find it too strong at all (maybe it's because I always use such a tiny amount of perfume that I rarely find fragraces too intense). Anyway, the only thing keeping me from buying pamplelune is its crappy lasting power... I wish it lasted more than 3 hours, then it would be a total buy!

Well...i think this is the first bottle of perfume i ever finished. Except the Bulgari au thé vert, which has leaked out in my bag. I love the odour of Grapefruit, but I dislike the heavy Patchouli in the basenotes a bit. But for Summer...hmmm, yummy. And i think it depends always on your skin, how a perfume turns out to smell

It is so intensive,sometimes i cannot stand it,but it makes you remarked.

This is one of the better Aquas. Orangey, citrusy, sweet lemonade, drydowns softly. Nice summer daywear.

I was sure that I was going to love this, but NO NO NO!!! To me this smelled like rotten citrus. I'm not sure where they went wrong, but it's sour, rotten, and unpleasant.

Citrus overload! I really enjoy this fragrance. However, it´s gone after 1 hour and I don´t feel like reapplying it 10 times a day. What a pity. It wouldn´t take very long to finish a big bottle. Pity.

I purchased Pumplelune in a big department store where they were selling a lot of superknown perfumes for $10 and $20 because their original boxes had been damaged in a warehouse accident. Tones of "unboxed" scents throwed in big baskets for you to choose. A funny picture of dozens of people fighting to get their own bottle of the latest Gucci or Dolce & Gabbana release for $10. While I was looking at all this as if were civil war or maybe a supermarket assault after a cataclism, I saw 2 unattended bottles on a side. I got closer to them and realized they were Guerlain's Aqua Allegoria Pamplelune and Herba Fresca. I rapidly grabbed them both and rushed to the counter. I wasn't expecting too much and actually I wasn't so curiosus about them, but for $20 I gave them a chance.

Pamplelune is nice. Very realistic in the opening with a big dose of tart freshly squeezed Grapefruit joined by bitter green leaves. It turns rapidly sweeter and a bit warmer with clean musk, vanilla and "shy" patchouli. Unpretentious and honest. I won't consider it as an office fragrance but I'll surely enjoy it in the summer after a day of work and a stone-cold shower.

Rating: 7.5-8/10

This smells dirty to me, like I've overdone with some nasty fragrance the day before and haven't washed yet. I love grapefruit, but this is not a good grapefruit

To me, Pamplelune is a nice refreshing lemon soap scent which should’ve been made into a perfume.
It starts with really real lemon skin zest sweetness and gives off a green-ish, energetic, sunny summer morning feeling (however, in Asia, a brand called Safeguard, made by P&G, has lemon flavoured soap, which doesn’t have much soapiness, and smell really alike Pamplelune. so…here Pamplelune makes a refreshing and energising shower soap scent to me).

As the scent develops, something slightly more powdery comes in, as in green, leafy powdery. If the beginning of the scent is a sweet lemon plus a dark, fat, juicy green leave, now it’s like a light green freshly grown grass and the sweet lemon. As the scent lighten up, a quasi-pomegranate scent comes in and give it some fresh sourness. It should be nice, but I find it weird, the combo smells like 10 times diluted swim pool water (I guess it’s when a lemon scent is not lemon enough, it’s kinda rubbery and chlorine-smelling). It is not the headache-inducing ‘aquatic’ sports perfume smell, but more to a sour salty end, however, unless you love the swimming pool smell with a passion, I wouldn’t say the smell is that good to wear. The weird thing is, there’s a parallel between the smell of this perfume now, and a clean-sweat soaked t-shirt of yours, it’s like you don’t mind smell yourself, but you wouldn’t feel as nicely-dressed, nor feel any of the nice mentality an elegant/fancy/perfume-y perfume would give you.

Over all, if you like a non-perfume perfume, and like citrusy smell, try this one; however, this is more like a lemon-soap residual on you, and stays for about three hours maximum, be aware of the strength of this fume before you buy.

At the beginning it smells like fresh citrus, then it smells like cat-pee, very strange !

Thank God I'm not the only one that gets "cat pee". I had a little 5ml bottle of this a couple of years ago while I was in hospital, and I honestly don't remember it smelling horrible like this, but I just unearthed it and tried it again, and it's going in the bin.

I just wrote that Flora Nymphea is fierce and acrid. And I liked it much more than Pamplelune!

For sure the worst Guerlain I have tested. Yes, Pamplelune opens with notes of citruses, but for some unknown reason I don't like it or consider it all that fresh(and I am lover of fresh citric scents). This is not a pleasant or light perfume, quite the opposite I find it disturbing and overpowering. And if I ignore that two shortcomings then I am left with the fact that Pamplelune is artificial by its smell, boring in its nature and overpriced for (no) delight given.

From three tested allegoric waters 2 scared me, 1 pleased. Will see what happens in future.

Just got this as a present from someone in Paris.
When I first tried it in the shop, it smelled like fresh cut grapefruit but now I detect 100% lemon. Where did the grapefruit go?
Lovely fragrance but it doesn't last long :(

Disgusting. Sweet AND bitter - a horrid grapefruit lolly - the last lolly left in the packet that noone wants to eat - or smell like, for that matter. "A sunny masterpiece" Luca calls it - mate, you owe me 6 bucks.

I love citrus-y fragrances but this one is a bit strong in an unpleasant way.

I've had this in my collection since it came out in 1999. I love the grapefruit and citrusy scent on a warm summer day, and the common note with all my favorite fragrances is sandalwood. I've been using it for over 10 years (on the right days of course), and it still brings a smile to my face!

Oef, super bitter citrus! Like the skin of an orange or grapefruit. I don't know how it smells on the skin, but it also has this little sweet thing somewhere which makes you wanna search for it, thats why I've been sticking my nose to it a lot! I don't know if I would want to buy it, but at least it's interesting!

I strongly dislike this scent. Upon application it smells like grapefruit, but then, on my skin, it turns into this repulsive scent, which i can describe as MOULD! yes, it smells like musty white bread. maybe the reviewers who like this scent never smelt musty bread.

Bought in 2010: This is a beautiful cologne. I would love to shower in it. And I think this scent is even forgiving enough to allow an accidental overdose.
The top note is a bite--, big and real as life, into a sweet& bitter grapefruit. Quite invigorating.
Follows a train of more delicate notes, I imagine violets, because would these not be a lovely match to grapefruit?
Then the dry-down: it is seamless, barely noticeable, I perceive it as a touch of licorice.
On me the scent is quite short-lived.
I make it my companion for days and occasions I want to accentuate with a simple and clear touch of vigor.

Upon first wiff I was hooked. Finding the perfect grapefruit is exceedingly difficult. Grapefruit based fragrances have a tendency to either go too confectionery or sickly tart verging on sour. Pamplelune is the best grapefruit note that I have ever experienced. The first note is a strong juicy sparkling grapefruit zest that slowly unfolds into subtle hints of Bergamot, Neroli and Petitgrain with just the right amount of bitterness. At dry down on my skin the freshness evaporates quickly and a slightly musky Patchouli and Vanilla emerge.

Pamplelune was launched in 1999 as part of the Aqua Allegoria collection. I am not to fond of the Aqua Allegoria line as a whole, Pamplelune is the exception. Aqua Allegoria was designed to appeal to a younger fragrance shopper, where the other Guerlain perfumes may have been intimidating, Aqua Allegoria was to simplify its message and convert new fans to the enduring House of Guerlain. The line mainly consists of single strength notes that evoke natural themes such as mint, mandarin and vanilla. Jean-Paul Guerlain crafted this scent and is further confirmation that Guerlain is still one of the best houses in the world.

Pamplelune is a casual fragrance, best for the spring and summer seasons. It evaporates rather quickly which I actually like and its sillage is very soft, pleasant and powdery. In my opinion this juice is a must for the spring/summer wardrobe. Envision balmy nights walking on the beach gazing at the stars and feeling the tide tickle your toes, while the aura of Pamplelune reminds not to take life to seriously and enjoy the moment.

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just smelt today.. i love it, but i think it lasts no longer

(I would even say this is white grapefruit, not pink. There are other fragrances out there that smell more like pink grapefruit.

incidentally, the supposed patchouli basenote is nearly undetectable to me - just a very faint woody sweetness is all I get.)

I suspect this has recently been reformulated - I have a mini vial that is at least "several" years old and a brand new 50ml bottle. The 50ml bottle has a stronger, clearer, brighter grapefruit scent; the mini doesn't smell like cat pee to me but I could see how it _might_ be interpreted that way.

I have tried other grapefruits - a whole lot of them, in fact - including things like Bois 1920 Agrumi Amari di Sicilia (which is fine, but a little too floral for my taste) and Cheap & Chic by Moschino and a few more I forgot about. Anyhow, this one is the best. And I've smelled that "cat pee" note in other scents _containing_ grapefruit but not in this one. Still, you should test it before you buy it...

But if you want a great dry grapefruit scent that lasts surprisingly long, this is the one.

I was wary of trying this as everyone says it smells like cat pee...and I have had bad luck when it comes to perfumes that smell like BO, pee, skankypants, blood, etc. But this likes me! It's a burst of ruby red grapefruit in the beginning, so tart and juicy I can almost taste the pulp bursting in my mouth. The tartness remains, and the sandalwood mixes in offering a sweet, tangy counterpart to the very strong grapefruit odor. Very good for summer...and it's making me hungry for grapefruit!

The SA at the Guerlain counter raved about this perfume. Although it wasn't instore and I couldn't test it, I thought this sounded like a worthy addition to my collection."So uplifting!" she said, "...divine- you MUST get it!"
I read some of the reviewers described this as cat pee, so I was a little cautious. No- this won't happen to me, I decided. My skin is well behaved and I rarely have issue with skin chemistry. So, yesterday I blind bid on ebay and won it for a fabulous bargain price.
Today upon collection I sprayed my first spray....ahhh, that familiar, sharp tang of grapefruit. Yes, the SA was right- ....so uplifting.
Then, moments later I took another whiff. Oh-oh. Cat pee!!
I'm still happy with it though, the first spray really is great and will certainly put a spring in your step when waking on a hot summers morning.

Now that the temperature has plummeted to 81F, I decided to ferret about my armoire in search of a good citrus perfume in need of a review, and I found...Guerlain AQUA ALLEGORIA PAMPLELUNE, which I obviously don't wear very often, since I nearly forgot about it!

PAMPLELUNE is indeed a citrus fragrance, but not at all typical of this genre. First, the main citrus is not lemon, orange, or bergamot, but grapefruit. Strong, unmistakeable, natural-smelling, just-peeled grapefruit, to be precise. The peel is much more prominent than the juice, hence the bitterness of this citrus, which is not really moderated by the orange or the lemon to any significant degree.

PAMPLELUNE is also atypical for grapefruit fragrances, because it is not at all sweet. No sugar here, and I do not detect the vanilla note as vanilla. Instead, the non-citrus notes come through in the development of PAMPLELUNE to eventually produce a still somewhat bitter, slightly woody, light patchouli drydown.

The reviews indicate a serious skin chemistry polarity here: the cat urine camp no doubt smells just that, but it must be that their own skin is reacting with the rather intense grapefruit essence to produce that smell. Olfactory beauty lies in the nose--and the skin!--of those who sniff.

I myself like PAMPLELUNE and can recommend it for summertime wear, but potential buyers should be aware of the radically divergent views. This citrus fragrance, unlike many, has good longevity, as do all of the members of the Aqua Allegoria series known to me. In the case of PAMPLELUNE, that is good news only for some!

Lol at the "cat pee" references... lucky for me, I am 1000000000% dog lover :) (never owned a cat in my life).

On me, Pamplelune is a wonderful and fresh grapefruit/green fragrance that is in NO way candied/synthetic-sweet (yay!). This fragrance literally smells like you are in a very grassy field cutting up a grapefruit. I love the "realness" of Pamplelune... it is SO nostalgic and refreshing. I have just finished a small decant and plan on purchasing soon. A+

I always wanted to have this one, specially after all the positive reviews that Pamplelune received from critics and users. This one didn't disappointed me. Pamplelune, like everyone said before, is a citrus fragrance that has a fresh citrus smell, that seems real and ...not like a toilet citrus product or something that glade would launch. And it also is a citrus fragrance that both holds the smell for a great time and also develop for something distinct that denote that they thought on the whole fragrance concept, not only on the top notes, like a lot of citrus fragrances do.The grapefruit here has some really interesting citrus facets, like fresh citrus, sweet citrus, bitter citrus. It also has that great smell that you sense when you peel off a ripe juicy citrus. After a two hours ,it's starts the transition to the restrained and comfort vanilla and rose accord. This is rose is slighlty sour with a fruity silk accord and matches well the vanilla, that is not a pudding or candy vanilla, and more like a dry woody vanilla. The base has a comfort and serious aura that I enjoy a lot. Like a cozy grey fabric I think. This one lasts 6 hours on me, after that i can only detect a sheer vanillic rosy trail. Great one, easy to wear, an interesting option for summer days.

Very refreshing at first, but after few hours it doesnt smell so good anymore. The grapefruit scent almost gone, and dun have the weight anymore.I dun think its suitable for matured woman. May be can be wear for hi-tea or picnic at garden/park.

How can a scent with these notes smell of cat pee? A friend of mine always wore this in the summer, she always smelled fresh and clean. Most colognes or scents coming onto the market contain these notes. All I can say is go with your own sense of smell and chemistry. Some people have an odd sense of smell and possibly cat chemistry.

Super fragrance. I love it !!!Special for summer :))) very sexy.
Probably the inspiration for Guerlain was Tunisia, I love Tunisia and their all wealth of the culture.
Do not test the scent when the colour of scent changed and stands irradiated in the perfumery, then smelling. Pampelune is really charming. I choose on the summer , Hermes orange is on my skin is more man′s . I chose Pampelune.

I find this fragrance very light and fresh. On me, it starts out with grapefruit and ends the same way. I'm feeling paranoid now though that others may smell it as cat urine. Makes me kind of uneasy when I wear it. I keep asking others for their opinion but I'm not sure if they're too polite to be honest. For now I will keep wearing it because to me it smells fresh.

Very refreshing, and this one stays with me all day. I never thought of cat-pee when wearing it, although a colleague once said he thought I smelt bitter like Retsina.

I received lots of compliments when I was wearing this very refreshing fragrance. Living in the tropical country this zesty smell from the bergamot mixed with the sweetness of vanilla and patchouli remains one of my favourite summer scent.

Pamplelune smells like fresh grapefruit zest upon application, but quickly morphs into an olfactory memory from childhood. Bear with me and read on.

My mother once had a friend whose home was full of amazing wonders that dazzled me as child: an autoharp, a pottery wheel and kiln, a "Whole Earth Catalog," a large collection of folk music LP's, and her deceased husband's ashes in a box under the bed. This friend was not an especially good housekeeper. Things were well-organized, but all was coated with a fine layer of dust. She always ground her coffee from fresh coffee beans, and the sometimes overflowing garbage would be filled with coffee grounds and orange rinds. She also had a few cats who had sprayed urine in different spots around the house, and whose litterbox was often in need of a fresh supply of litter.

That's the effect I get from Pamplelune: Gloria's house, circa 1978, with its oddly comforting mix of coffee grounds, orange peels, dust and a touch of cat pee. Thanks for the memories, Guerlain! This was not an unpleasant scent for me, but neither is it something I would wear as a perfume.

I love the inital blast of sharpness from this fragrance, it's so refreshing on a summer morning but the later stages which are warmer and even a little earthy make it good for cold days too. The sillage is impressive and I find that unlike some of the other Allegorias it lasts all day on my skin.

Finally a Grapefruit smell that lasts more than 5 minutes. Guess I'm lucky it works with my chemistry. I get very fresh grapefruit for a few minutes than a very citrus & green grapefruit for a long time. right around here i get the detergent lemon smell that doesn't even last a minute on me, few*. The sweet mid notes carry the citrus well. Than hints of earthy smells and after hours the perfume is gone but through out it's course it smells like citrus grapefruit above all. Can't wait to spray on me and my cloths to see how much longer it will stay. I love it though honestly it could have done with a drop less lemon but how can I complain. Thank you for a great citrus that lasts longer than the first top notes.

Despite the poor reviews and cat references, I really like this scent.
Grapefruit is such a refreshing change from lemon or orange and the spicy drydown is beautiful.

my 14 years old daughter tried it on her in shop because liked it citrus smell, then in 5 minutes disappointed and didn't know how to wash it out... I personally didn't find it so bad.

Smells like citrus cleaner, very medicinal oranges and lemons. Yuck! Just like the Lysol my mom uses to clean the kitchen.

just read some reviews, I'm not alone,
well, I hear cats'n'bums here as well, pure cat's pee, all of my friends say the same. I'm sorry:(
cat peed over rotten cumquats.
really strong, unpleasant, wierd indeed

Many pluses for this breathtaking fragrance, but not a one for lasting power. It may depend on skin, but on me it lasts up to 4 hours, very close to skin. I'm still not unhappy, even in spite of that, I think it is worth buying.
It opens with an exact reproduction of grapefruit, a very organic and fresh. Later the scent transported me into my grandad's greenhouse with tomato plants for the next season. There was every detail of that aroma - tomato leaves, the moist air and a bit of dark soil. This memory of childhood can be very exhilarating to me, I felt like I only feel once a year - when I see spring has prevailed outside.

I've been looking for a citrus scent that has lasting power, and now I've found it.

Guerlain's Pamplelune on me is predominantly grapefruit, not candied in any way, but more like the smell of a fresh grapefruit in the morning, just after you've sliced it in half. It starts out grapefruit, and it stays that way right through to the drydown many hours later. I don't get the other fruit accords even though they're in there. I also don't get that horrible chemical lemon-household-cleaner smell of a few other citruses I've tried and, sadly, even bought.

As I said earlier, the longevity is amazing, and as an added bonus, any mist that ends up on your clothes is still there long after the scent has disappeared from your skin.

The overall effect is sparkling and fresh from beginning to end, and it smells expensive for a citrus, even though it is not, probably due to good quality ingredients, which is what you'd expect from Guerlain in any case.

This is the first time I've tried the Aqua Allegoria line. I bought Pamplelune on the spot, and now I think it's time to explore the other Aqua Allegorias. There may be a few more that deserve a place in my collection...

Wow! Lucky me! Smells great on me, just like it should. The people I know that do well with it have lighter skin, hair and eyes.

Harsh, bright, artificial grapefruit. On my sister, it's the cat pee.

Another vote for cat pee! Couldn't wash this one off fast enough! Usually a Guerlain shoe-in but this did not please me an iota!

I accidently grabbed the wrong perfume at Sephora and at first smell thought "oh no..." Then I wore it for an evening and it smelled unique for citrus, not too lemon/orange! It was kinda sexy even. But on the dry down I kept getting a whiff of that pheramone BO smell. Tried it again and I guess it doesnt go well with all chemistries. I still kinda like it though :)

It has perfect, absolutely lovely citrus opening. But on me, after ten minutes it's getting sweet, like orange jelly. I thought that would be something refreshing, something to use in summer hot days, but it became like fruit tea thick of sugar. It wasn't the one I looked for.
But now, when it gets cold, maybe I'll try it again.
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Tried few days ago, in cold weather suits me well. maybe because I look for something sweet and edible

There was a time when I loved citrus fragrances. Take a grapefruit and mix it with blackcurrant and add some sandalwood and I would have loved it. I sure loved Pamplelune (although, kill me, I had no idea how to pronounce it). It was fresh, bouncy, energetic, and powerful.

My husband swears he does not care about perfumes. The interesting thing is that when we talk about the times I was wearing Pamplelune he refers to me as fresh, bouncy, energetic and powerful. ¨My power girl¨, he says. Little does he know the power belonged to grapefruit, black currant and sandalwood!

FRESH BURST OF SUNSHINE!

I love the scent of orange like this. It's so refreshing.

I adored this scent from the very first sniff. It suits me very much, though I am quite convinced that it would not suit all skin types. The gorgeous grapefruit top note makes a beautiful change from lemon, but there is something seductively soft in the drydown. It's the sort of perfume that lingers and transforms throughout the day, leaving just the subtlest trace of fruit and spice. I really do enjoy it.

I have to agree with "takemyhusbandplz". I wanted Pamplelune very badly, but it didn't work. On my skin it smells awfull. :(

Lovely bottle just as the others in the Guerlain line. Usually citrus or grapefruit inspired perfumes smell great on me. My husband said it smelt like cat urine & I have to agree. Doesn't work with my chemistry, not my cup of tea.

mmhm very nice refreshing and orange like. i love it

This perfume is very intensive, sometimes even unpleasant.