Eau du Soir (1990)
by Sisley

i agree that this is not a perfume for inexperienced young ingenues . It's a grown up fragrance that sparkles in the top notes. Not as repressed as Chanel 19 , the dry down is true and on mature skin (mine, that is) the whole impression is luxurious and yet playful.

The only scent I wear that other women comment on favourably - so it must be non-threatning .

Just as I , as a mature woman, would not attempt to wear these fruity , same-ey concoctions that seem to be de rigeur amongst the younger set , I would not expect anyone under 35 to to understand Eau de Soir .

12nd January, 2012.

This is a classic, averagely sharp, green-floral-honeyed chypre of great sophistication that shows some similarities with the more earthy and aromatic  but less fruity-floral Aromatics Elixir which with Eau du Soir  shares many basic ingredients and a timeless elegance. The fragrance is heavy on moss, juniper, hesperides, obviously on flowers and musk. The combination of citrus, rose, juniper, ylang-ylang, a touch of honey, musk-moss and iris sets that sort of barely mild, soapy, almost neutral and opaque laundry atmosphere that is a tangy facet of the fragrance and constitutes a base on which the chord of rose, deeply floral syringa, jasmine, patchouli and iris roots  a tremendously  luxurious, discreet and womanly floral trail that turns out the  fragrance so famous and well valued among the women all over the world. Some well calibrated animal notes as ambergris , honey and cistus stress the spark of the  attractiveness while a complex spicy heart with a dominant note of pepper  stabilizes the level of sharpness and enhances the general depth and luxuriousness without instilling pungency while rooting a barrage to arrest the mellifluence. Some woody notes set stableness and balance. The outcome is a very classy smell of chic high class women full of charm and taste.

11th December, 2011. (Last Edited: 17th December, 2011.)

One of the shinier green chypres. Heavier on the bergamot part of the chypre equation than the moss, Eau du Soir simply dazzles in the top notes. It stays true to its first impression, though, and remains brilliant through the heartnotes. By this point, most green chypres are either heading toward leather or a dusky sort of glow. EdS manages to shine yet keep its complexity. There's a dry floral quality that smells a bit like gin. It's searing, sharp, gorgeous.  Here is where EdS balances the green chypre family resemblance and its own distinctiveness. 

I've read that people find this somewhere in the powerful-to-overpowering range in terms of both broadcast and tenacity. Maybe so, but this is one of those potent fragrances that begs to be worn brashly. 

Hideous bottle, but don't let that stop you. 

30th August, 2011.

Sooooo green!!

This is how chanel 19 should smell!
Eau du Soir is elegant and classy, with great and strong sillage and lasting power, anyway I love Mature Scents, but this one Is tooo Mature for me. I found that the musk part is as intense as Montana Parfum de Peau.

28th January, 2011.

I first came across Eau du Soir in the early to mid '90s when I was given a sample at a Sisley counter.
I was then in my early twenties and I found the scent too grand dame for my tastes.
I wore it, nevertheless, and -much to my own surprise- I felt very comfortable in it.

It smells mature, yet not old; green, yet not wild; floral yet not girlie; formal yet not stuffy. Undeniably French.
It is classic. It is elegant. It is confident...and what could be sexier than confidence?
I now think of it not as the scent of a grand dame, but that of a femme fatale.

3rd January, 2011.

Unpleasant, loud, coarse. I've been disliking it for ages and hissed a sigh of relief when I found out that there are other people out there who hate it, too.
It's the kind of "posh perfume" in a beautiful bottle shop-assistants love to promote when they come to realize that you are mad about scents...

8th October, 2010.