Reviews of Trésor (new) (1990)
by Lancôme

OK, so I remember being all of 21 years old, and my soon to be (much older) husband came home with a bottle of this for me. I wore it, and liked it, but wasn't a big fan. It was too sweet. But, all said, he had picked it out himself for me to wear, so I finnished the bottle. HA, I soon found out that he would pick out everything for me, based on whatever HE liked. Needless to say, we are divorced, after ten years of my living in Hell with an absolute control freak who wanted me to be a dress up doll. I smelled this on a customer the other day at work, and was instantly transported to all places evil. It was a dark reminder of my ex, and I nearly fainted. Maybe my thoughts on this would be different if not for such bad memories. But it is a no-no in my book. It also lasts a horribly long, long time.

Scent seems very demure, not attention-grabbing in any way. My mother loved it so much that I bought her a large bottle of it; maybe she does not really like the scent. It smells very average, very "perfume-y" and formal. It's certainly not a young scent...roses that do not smell romantic, apricot blossoms that are hardly youthful...somewhat like several lovely flowers crammed together to make a big and confusing blob. Individual notes are hardly recognizable.

When I wore it, it drew random compliments, but regardless, it was too sweet for my taste. Othes might love it on me, but somehow, I just don't love it on me. Nothing unique or memorable about it. A type of fragrance I'd sometimes use if I got it as a gift, but wouldn't buy for myself.

My first impression was that of rotten fruit. I had to give it another chance, because so many people I know like it, and it smells good on them. It took more than one try, on a coolish day, for me to get past the spoiled fruit to the glow. Because it's unpredictable on me though, I often pass it over.

The Oriental dry-down on this over-marketed French frag is simply gorgeous, but only if one is made of very strong stuff and can (and will) endure the sickeningly sweet fruit notes that precede the dry-down for HOURS. There's a cloying, possibly synthetic, unbelievably persistent fruit note here. (Is it the peach? the apricot? the pineapple? Hell, for all I know it's durian . . .).

The soft, musky dry-down is, again, really something else. So wait. But only if you're a huge fan of sickly sweet fruit in the waiting room.

At the very least, go easy on the atomizer, ladies, lest this "treasure" turn into a dragon.

I like tresor for some official events. I think it is too serious for my nature. It is not flirty, not playfull. It looks like very serious woman in a strong suit. I don't realy think i want to wear it for a very long time, so my mini-bottle of them is enough for me.

Tresor smells really nice, but unfortunately I cannot wear it - it makes me sneeze and my eyes run. I wish I could though - it is very elegant and feminine

Sweet, powdery apricot and vanilla. This is a really nice smell on my skin but I'm not really sure if I like it or not. Might be a little cloying on me. Also reminds me of Volupte by Oscar as I think it shares some similar notes, and my mother wears that which might account for the familiar feeling I get from Tresor. I cant smell it too much or I start feeling a little sick. But yet I keep smelling it and thinking I like it. Tresor has me very confused!

I liked this one at first when I tried it- all sophisticated florals and fruits. But in the drydown, it smelled like...peanuts. I'm not kidding! I sprayed some on me in a store, walked around the mall for a while, and it morphed into peanuts! I had my husband give it a sniff to confirm, and he said the same thing. I'd chalk it all up to my chemistry, but the little tester strip smelled the same... I love the bottle though, and the topnotes are nice. Perhaps I'll have to try this one again. To be fair, I noted that they reformulated this, so my comments apply to the new stuff only.

I was reading The Shipping news in the early nineties and Tresor was the signature scent of the doomed party girl wife of the protagonist. The description of the scent sent me straight out of the house and to the department store for a sniff. I was hooked. What is probably apricot smells like peach to me and the rose is subdued. Then the peach fades and the rose really comes out. Soft sweet rose. Then the lilac blends in. Wonderful. The drydown though on me is not floral nor fruity, it is warm sweet almost musky. It lasts a long long time and a little goes a long way especially in the warmer months. I wore it a lot back then, then got hooked of all things on New West...and that is another story entirely. Anyway I have circled back to Tresor and begged the Christmas pixies for a bottle and have been happily wearing it day or two every week. Very comforting to me and the grandkids love it.

This smells so heavenly, in the bottle, of course! No, not on me! Others have worn this and it's pretty, but nothing like what's in the bottle! How so teasing! It's kind of fruity smelling, but I catch floral notes as well. It was a bit too strong at first only to dry down to a musty like powder. I thought this was one of the better scents to come out in the 90's. I still like the smell. Not on me, though. Only in that pretty bottle.

Hmm... I don't know how I feel about this one. It's top notes smell like cheap peach hard candy set against some green florals. It's a striking contrast, and quite honestly seems confused. The drydown is the only redeeming quality; once the cheap peach note mellows out, it blends nicely with the basenotes and is somewhat pleasing. Overall, it's mediocre and wouldn't be all that memorable if it weren't for the cheap peach note.

It's got character. And it does last.....And last, and last.... That's part of the problem with it really. It's a very cloying and "sticky" sort of scent. One good whiff of someone wearing it and you'll be smelling it for another 5 minutes regardless of whether they're anywhere near or not. It's not a loud scent, but very heavy. I can't help but like the apricot and peach notes in it, and my wife absolutey adores it. But she doesn't like Gucci Envy on me so all is fair I suppose. She likes being blanketed in its aura, but I feel like the blanket was pulled up and over my head leaving me feeling smothered. Definitely one to go easy on the trigger finger during application.

Tresor comes on strong. It is woody, smoky, with a hint of bitterness. Lighter elements become apparent as it wears, and fizzy, soda like green notes dissapate to reveal tenacious Oriental undertones. The tiered Art Deco Bottle is classic and gorgeous. However, the ad campaigns lost a great deal when they nixed Isabella Rossellini.