Ode a la Vie Yves Rocher for women

Being rather partial to greens I was quite looking forward to testing this, but oh dear, it is purely a bottle of salty celery juice, not to my liking at all. I own a couple of scents with bamboo and they don't smell like this, it's a note I like, but unrecognizable here.

de mis favoritas, la extraño!

Sadly I think this is discontinued?
I have not tired the purfume but the body wash was amazing. It smelled very refreshing and green.

After reading reviews here, bought this perfume online without sniffing. Big mistake! :( On my skin it smells like horrible mix of pepper and cigaret butts. I hoped that it would be bamboo-y, and my husband said that there is light bamboo scent couple meters away from me... but it completely disappears and starts to be unpleasant in close range. Soooo disappointed!

Ode à la vie was the first of the range and I bought it unsniffed.
I wore it during a whole summer before ode à l'amour was released.
Ode à la vie is a nice scent and gypsy parfumista's review hits the nail on the head.
I never knew that bamboo was one of the top notes.
It must have been the galbanum that made the top smell so unbelievably green.
I never got much of the middle notes, just a light mixed flower note that joined the galbanum and bamboo mix before lots of sandalwood gave this scent a warm finish.
The lasting power was alright, I would say about 4 to 5 hours.

The YR "Ode" line to me are very rich and almost niche in how they are made and bottled and in how they smell. I was not planning on reviewing this today but the first review on here got me going...

Of all the Odes by YR, my absolute fave is Ode au Reve-ode to a dream;(in the XDP-eliXir De Parfum-strength) but my second is Ode a la Vie-ode to life. This is a burst of the most natural green scent imaginable...bamboo leaves (lush, aquatic and verdant) with galbanum (heady green plant-based resin) makes me feel like I am in a lush forest near a pond with all sorts of aquatic plants growing about me, swishing in a soft spring breeze. The heart-florals are soft and demure (cyclamen, water lily & violet) and come smoothly together, tickling my nose and making me smile. The woods here are a nice cedar and an almost white sandalwood that add to the forest ambiance and finish on a translucent musk that reminds one of a clear sky above...

I love Nature in all of it's glory and wonder and THIS is one of the most natural 'green' scents I have ever smelled. It is light, airy, green, slightly floral with just enough wood and musk to ground it and keep it earthy but not "dirty".

Whoever decided to discontinue the Ode line should be strung up and lashed with a perfumed whip!!!

Sillage: light but firm
Longevity: good
Overall: 4.5/5

I have the body wash, scent and sparkling parfum gel and bath crystals for this and let me tell you, even the body wash smells more natural than some perfumes...like washing yourself in a waterfall with fresh leaves. I also have many Avon scents and if you want to compare it to one of theirs it is more akin to Meadow Dew from the Simple Elements line than Haiku is...

I want this perfume...but i don't find it anymore... es el perfume que marco mis sentidos,mi vida,podria decir...

This is pretty much a body wash in perfume form. It has that clean, green scent most of us associate with body wash. In other words, it's boring!

That aside, it smells okay, fresh, green and a bit sweet, too sweet if you ask me. This is comparable with VS Body By Victoria and Avon's Haiku.