Hermès

Eau de Pamplemousse Rose! Such a gorgeous name! And I love the perfume, and also the fabulous colour. It's divine. The perfume's lovely. Grapefruit. Beautiful. It's a truly delicious grapefruit. Very natural, juicy and fresh. Mmmm. It stays for an hour, then becomes slightly more orange, which is still nice, in a milder, sweeter way, and then slowly, I start to detect a lovely lovely rose, which gradually gets stronger, over about another hour. It stays like that for a while, then changes to smelling greener and a bit spicy. It's really beautiful. Altogether the lovely perfume lasts for about 4 hours, which I don't mind at all, because I love re-spraying, and going through it's lovely stages again, and again. I love it. It's beautiful.

This is a review for the soie de parfum Caleche. This scent is an oldie but goody and is definitely considered a classic, retro or vintage. It is by far my favorite aldehyde fragrance but I guess it could also be considered a floral chypre. The aldehydes are very pronounced in the opening and gives it an uplifting, effervescent, bubbly feel. It is kind of difficult to discern the specific notes because of the aldehydes, lending the distinctive soapy scent that Caleche is famous for. I guess the whole is greater than the sum of its parts here. The projection and sillage is moderate. The longevity is outstanding. The only image that I can conjure of this SDP is a confident woman with a wealth of experience, knowledge and expertise. She doesn't brag about it--its already understood. I am sure that Caleche has gone through many reformulations over the years. From my memory, I think the SDP has retained most of the original elements, which is why I will continue to repurchase. It's intoxicating and sophisticated, suitable for everyday and year round wear. It's also verrrrrry dry--but so is a good sauvignon blanc.

This EDT reminds me a grove of oranges in the middle of evergreen trees and find it refreshing. It gets spicy and salty feel as it settles down. I suspect the mix of pepper, amber and elemi, mostly. But its not salty as in a water scent, but more warm and dry. The evergreen, pine-needle or balsam notes seem to stay ever present. It sounds like a masculine scent with orange, pine-needles and spicy and salty as it likely can pass as a unisex fragrance. For whatever reason it works on me. I can detect no floral here. Nothing fruity, gourmand or powdery either. It is not typically what is considered a feminine fragrance. Probably because of the evergreen scent, I like to use this more often in the colder months. For an EDT, the longevity is pretty good.