Promesse (2005)
by Cacharel

Fresh fruity citrus. Very orange and berry flavored but unremarkably dull. Meh.

The very best of Cacharels perfumes ever, IMHO, actually the only one working on my skin. I might get a bottle in the future...

I've never really been a fan of Cacharel fragrances. Promesse is wearable though! It's subtle notes are well blended and fresh. Beginning with citrus and floral then muting them a bit with a woodsy base - just right for spring. As far as it's staying power or sillage, I think it would be the best type of floral for a scorching hot summer day or even a sticky humid evening.

Yes it is pinky, yes it is for teens. But I can't stop myself falling in love with this fragrance. From the first second I tried Promesse, I couldn't stop loving it. Finally I bought one for myself but I don't know why but people didn't give the response that I was expecting. May be Promesse is not for my skin, may be it is really standart or it doesn't have lasting power. I don't know the reason. Promesse is sweet, warm and flowery. God, I love this smell, but at some point I felt like I wasted my money on this because no one noticed me! I used it frequently during a vacation with my husband but because I couldn't get the response that I want fro other people, I stopped using it for a while. later, one day I usedit again and my husband was half-sleeping at the time. Later that evening he told me that I smelled real nice that morning and it reminded him that vacation. After that I started to use Promesse occasionally, everytime I feel wonderful, but not enough people recognizes it. I don't know if I should buy Promesse again but I guess I can not stop myself buying it again because at least my husband loves it:)

Cacharel tried too hard to please the American market with Promesse. The brand is big in Europe's Mediterranean countries but they still needed to have a real hit in North America, one of the biggest market. What did they come up with? Well, a somewhat lovely pink fruity floral targetting teens ( the funning is that the marketing in europe is done so to please an older customer than say Amor Amor, go figure). I smell blackberry, peony-like florls and musky blond woods. Nicely done, but we smelled this already too many times before. Promesse got drowned in a market already overly "pink-a-tised".
Flop!

Blackberry jam + robinia (false acacia). For teens.