Ispahan Yves Rocher for women

First,I want to say thank you,nopasho ,for your present to me,a big bottle of this perfume !
The perfume is very rich,I cant say that it is similar to opium or to cinnabar cos I don't feel any clove there,but I feel a lot of incense,very cold at beginning and walking today under rain with +12 degree I don't felt it very well on me .So ,Ispahan likes a hot temperature.
After 3 hours I feel a lot of natural sweet vanile with rose,ylang -ylang ,the mirth and ... mint !yes ,cold-cold mint.
I'm immagine the darkness in the cold night when I'm wearing this mysterious legendary perfume,this kind of association...
Longevity is great, I feel all the night on me this spicy beauty.

I cannot believe my luck when I found this beauty in the back of my mom’s closet. It must have been there for years. My mom is not into oriental scents, so I got almost full bottle of vintage one in the black bottle all for myself. I remember wearing it back when I was 20 years old. I always liked this scent but now I truly appreciate its unique beauty. Ispahan is a sultry, dark and deep oriental. I have many other oriental scents including Shalimar but this one stands on its own. It is bewitching and beautiful. The black bottle that looks like an ancient vase that was discovered somewhere in Egypt after 4000 years of being hidden from the human eyes in the pyramids fits great for carrying this wonderful perfume.

The scent opens right away with a strong, dark and sultry citruses and ylang-ylang. There is no day or sunshine in this perfume. It is all deep and dark starry night with haunting melody coming from afar somewhere in the desert. There is almost leathery and incense-y quality to this perfume right from the start. I also smell some spices, perhaps nutmeg. The scent develops beautiful with ylang-yland becoming more buttery and mixing with slightly sweet vanilla notes. The final stages are gorgeous vanilla (not like in a cup-cake) but woody and incense-y. The sillage and longevity are excellent. I am also impressed how well this perfume survived the storage. My mom must have had it for decades and it still smells just like I remember it.

Overall score 9/10. Why YR discontinued this??? I love this beauty.

i have to agree with malia......of all the scents..and i have tried many...nothing is as delightful and original as ispahan...even though for me its staying power was not long.....i would love to use it again.......

The small, blue Ispahan bottle has been with me for "all my life". I use it for special occasions like Christmas and New Years Eve. It is a unique fragance, I have always thought of it as "spicy" rather than "floral". Love it!

Which one is the vintage one, the black bottle or cobalt blue? I have a large mini (about 1/2 ounce) in a deep blue bottle. It's not what I expected, must be the reformulated version.

This is similar to JHL by Arams. JHL has a strong sandalwood note and Ispahan has a softer floral quality, but otherwise they are quite similar (JHL is a bit more complex).

I was very lucky to find two 75 ml vintage bottles of this piece of art. One for my sister - who is an enormous fan of Ispahan, she missed it and craved for it for years.. And as for me - I love it now even more than 15 years ago. All those years noone has come up with a fragrance which comes a little close to this magical and unique creation. Pity..
Ispahan takes a very special place among all beautiful orientals.. Truely DIVINE!!! I treasure it.

my mom used to wear wintage of this perfume. I found it too heavy then but now I'd love to have it again...

I have a vintage black bottle of this wondrous scent, which I only wear on very special occasions. I want it to last forever! It is not like any other perfume I've ever tried, and I treasure it dearly. Whenever I wear it, I immediately feel like a goddess!

Unfortunately the new one does not even come close to THE masterpiece vintage.

This is a lovely, warm and spicy oriental which seems to form an olfactory bridge between Opium and Cinnabar, in my opinion. The Chinoiserie in its' presentation and the scent are very much 'of the essence' of its' sisters. Cinnabar came out a year later and it would seem that Yves Rocher pipped Estee to the post with this one. It is easy to wear and there are definately more notes than those above, including incense and maybe some cloves. I was lucky enough to pick this up for £6 at an antiques shop (75ml) so I'm very happy with it!! Sillage is good for the first hour longevity not great - will try it on fabric maybe (EDT)

I'm currently wearing vintage Ispahan while drinking green chai with almond milk and brown sugar so 3 of my 5 senses are enveloped with warm spicy caramel. Don't mistake this for saying that this gorgeous scent is as simple as a cup of tea but the coincidence has sharpened my thoughts as to what the "formula" may be. Some detective work with Coco and Nuit de Noel (you'd never mistake Ispahan for either of those but they share some DNA) makes me love this gentle scent even more.

This is a quiet, demure, elegant scent. The vanilla seems toasted and caramelly; the amber is warm and radiant; the florals are abstract but sweet. There's certainly cardamon, mace and ginger. I also smell tonka bean and a subtle incense. This perfume warms you in the snow and feels like a fur cape in Siberia. I obviously appreciate and love this juice that's quietly going extinct.

Sillage: ladylike 1-3 feet
Durability: 2-3 hours, not long enough
Fabulosity: ermine
Price to value ratio: irrelevant
10/10

And this perfume has A LOT in common with Gala Loewe. They are almost identical. So to get a better idea of the notes that are in this perfume, just take a look at the notes of Gala Loewe. You can see there that it is an oriental animalic perfume.

LOVE IT!

Just got a small black vintage bottle of Ispahan today and it's definitely the real thing! Very warm and spicy. The vanilla is not so prominent. I detected the florals right away and then the oriental spice sets in. The perfume itself is reminiscent of yesteryear.

Lovely!

Wauw Nephiira what a WONDERFUL review!! You inhereted the perfume collection from your grandmother? HOW WONDERFUL!!

I had this one given to me from my grandmother's perfume collection when she passed away. I've tried many different oriental fragrances since, looking to find something that smells like "Ispahan", but nothing ever comes close. It's a warm, wonderful and absolutely enchanting scent, and my most treasured perfume. And considering the fact that I actually hate all oriental perfumes in general, I think that explains just how magical "Ispahan" is.

Traveling in Russia, I found the cologne I had brought on my trip had evaporated. I purchased Ispahan at a perfumerie shop in St. Petersburg. I had never heard of it but found the odor was enchanting.

So I today discovered that the vintage Ispahan is like an oriental version of Miss Dior vintage!! They really are a like, only Miss Dior more a typical chypre and this one oriental. It is like Miss Dior is going a night out downtown!
HAHA!

The quality of this perfume is second to none. I agree that it is dark and sensual, mysterious and most of all MAGICAL. This scent evokes mysterious powers to those who wear it. I am a collector and can truly say that I have never tired of this one. When winter comes, it calls my name. The warmth and wonder of it reminds me of crawling into a warm bed or lingering in front of a warm fireplace. The wonder it provokes is truly inspiring. Such a shame that Yves Roches will not return it to its natural glory. A loss for them no doubt. Heaven blessed us with this one.

Hi Cinsot!
Great review on the Ispahan! Just wanted to let you know that the vintage Yves Rocher range contains very complex perfumes with many many notes. The sad thing however is that Yves Rocher has not been open about the fragrance line in the past, so the notes cannot be found that easy. Thankfully Yves Rocher is communicating more info on the notes and Noses that work on their current perfumes, but as far as the vintages go, I am glad they can still be found when you look hard enough. The notes and noses of those lost beauties remain a mystery though...
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It's a classic elegant oriental fragrance, I love it very much, great quality.

No this perfume is indeed nothing like Opium, and I agree too, it is an oriental on it's own, with an extremely good quality. It is in the family of Shalimar, but not the same.
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I have loved Ispahan ever since I was given a bottle as a gift by my German girlfriend (my husband and I were stationed in Germany at the time). this scent is lovely - warm and sexy without being overpowering. I do not find any similiarity to Opium (used to wear that one). Just a whole different kind of oriential scent and it is wonderful. Don't know if I would like a remake. The original is wonderful.

From the moment I put this on I was intrigued. It's anything but your standard vanilla/floral perfume. It's mysterious, smokey, incense like, and old. It makes me think of a middle eastern woman dressed in flowing black attire, her sheer black veil revealing only her eyes. The bottle fits the scent very well. I'm not sure I will wear it out, most likely it will remain a guilty pleasure. For the mystical woman who dares to break the mold.

I am so happy to see this perfume has come out again! I'm waiting for it in my country, because they haven't brought it yet. I miss it!

My mum had this one when I was little. I recently discovered a tin of cream perfume in her boudoir. I love it, it's so dark and elegant.

Love the bottle. Because of its name, I found some on ebay. I kinda liked it but it was a little bit old-fashioned to me so I sold it again.

my mother ordered this perfume without knowing how it smells...she never really used it and it ended up in our bathroom as an airfreshner XD

to me this smells similar to Chanel nr5, because they both smell really strong and 'old' but this one is more oriental

Allways when I see the bottle of this one i think of when I was a little child and tasted it.LOL =) I wanted to see if the taste was the same as the smell.It wasn´t =)

For those who like Opium but think it is too strong and spicey, Ispahan is a right thing.
If someone is coming to Belgrade, you can still buy a few old black bottles here :-)

katyas, you have mentioned Orchidee, I just loved it.

I just love this scent and wish they had not discontinued it. From what I can see on the "reissue," they have also altered the scent somewhat, so I'm not sure how the "new" version compares, but the original version is lovely, the spice doesn't overwhelm the dark floral, but they twine together and create a unique scent signature. It also lasts a LONG time.

Someone asked about finding it on eBay - if the photo is the one above, then it is the real thing. I managed to get a nice big bottle of Orchidee from eBay (a luscious Yves Rocher fragrance that is also discontinued).

Dear Nuppu, what you are telling is correct,I found them in Paris, so I bought Vie Privee and thought I will buy the rest from any website.But now I dont finde them anywhere, even the official website.Can anyone tell us new news

Spidercat, there's now re-editions on Ispahan, Venice and Vie Privee (in Europe, don't know how things are elsewhere) ), check your nearest YR shop or their website.

Many years ago, Yves Rocher had a small shop in the Argyle Arcade in Glasgow.
This was my first encounter with the perfume, Ispahan. I fell in love with it immediately, and it became the only perfume I wore.
It was so dark and velvety and sensual.
And, of course, one day the shop closed down. And, then I heard that they had discontinued Ispahan.
I moved on to Opium, and to Chanel Coco, as I prefer the Oriental scents, but I have always missed Ispahan.
But, I am curious, I occasionally see Ispahan on sale in ebay... has anyone bought any.. are they the real thing..?

I love classic perfumes from Yves Rocher,I will buy this perfume and let you know my comment