Laetitia Millesime Rance 1795 for women

Laetitia Millesime Rance is for me like Rush Gucci and Cocon yR.If You like this scent you Love Laetitia . :)

I ordered this perfume unsniffed. At first spritz, all I got was heavy patchouli. I smelled like vanilla mixed with dirt. I was very much afraid I wasn't going to like this perfume. In a little while, I could detect some light florals, but the Bugarian rose and magnolia completely eluded me. The drydown is by far the best part and redeems this perfume from going on to my "dislike" list. The patchouli finally calms down and the whole scent becomes a soft, warm mix of amber, vanilla, and bitter chocolate.

Heavy! This is a very good quality interesting strong amber and Cistus scent! I like it but it doesn't fit me.
Too animalic in a vegetal way!
I like Rance's perfumes, but I often find that notes are not easily discerned. They give a single final smell, very sophisticate, not perfume-y, but not easy to sniff.
All I can smell in Laetitia is strong Cistus Labdanum, a little patchouli and some very faint floral notes.
For sure it is a fragrance for colder season and grown up ladies. Smelling it in a sunny day made me feel a little sick, even if these are not sickening fragrances at all!
Lasting power is good and sillage.. well, it's changeable!
It seems that every Rance fits a personality and mine is more similar to ne Hélène rather than Laetitia!

There's too many islands associated with Napoleon's life -- Corsica where he was born, Elba and Saint Helen -- the two of his exile. A wonderful inspiring gentleman explained to me that Napoleon came to Rance and ordered this perfume for his mother to remind her of air of one of those islands. I'd like to think that this island is Corsica.

The top notes of this perfume are almost medicinal, reminding me of cypresses, eucalyptus, and in general places "with good air," places where you go to heal after a ling disease or a broken heart. Then the floral heart blossoms, rose mostly, reminding me that this fragrance was of my test list because of rose/patchouli combination. It lasts and lingers, becoming a skin scent, somewhat sweet, but sweet as a healing air in a place that can cure you from a broken heart.

I think it would be beautiful in cooler and warmer weather. I'd love to try it in Winter to brave the rain.

P.S. My skin makes this perfume sweeter faster than my clothes do. Sprayed on the clothes it has more powerful sillage.

I tried it at KaDeWe in Berlin and loved it instantly. On my skin it develops a slightly smokey-woody smell (although no adequate notes are in it), so the flowers are not overpowering at all. The base gets balsamic-sweet, but not sticky. A fine scent for colder days, I might buy it in autumn.