24, Faubourg (1995)
by Hermès

Got a sample of this from theperfumedcourt and tried it on. At first wasn't sure if it would suit me but I have fallen in love. In not for everyday but at least for me a nice evening but not too special. A little on my pulse points and my scarf and it lasts the either evening. Great sillage and very classy :)

14th December, 2011.

After reading the reviews of this, I was curious and as I had not heard of it, I doubted I would find a sample to test - I fortunately did. The result is that is a perfume I could live in everyday - soft & feminine - it's great for special occasions and casual wear. I receive compliments from everyone that smells it on me. It is an old fragrance but my new favorite. I Love it.

6th December, 2011. (Last Edited: 24th January, 2012.)

I am wearing the EDT version of 24, Faubourg and all I can really think of saying is that it's a nice, pretty scent. I really like the way it smells and it's nice, but there doesn't seem to be anything that is very "special" about it, or anything that immediately "clicks" with me. Fleurine compared it to Coco by Chanel, and in some ways I can sort of see that. To me, this doesn't smell very close to Coco though. It's mainly a lot of white flowers, whereas Coco smells very spicy to me. Also, with Coco something immediately clicked the first time I wore it and I loved it instantly. I'm not getting the same feeling with this perfume. It's just "okay" to me.

13rd October, 2011.

There's certainly no dearth of perfumes claiming to convey glamour, but in their pyrite trappings, the vast majority of them offer nothing more than bling. With 24 FAUBOURG, in contrast, Hermès has managed to capture the real thing: 24 carat gold. This gorgeous, resplendent, and even transcendent perfume has few rivals in the history of perfumery, and perhaps none since the dawn of the twenty-first century of flanker madness and watery wares.

Like others, I was surprised to find that this magnificent creation was launched in 1995, rather than circa CHANEL NO. 5 or one of the (early) great Guerlain perfumes. The quality and the richness of the notes here are as I've come to expect from Hermès, but what really makes the difference, I think, is some kind of divine inspiration—this is not just another hack job but a work of art. 24 FAUBOURG offers perhaps the best recent example of the radical distinction between mere fragrances and perfume.

Just as there is a *huge* difference between music and "music", as insufferably insolent as that may sound to nonmusicians, there is a world of difference between a lush, complex, shimmering perfume, such as 24 FAUBOURG, and basically 99% of everything else that goes by the name. Big, billowy white flowers drenched in honey and supported by unabashedly perfumic components—synthetic, yes, but nothing like the chemical soup which aims to mimic the effect as cheaply as possible—this is a perfume which rivals CHANEL NO 5 and FRACAS in, yes, their pretention, but also their beauty.

Bravo Maurice Roucel!!!!!

8th October, 2011.

Beautiful - in a way that a woman with good cheekbones will always be beautiful whatever her age.

8th October, 2011.

Utterly gorgeous and not for me. I appreciate the beauty of 24 Faubourg but would never wear it.

4th October, 2011.