Replique Raphael for women

Recently I have been searching for Replique for a good friend who used it as her signature scent. In sampling the product I ask myself why I ever stopped wearing it.


In my experience there is no other fragrance quite like it. I can't wear Chanel No 5 EDT at all and see absolutely no similarities thereto. However as another poster mentioned there is something remenicent of Cabochard in Replique.

I have both extrait and EDT of Replique. It's my opinion that the EDT has retained it's notes better than the extrait. I have sampled several bottles of both.

There is something so incredibly compelling and mysterious about this fragrance. I keep finding myself trying to sniff out the source of this aroma. The smell is wonderful, refreshing and very engaging.

For anyone who wants to try a vintage fragrance, this is a good one. There is lots of it around for very reasonable prices. For the most part, even partially used bottles have held their notes well.

This scent, even the EDT has great longevity and quite a healthy sillage. Remember this a a fragrance that was around before deodorants. If you adopt this as your fragrance, you surely will be a trendsetter!

I just bought this blind from ebay and I am very disappointed. Not in the fragrance itself (which is lovely) but in the fact that, to me, it is so similar to Chanel No5 edc, that owning Replique seems utterly redundant. No, they are not identical; Replique has a certain sharpness that I don't find in the Chanel. And also I don't have much of a nose; perhaps someone more experienced and discerning than I would find them to be drastically different. (Also I have no idea how old my bottle is; it has the hourglass shape and looks old.) I am writing this review (my first) because I want to tell others something that I wish I had known prior to my purchase.

Réplique was my mother's favourite perfume in the 50s and 60s. She only ever had two small bottles of it - a standard mini (which, though long since empty, I still keep in an old clutch of hers along with her compact, hankie, etc) and a fancy, though equally tiny, bottle of pure parfum (shaped like the bottle in the second photo). When they ran out, my stepfather remembers being charged with a mission to find her another bottle! But to no avail.

Now, in these days of internet auctions, it's a relatively easy thing to find vintage Réplique. Not such an easy thing to win an auction, mind you, but I did eventually manage it and now I have my own mini (about 2ml I'd guess).

To me it smells very strongly of oakmoss, which must account for the strong "leather" note I get. Definitely aldehydes - in fact I was surprised aldehydes didn't get any main note votes until I came along. Only a hint of sweet florals with a rich, creamy note floating over all.

But most of all, it smells like Mum. Leesee's description is spot on!

im still so in love with this. Pretty sure my bottle is at least 40 years old. I imagine it may have lost a lot of the vibrancy of the top notes but its so perfect just like that. It may have come from a French house but the scent and presentation draw me into the dark heart of a German black forest. Thanks Raphael i want to watch the brothers grimm now @.@ Btw is this one still in any sort of production at all? i saw a bottle in a fragrance outlet and was in disbelief. I plan on going back for it

Up-front disclosure: I am selling off my (large) collection of perfumes in advance of leaving the U.S. permanently.

Having said that, I am in two minds about Réplique. I like its classic style which reminds me of the (later) Cabochard and the fact that it is persistent without being aggressive. On the other hand it is definitely redolent of the forties and fifties and to me it seems a bit dated.

Just to clarify, I am talking about the original and not the modern formulations. I have two cartons of the perfume in the original glass-stoppered bottles, mostly in 7.5 ml and a smaller number of 15 ml. I may even have some larger sizes.

I would rate Réplique at 7 out of 10.

Yep......a classic scent. I have used the vintage as well as the new version. Not for everybody, but translates well into a perfume I'd use in a business environment. Doesn't scream flowers.

I should add that another lovely thing about it is that this was the first gift of perfume I ever received from a boyfriend! (-;

I have to concur that whoever bought it changed the forumla. It used to stay with you all day and was a very fresh scent. Later versions don't last and smell a bit cheap.

i had this perfume years ago, it always took on a coconut kind of scent on me after it dried. i wasn't crazy aboout it. wore it to work in the colder months. i didn't rebuy it.

Definitely smells of the 40s. It's one of those elegant, formal blends, complicated but well done. Glittery aldehydes, golden citrus and the classic smooth warm base keep it fresh without making it smell old so much as historic. It's just a bit like a visit to the past on me. I'm pretty sure I'm sampling the new blend. If it smells this nice, I'd love to try the original.

I have never found another like the original Replique. It has been the only perfume that my skin loved the scent. Theoriginal formula was changed and t it's just not the same. The company who bought Replique should have paid for the formula too! not just the name!

Replique can be bought anywhere at most online perfumeries. I LOVE THIS SCENT VERY VERY MUCH!!! I have received many compliments when I ware this scent. It dries down to a very nice powdery scent. Its a crispy powdery scent unlike anything else so I cannot compare it to a scent that is like this. I like to give examples so if anyone who ever wanted to give this a try would have an idea but this one is a lone ranger on the planes of scents.............sorry.

Bought this aeons ago and still have that teeny weeny little vintage bottle. Recently, though, during a house move, the stopper was chipped slightly. It's still such a pretty bottle...

The genuine Replique has not been manufactured for years, so what is available commercially is not the real thing at all. The only way I've found that I can get my hands on this is through eBay, and that's frustrating since it's hard to outbid someone.

I've been searching for something like Replique for decades, and haven't found it. It like Youth Dew (the original stuff) but recently discovered that it has almost not notes in common with Replique.

Any suggestions?

I don't know what the original version of this perfume smelled like, but this smells like wine and wood on me. I'm sure some people might like this, but it's not my cup of tea.

Editing to say I've tried this one again tonight, and it's growing on me a little. I imagine this is what it would smell like if you had a picnic with wine at a lumber mill lol. The first spray goes on very strong of wine and wood, but after a while it settles into a nice warm woody scent. I think this could be a unisex scent. For the price I guess it's alright.

Like just a few other classic scents, Replique has always reminded me of the scent that wafted up from the inside of my mother's good handbag. . . soft leather, flecks of tobacco, an elegant powder compact, a tube of red lipstick, and the indescribable but instantly recognizable scent of glamour. In reality, Replique is a transparent floral chypre with elegant bone structure and impeccable manners. But in my memories, Replique will always be my mother after "a lovely evening out."