Eau de Fleurs de Cédrat (1920)
by Guerlain

By far the most fleeting of the Guerlain eaus, but not bad. Opens with a very citric but also sweet lemon flower not far from Country Time lemonade. Next, some white flowers appear and it dries away to nothing. Much lighter and more airy than Eau de Coq or Imperiale. Lasts ten minutes at the most. Eau de Fleurs de Cedrat has nothing in it of interest, but is neither repulsive.

This Guerlain offering starts out as a bracing herbal/floral eau de Cologne variant with a suave and suggestive animalic undertone. The zoological note soon resolves into the indolic facet of a very full orange blossom accord that dominates the heart of the fragrance. I believe that it’s the roundness and potency of this white flower accord that distinguishes Eau de Fleurs de Cédrat from so many other eau de Cologne formulae. Longevity, as you might imagine, is limited, though the indolic florals do extend this scent's life beyond the 45 minute mark. If you're in the market for a floral take on eau de Cologne, you could do a lot worse than Eau de Fleurs de Cédrat.

This fragrance flattened out on me very quickly after an initial burst of bracing bergamot and citrus - it reminds me very much of Annick Goutal's Les Nuites d'Hadrien which I also had trouble wearing. The cedar is tricky on me. I recommend testing this one first....

Hey, do you like lemons??
Because if you do, you will love this scent!!
I really like it, lemon city though it is. If I could afford it, I would scent y clean house with it in the mornings. I think it would be ambient bliss...

One of the two Cedrats I like (the other is Creed's). This opens with a burst of orange oil, then settles into a verbena/vetiver blend that is quite intoxicating.

I have no idea what is in this - I only note what my nose detects. It does not last long, nor does he Creed, but for the few hours that it does, it is quite a stunner.

Recommended.

A very bright young genius drawn from the finest old family. He dies achingly young but still brings a smile as he fulfils his narrative imperative of a brief sparkling life.

If it didn't disappear so quickly, it couldn't smell this good.

An acidic blast of citrus freshness - some quite vibrant and sharp lemons. The acid fizzes across my arm, I can feel it is right on the edge of being irritating to the skin without crossing that line for me. The closest smells which this brings to mind are the top (without the wood) of creed bois de cedrat, and Trumpers Limes (without the musk).

The top and heart of this last longer than those of the other guerlain eaux. However, it has NO base at all. Once the cedrat has gone, it has gone utterly. From start to finish there is a diminishing scent of lemons, cedrat and verbena on my skin. This is its development.

This is a little different to the more classic eau de cologne formula followed by Imperiale and du Coq but I love it. It is beautifully fresh, crisp and enlivening. It comes and goes quickly, but lasts better if sprayed on clothes.