Rivière de Janvier
by Des Filles a la Vanille

Riviere de Janviere comes on to me as coconut, not an unpleasant coconut, but an unexpected one. She wraps around me with a bit of powder, but she keeps whispering coconut. I can fall in love with this fragrance but I am still waiting to see if she has staying power.

24th May, 2007.

I love the Des Filles à la Vanille line of fragrances. They are all very well made, delicate, joyous, breezy, romantic, soft, understated, and uplifting fragrances that come from the gentle, cherry-blossom world of someone's wonderful imagination. As far as I am concerned, *Rivière de Janvier* is the paragon of the line.

*Rivière de Janvier* is a softer, ever so slightly sweeter and drier version of Diptyque’s *Philosykos*, with *Philosykos’s* clarion, verdant fig note diffused by a very reticent vanilla in the background and a barely perceptible rose note in the heart notes. All beautifully balanced. I think of it as *Philosykos* for romantic evening wear. It’s an amazing fragrance in its own right and, in my opinion, is up there with Diptyque’s *Philosykos* and L’Artisan's *Premier Figuier* as one of the benchmark fig scents without equal.

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16th October, 2006.