Desir De Nature (1994)
by Yves Rocher

Okay, I really thought this was lovely, but it didn't stay on for very long at all! Hell, I could bathe in this stuff and it would fade within 30 minutes! Not strong stuff at all, but nice. One of Yves Rocher's best.

Désir de Nature is a charming little fragrance. It’s simple and straightforward, light and delicate: clean, green, floral, and sweet. It opens so refreshingly citrus and minty, and then moves to the florals of the middle with a quiet lily of the valley being the dominant note in the quiet accord. The base is cedar – light and appropriately aromatic – with some remaining floral sweetness. It’s a light scent with a light, soft sillage and quite poor longevity, as one would expect from such an innocent and lovely presentation.

This really just isn't for me. It's very floral. It reminds me of a frag my grandmother would like to wear. After an hour of wearing it, I can still "taste" it. It has toned down some on my wrists, but my cleavage still smells very strong and flowery.

I love Désir de Nature. Quarry forwarded me her bottle and I couldn't be more thrilled. I agree, it's a scent you might associate with a young girl, or innocence, a time past. It smells clean, green, floral and wholesome, with a bit of tartness to it. In my imagination I can hear a screen door slam in a farmhouse as a smiling young girl wearing her favorite dress heads off somewhere, maybe to a fair, trailing this scent behind her, and the front room curtains are fluttering in the breeze. I find it very refreshing and of another time and place (obviously). I enjoy it most in the morning after a shower. It puts me in a good mood. It's not long lasting, but you can always re-spritz. Usually by lunchtime I'm ready to move on to a more complex fragrance anyway. But for mornings...it's like a sunny day and not a care in the world.

If I were a schoolgirl, I'd feel very good about wearing this pretty cologne. But those days are long gone, and I'm on to more clever concoctions. I wish young women would seek out an affordable little number like this instead of spending their money on celebrity department-store fragrances. Or does the next generation think DdN smells old fashioned because it has no synthetic twang? Well, if you ever feel like wearing a flower-print dress and twirling a parasol, this might fit you as well. Fairly low-pitched for a fragrance centered on lily-of-the-valley. Olfactive Family : Green Floral. Head Notes: Mandarin, Crushed Mint Leaves. Mid Notes: Headspace Daphne, Lily-of-the-Valley. Base Note: Cedar.

I get compliments from strangers whenever I wear this scent. It is a fresh fragrance and reminds me of springtime.