EN PASSANT

Frederic Malle

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    laurenaj

    19 years ago

    Simple and true, I love En Passant. A White lilac soliflore, balanced with cucumber. Watery, fresh, and alive. The cucumber gives a nice balance to the sweetness of the lilac. Soft, pretty and...

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    mommysteph

    20 years ago

    I've become acquainted with Frederic Malle scents since reading these posts - love reading what you all write! This is a soft, pure lilac scent, it smells like spring. The trick, I've found, is...

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    Age36-43

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    allanahstarrts

    20 years ago

    too floral, does not evolve, lilac, lilac and lilac...I had to was it off

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    joy2uandme

    20 years ago

    Was intrigued by the reviews so had to try this frag as I love lilacs. The top note IS very lilacy but then that passes all too quick and I was left with a very generic bathroom deoderizer smell on...

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    roseamber

    20 years ago

    What is wrong with me? I am certain it's me, and not this beloved fragrance. On me, En Passant does not smell like lilac, at all. When I sniff it in the decant, I smell lilac, but when I put it...

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    rubykris

    20 years ago

    Boy, was I wrong about this fragrance. When I first tested it I gave it 1 lipstick because the lilac note completely overwhelmed me. I'm sensitive to lilacs; their scent leaves me queasy. I'd...

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    ballarat

    20 years ago

    Very, very nice. Didn´t like it much when I first smelled it because of the ozonic blast at the beginning which reminds me of so many other fragrances, but then it turns into fresh lilacs, so real...

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    Age25-29

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    MadAboutTheBois

    20 years ago

    I smelled this on a card at Barneys and was in love! I sampled some and I'm now SO glad that I didn't buy an entire bottle. It translates as "In Passing" and that is so very appropriate. If one...

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    5.0
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    artchick

    20 years ago

    It is most beautiful lilac fragrance I have ever smelled. Fresh lilacs. Exactly like the lilacs I had in my yard growing up. I think someone wrote that it smells like lilacs after the rain and...

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    Elytis

    20 years ago

    This Giacobetti creation, like many in that talented perfumer's oeuvre, is marked by a gifted use of "ordinary" smells such as cucumber, linen, and wheat. Lilac makes this "eau de laundry" an...

    About reviewer (30 reviews)

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    5.0
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    sonasgael

    20 years ago

    This is one of the four fragrances I was lucky enough to buy in NYC this past weekend. I've been hearing about this scent on the MUA fragrance board for quite a while now, and I had to try it...

    About reviewer (52 reviews)

    Age19-24

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    Heddy

    20 years ago

    This is such a gorgeous subtle scent. When I first sniffed it, I was reminded of Fresh's Cucumber Baie, but when I sniffed both side-by-side En Passant was clearly the superior. It manages to be...

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    mmlaser

    20 years ago

    The cucumber note is distracting, and not what I'm looking for in a lilac scent. I was disappointed.

    About reviewer (34 reviews)

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    fcappy

    20 years ago

    Sometimes the most simple is the hardest to achieve. En Passant is a gorgeous soliflore of Lilac. Not at all synthetic this rendition evokes memories of childhood when I would run to the lilac...

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    Age36-43

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    tigrushka

    21 years ago

    En Passant is somewhat "idyllic" scent, it smells like a narrow, cobble-stoned street in a small town, it has just rained, the lilac trees are dripping and the smell of freshly baked bread wafts...

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    sablouwho

    21 years ago

    This is nice, esp. if you like lilac. The cucumber does keep it from being a sweet mess of syrup. It is light and clean. I won't buy it for myself, though, because I prefer fuller bodied, less...

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    jjff

    21 years ago

    After applying En Passant to my skin and smelling the very first accords of the unfolding composition, all I could think was "Here it is, at last!" You see, I love lilacs--the real-life, luscious,...

    About reviewer (297 reviews)

    Age19-24

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    Marianne

    21 years ago

    Beautiful, clean lilac scent that I am so pleased to be able to experience, after hearing about it so much on the fragrance board. (thank you baybe!) Unusually clear and true to the lovely fresh...

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    Liv24

    21 years ago

    En Passant is great when you want to smell fresh and feminine. It reminds me of something delicate and wispy, like Venetian lace curtains stirring in a barely detectable breeze. The underpinning...

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    ingenue

    21 years ago

    Got this as a sample at Barneys, and while it smelt wonderfully fresh in their scent booth, it was too one-note-ish on my skin (I'm a fan of full-bodied scents). All I can smell are the lilacs, so...

    About reviewer (147 reviews)

    Age19-24

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