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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...
About reviewer (111 reviews)
Age56 & Over
SkinDry, Fair-Medium, Neutral
HairBrown, Other, Coarse
EyesBrown
this review is for the Voile Parfume, or Emulsion, of Caleche. This scent really does grow on you. as mentioned by others, it stays close to you, like a skin scent. so, to have this as a...
About reviewer (363 reviews)
Age44-55
SkinDry
HairRed
EyesBlue
Edit: added a lippie; have been wearing this more because my husband likes it. . . And it's growing on me despite, well, see below. . . .
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This is not my type of fragrance at all. It's an...
About reviewer (517 reviews)
Age44-55
SkinCombination, Olive, Warm
HairBrunette, Straight, Medium
EyesBrown
Caleche smells exactly like high end expensive soap with hints of florals, very clean-cut and classy. For a chypre it's rather friendly, the oakmoss doesn't smell too dark and mossy here. Good...
About reviewer (1000 reviews)
Age25-29
SkinSensitive, Fair, Neutral
HairBlond, Curly, Medium
EyesGreen
I've always loved Caleche. It's uber sexy vampy and daring. This is a chypre (similar but different to EL Knowing, Clinique Elixir and Lavin's Arpege). But it's more soapy and sandalwood comes...
About reviewer (636 reviews)
Age44-55
SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Warm
HairBrunette, Other, Medium
EyesBrown
This is how I would scent a blonde Scarlet Johansson.
Chandler Burr calls Caleche 'austerely beautiful' and austerely beautiful she is. Only, you need to like aldehydes to enjoy her beauty. She...
About reviewer (766 reviews)
Age36-43
SkinCombination, Fair-Medium
HairRed
EyesHazel
Love Caleche so much! I had it first in my twenties, but it didn't suit me then - time was needed to grow into it.
Caleche is utterly classical French perfume. Clean, aldehydic, incredibly classy,...
About reviewer (257 reviews)
Age36-43
SkinOther, Fair, Cool
HairOther, Other, Other
EyesBrown
Caleche has the classic structure - floral, light sweep of citrus on top, classic sandalwood/oakmoss base, and aldehydes twanging up an down the structure. The vibe is is powdery, with dry and...
About reviewer (542 reviews)
Age44-55
SkinCombination
HairBrown
EyesBrown
Upon immediate application this smells a bit aldehydic and vintage. It's very soapy, fresh-scrubbed, and classic. It smells like money. I imagine high-society ladies of the 1950s smelling like...
About reviewer (170 reviews)
Age30-35
SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Warm
HairRed, Other, Medium
EyesHazel
I got this free! FREE! from my mother (works in a department store in a city that was hit by an earthquake this year so they got a lot of damaged stock free...) Anyway, its not something I would...
About reviewer (50 reviews)
Age30-35
SkinCombination, Fair-Medium
HairBrunette
EyesGreen
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...
About reviewer (111 reviews)
Age56 & Over
SkinDry, Fair-Medium, Neutral
HairBrown, Other, Coarse
EyesBrown
this review is for the Voile Parfume, or Emulsion, of Caleche. This scent really does grow on you. as mentioned by others, it stays close to you, like a skin scent. so, to have this as a...
About reviewer (363 reviews)
Age44-55
SkinDry
HairRed
EyesBlue
Edit: added a lippie; have been wearing this more because my husband likes it. . . And it's growing on me despite, well, see below. . . .
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This is not my type of fragrance at all. It's an...
About reviewer (517 reviews)
Age44-55
SkinCombination, Olive, Warm
HairBrunette, Straight, Medium
EyesBrown
Caleche smells exactly like high end expensive soap with hints of florals, very clean-cut and classy. For a chypre it's rather friendly, the oakmoss doesn't smell too dark and mossy here. Good...
About reviewer (1000 reviews)
Age25-29
SkinSensitive, Fair, Neutral
HairBlond, Curly, Medium
EyesGreen
I've always loved Caleche. It's uber sexy vampy and daring. This is a chypre (similar but different to EL Knowing, Clinique Elixir and Lavin's Arpege). But it's more soapy and sandalwood comes...
About reviewer (636 reviews)
Age44-55
SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Warm
HairBrunette, Other, Medium
EyesBrown