Pivoine Flora Eau de Parfum L`Occitane en Provence for women

I love the scent, and received a compliments on it, only it didn't last long AT ALL!! I nearly had to bathe in the stuff - not good value for money. Would like a scent just like this that lasts though!

I think this smells divine as a floral. It starts out as a crisp, green, peony fragrance. After ten minutes I mostly get sweet, summery magnolia blossoms with a whisper-soft touch of violet. I don't pick up any of the base notes whatsoever. I am not big on florals, but I would have considered purchasing this one if it lasted longer on my skin. Longevity was a measly 60 minutes--and this is the EDP! I wouldn't even bother with the EDT.

Pivoine Flora opens with an astoundingly accurate damp grass note, it truly is the most magical ten seconds before the pure essence of peony, freshly cut stems mostly, bursts through leaving a trail of wonder in its wake on this wearer as I muse curiously "just how do they (L'Occitane) manage to get it so damn close?".

This marvelous accuracy and respect for nature is somewhat short lived as minutes later the entire concoction morphs into a mellow citrusy powdery cedary and dare I add, house signature, synthesis.

Oh L'Occitane! Sooo close! Can't fault the first twenty seconds, and the rest ain't bad it is just I have been there before, many times.

This is my second review of this fragrance. I am somewhat dismayed by the other reviews, because I truly love this stuff. When I wear it, I find myself smelling my wrist compulsively. I have also been asked what perfume I am wearing more than any other perfume in my wardrobe besides Ellen Tracy. I get a lot of compliments on it. On me, it is not too sweet; as it develops the violet note becomes more prominent and the whole structure of the fragrance remains very green and fresh. It has a vintage feel to it, as though it belongs at the beginning of the last century. When I wear it I feel like I should be in an impressionist painting, wear a white cotten lawn dress... I love it.

I don't know if it was this one or the piony but it smells just like Gucci Envy me. I like it, it's very sweet, a nice daytime scent for summer or spring.

I bought a bottle of the EDP recentl at the airport. I had just been at a duty free shop sniffing away and really wanted to buy something, but just couldn't find anything I liked enough to drop the kind of money they charge for their perfumes. Finally, I washed all the perfumes off, had some lunch and on my way tot the gate saw the L'Occitane store. I had been to one of those in France and really liked their lavender fragrances...and I wsa really in the mood to buy some juice! I don't have enough experience with descriptors yets to say why I like this perfume so much, but I really do. However, I didn't like the EDT nearly as well. It smelled not just weaker, but its character was different. The EDT is too sweet. I used to live in a part of the country where peonies grow and this does smell like peony to me...

L`Occitane en Provence is a brand that comes out with natural, but all in all, not very interesting fragrances. There is one or two I really like, then the rest- I would not mind owning, but I would not fork out my own money to actually get them.

Pivoine Flora is a floral/vanilla fragrance. It is mostly sweet with hints of magnolia and peony, but there ate hundreds similar fragrances out there and I would not be able to tell a difference between this and lets say some of the Ghost fragrances. There has been more successfull attempts at floral fragrances and even L`Occitane itself has better fragrances up their sleeve in this cathegory.

This is pretty but very sweet and light and a little soapy. Sillage seems to be minimal, and the sweetness can be a little much. I was given a FB as a gift and although it's nice, I never seem to find myself wearing it. Nice, pretty, and very inoffensive.


Update/Edit: It's definitely growing on me, and I find myself wearing it more and more. I no longer find it too sweet! It's very a pretty, warm floral.

banal at first, and then a little sickening... i bought a little roll-on bottle blindfold, and it definitely wasn't a good decision... i always try perfumes on my skin before buying them, but i couldn't find this one so i ordered it on l'occitane website (plus, i love peonies).