Vie Privée Yves Rocher for women

Got this on ebay in a little package of YR minis. It's quite strong, but probably even if over-applied it would not offend anyone as the scent is so gorgeous. On my skin the lilac/narcissus combo comes out smelling rather sombre, more like lilies than anything else listed. As I am a big fan of lily I really enjoyed testing this, and will pop it in my drawer and use sparingly, as I see it is discontinued. I was lucky enough to get the vintage version in the beautiful lily-like bottle. Given this clue...I'm pretty sure there REALLY IS some lily in there!

Omg, this one brings back sooo many memories. I think it was one of the very first fragrances I ever had in my teen years during the beginning of the 90s. I can still smell the intriguing combination of flowers and how the sillage was absolutely of perfection. The scent ripened into a heavenly good, airy and fresh breeze after a rather sharp opening.

The secret of wearing Vie privee was really simple: just don't overdo it since a little goes a long way. And you shouldn't be too hasty, it was important to endure through the sharp initial notes because what came next (the incredible, sophisticated, romantic whiffs..) were so worth waiting for :) Shame that YR discontinued Vie privee.

Vie Privée
An Exceptional multidemensional Floral Fragrance

You know the phrase: Good things come to he who waits?
Yes it's true .. especially for Vie Privée
When the ugly synthetic/chemical opening phase is over you will be rewarded with this breath taking multifloral scent.

I detect:
Multiple florals, the green stem, the leaf, and sweetness of flowery nectar and woodsiness, that stands timidly in the background.

Oh they all beautifully and harmoniously mingle in one smooth sand-blasted jade-green bottle.

I am fortunate enough to be able to get a hold of the original mini. I will definitely treasure my little bottle as long as I can.

Before Vie Privée dries down I smell something that reminds me of salted sweet plums. There is a mild saltiness to Vie Privée and I'm loving it.

Vie Privée is the type of scent I would not wear for anyone else. The I more I inhale the more I want to inhale. Goodness .. this classic is going to cause me to pass out from hypocapnia!!!!

Update: I found Chaumet Chaumet for women to be similar to Vie Privee. Try!

Don't ask me why but the Jazmin scent from Campos de Ibiza smells exactly like this on me! I kept wondering where I recognized it from and then it finally dawned on me... from years and years ago... Yves Rocher's Vie Privee! The way it used to smell, not the new series. So clean and soft.. If you love this and cannot find it anymore try Campos de Ibiza's Jazmin scent!

The best perfume ever. As said before, it changes you. It takes you to an other dimension, on the wings of flowers, plants and emotions. I'm sorry about not releasing it again.
Not for work, not for party: it's just for you and the love of your life.
Simply perfect.

I've purchased a bottle for my mother's birthday about 10 years ago and she became fond of it. I remember it was a delicate floral perfume, very pure and uncomplicated, evoking a walk in springtime between meadows and gardens with blossoming trees and flowers. I'm not sure it could be still purchased from Yves Rocher.

It's an amazing perfume.I can definitely smell lilac, daffodils & rose, but when it dries out, it smells like honeycomb on me. Love it!

Oh yes it is such an amazing fragrance Gypsy!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE it too!!!

OMG!! When I first smelled this I was immediately transported to where I grew up in rural Pennsylvania. Just after dawn, in early May when the first crocuses have died, the tulips are losing their petals and the dew-drenched lilac hedges are beginning to open their buds!! Running barefoot in meadows, with the sun on your face, and not a care in the whole wide world...

As the first drops of this miraculous juice hit my skin, I detected something very bitter and it immediately evaporated as the perfume permeated my skin and dried, leaving a slight sheen and only succulent greens, beautiful florals and a little bit of paradise behind.

Lilacs blooming...my absolute favorite smell in the entire world...alongside cool irises, soft sensual freesia and crisp bright daffodils (my birth flower) make me feel young and carefree again! A budding rose causes my inner schoolboy to giggle and think of his first love. *blushes* I took the mini bottle my mother has, inverted it and pulled out the stopper. I touched the stem of the cap to my hand not once, but twice; and the dropper never emptied!! Now, an hour and a half later I am still wrapped in springtime beauty, floral euphoria and my heart is still pounding with joy!! Each and every successive sniff makes me close my eyes, sigh deeply and just float way...

Sillage: great
Longevity: amazing
Overall: 4.75/5 Stunning!

How anyone can call the re-release (from 2008) Vie Privee, is beyond me! Compared to this elixir, it is Vie Blasee! Before I smelled the original, it was very nice...now to utter this name for the '08 version is utter blasphemy! How this could have ever been discontinued is (once again) beyond me. It seems as this company advances, it is actually re-gressing and not pro-gressing. This is one of the few perfumes I have EVER smelled that has actually caused a physiological change in my body!

Vie Privee, that is: Private Life, is it not? This, for me, is a very private thing. I would only wear it to be in touch with Nature, and then reverently...it brings me into the arms of Gaia (the Earth) and fills me with wonder and near religious awe!!!

Action: How can I ever thank you for this superb gift?

I put this on the back of my hand today and not very impressed with its rather chemical opening just left it sitting there...In about an hour, I started catching whiffs of something truly divine - like a lush but delicate flower meadow after rain. I started sniffing my t-shirt, wondering maybe it's the fragrance from the other day, completely lost trying to remember what it is...Then it dawned on me - I completely forgot that I have put Vie Privee on my hand! Just one squirt generated seriously large wafts of that gorgeous tropical monsoon garden with a tiny powdery touch of narcissus. What a pleasant surprise, I must say.