Caron Paris

This fragrance can be polarizing, but it's truly one of my favorites. The first couple times I wore it and thought it was...boring. I even put it in my swap box because I felt it just didn't suit me. One day, I took it out and figured I'd try it again and it was DIVINE. The mint and anise opening....a bit green, a bit spicy...the powdery iris and the crisp violet...all on a woodsy ambery musk base. This is not a loud fragrance, it has a vintage ethereal feel to it. In another review I saw mention of shoulder pads and teased hair---no, that doesn't suit this at all--this is gentle sophistication. This is a lady who lunches, sipping her mint julep and touching up her powder discreetly before heading off to her next engagement. I would want to hug someone that smells like this. Very delightful, and I'm glad I never swapped it.

On my skin this is strongly lilac with faint perfume-y notes but it's so sheer it fades fast and is gone before I can truly appreciate it. I understand it was meant to be a additive to bathwater, so that might explain the fleeting nature of it's scent. Still, for a little while, it's lovely.

I love it. I was trolling the beauty blogs one day with a problem. I am prone prickly heat. My grandma had gifted me an old powder box with puff. I filled it with my choice of powder. It worked wonders. Now my problem was the puff. It was made in the 1950s and i would not be surprised if it was made of the same foam as a car seat. Trying to apply it left me in a cloud of dust like the foxy red head in an old cartoon. I was wasting tons of powder and it was getting all over. So, i reached read every review i could get and bought a large blue caron powder puff. It is so beautiful and soft i could just pet it all day. It fit nicely in my jar. The ribbon loop was easy to hold and control the puff. I could pick up only the powder i needed, or more if i chose to. Wile applying i did kick up some powder but not a cloud of it. Some times the old ways are still the best. However i can not say about washing. I never needed to. I would recommend you contact caron. In summery. One of the best things i ever did and would highly recommend every women owe one.