Esprit de Fleurs
by Frapin

If you are searching for a niche fragrance that is both a sillage monster and a powerful floral, this would be your best choice.

I've had a cotton bud which was sprayed with this fragrance in my bag for over a month, and surprise, surprise, it still smells strongly and still manages to scent and deoderize my bag.

Well, Esprit de Fleurs is certainly an interesting scent. It's expensive smelling, rich, slightly soapy and very flowery, and although I love how this fragrance makes all the contents in my handbag smell exquisite, I'm not sure whether I'd like to wear this on my actual skin.

If you've ever accidently sprayed a room fragrance on your skin thinking it was an ordinary perfume, you'll know what I'm talking about. You certainly smell lovely, however you can't help feeling a little like a burning scented candle in an inclosed space. That's how I felt when I wore Esprit de Fleurs.

I had this continuous urge to run to the nearest restroom and wash this stuff off, however I stuck with it because I was mesmorised by what it smelt like in the air around me. If it wasn't so expensive, I might have considered buying this fragrance for use as an air freshner.

If Esprit de Fleurs were a little softer and not so heavy with the rose, jasmine and vanilla notes, I can see this fragrance being quite a popular and wearable scent. Yet for now, it only smells like an expensive air freshner.

27th April, 2011.

The opening of this scent is decent, but I don't quickly pick up any citrus notes. It didn't blow me away. My first impression of the middle notes was that this scent was "verrry floral." It is not sharp or astringent (again, I didn't pick up on much citrus).

It is like being in a floral shop where all the petal and leaf smells mix together. I don't hate it, and it didn't give me a headache. It's a very under-the-radar office appropriate scent. Nothing too daring. I might go as far as to say I got bored. Low sillage, below average lasting power.

28th November, 2009.