EN PASSANT

Frederic Malle

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3.7

112 reviews
57%
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    5.0
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    MizLiz211

    16 years ago

    To me, En Passant is not so much a perfume as a scene. If there is such a thing as a programmatic perfume, this is it. The scene is lilacs drenched by a spring shower. If you're looking for a...

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    Age19-24

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    May_Bee

    16 years ago

    For me this is a very true lilac scent, not when the lilac has just come into bloom and is fresh and sweet, but after four or five days when the colour has faded slightly. When I first sprayed it...

    About reviewer (63 reviews)

    Age30-35

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    5.0
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    silversheep

    16 years ago

    i am truly baffled by the 1 and 2 lippie reviews of this. i kid you not, this is currently one of the most beautifully understated perfumes i have ever smelled. the lilac is just so soft and...

    About reviewer (5 reviews)

    Age19-24

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    BONESPRIT

    16 years ago

    i hoped to have a better impression on this parfum...desipte is a a well constructed scent with lillacs and cucumbers ,it is too sweet for me and i have headaches eveytime i wear it

    About reviewer (30 reviews)

    Age30-35

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    verolyn

    16 years ago

    Got a little decant of this from the Perfumed Court. The initial lilac note is the most gorgeous I've ever smelled, captured at just the right stage of sweetness. It fades all too quickly. It...

    About reviewer (612 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinCombination, Fair, Warm

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    4.0
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    debrsl

    16 years ago

    This has beautiful, fresh lilacs throught the time on my wrists. I also noted the watery cucumber and the wheat notes. The water never turned vegetable on me. I think the wheat gives the very...

    About reviewer (763 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    KelseyP

    16 years ago

    I have loved lilacs for the entirety of my life, and had expected to love this Malle most of all. But, sadly, after the first two minutes of delicious, if not entirely true lilac scent, it...

    About reviewer (533 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinNormal, Fair-Medium, Cool

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    staci01

    16 years ago

    Was able to sniff this in person for the first time at Barney's this past weekend. Fell in love with it but didn't sample it first. Today while rooting around in my sample stash I discovered three...

    About reviewer (651 reviews)

    Age25-29

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    Gracious_Lady

    16 years ago

    Ahh... Lilac... reminds me of my grandmothers lilac garden in the springtime... Although En Passant is quite lovely, it is way too "monotone" for me. How I wish the lilac was pared with something...

    About reviewer (491 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinCombination, Medium Brown, Warm

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    selkins

    17 years ago

    This one is the real shocker for me. I was sure I would love this, being that I'm crazy for lilacs. I can certainly smell the lilacs, very pure lilac, but underneath is a really bad undercurrent on...

    About reviewer (59 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinNormal, Fair-Medium, Cool

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    4.0
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    sarakat

    17 years ago

    This is the most true to life lilac fragrance I have ever sniffed. It is utterly gorgeous but also ever so fleeting. I want to buy a vat so that I can continually douse myself in it, but oh, is...

    About reviewer (96 reviews)

    Age25-29

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    tessture

    17 years ago

    It does smell like lilacs, right down to that slightly rotten off-note you get at the end of the season. It isn't a bad note, per se, but it's also not 'pretty' as one reviewer noted, (and she's...

    About reviewer (1727 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure

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    5.0
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    darkharbour

    17 years ago

    A brisk morning in April finds you wondering whether you can leave your sweater at home, as the sun plays hide and seek among the clouds. You carry home some fresh croissants, buttery and...

    About reviewer (307 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    Tovah

    17 years ago

    As a child, lilac was my favorite smell in the entire world. I anticipated their brief flowering season throughout long New York winters, and finally, each April, their sudden rush of purple and...

    About reviewer (826 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    Jayne58

    17 years ago

    I have to be in the right mood to wear this. I love the breezy lilacs (I'm always in the mood for them) but I'm not so sure about the bready note; it adds a prosaic, earth-bound feel that only...

    About reviewer (28 reviews)

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    wavering

    17 years ago

    When I first tried En Passant I wasn't completely sold. It reminded me of visiting my Great Aunt as a child (her house was always full of fresh lilacs). So to me, the fragrance screamed "old...

    About reviewer (30 reviews)

    Age19-24

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    5.0
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    SensualSusanna

    17 years ago

    En Passant ... the name, the scent is just lovely. If you stood outside on a New England day in May -- and smelled the air -- it's En Passant. Glorious waxy lilacs, spring is in the air! The Earth...

    About reviewer (636 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Warm

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    sdportugal

    17 years ago

    I've been on a bit of a Frederic Malle binge as of late. I recently ordered Lys Mediterranee and Carnal Flower from Barney's NY, and received several samples, one of which was En Passant. Who...

    About reviewer (71 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    5.0
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    hajime

    17 years ago

    This delightful fragrance was recommended to me along with Bigarade Concentree by FM's website. I've loved Ellena's other compositions and this one does not disappoint. It is absolutely delightful....

    About reviewer (33 reviews)

    Age25-29

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    5.0
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    veruska

    17 years ago

    This is the most airy perfume,sunny and cloudy at the same time full of the enchantment of the forthecoming storm or the everclear sunhine of summer.Anyway this is the only lilac based scent that i...

    About reviewer (317 reviews)

    Age30-35

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