3 Fleurs (2009)
by Parfum d'Empire

The first in order of appearance is jasmine, bold, straightforward with a touch of indolic notes; then enters tuberose, displaying its green facets rather than its creamy and voluptuous ones; finally a huge, cool, dewy rose opens wide its petals .
The three flowers, sharing and reinforcing their greener aspects, compose a flamboyant bouquet tied with a broad green band, fresh and intoxicating at the same time, with great longevity on skin. Not a perfume I would wear more than occasionally, because of its overpowering and endless sillage, but well balanced and faithful to its name. Anyway, due to the massive complaints that it provokes in my rose- hating entourage, I can't give it more than neutral.

17th November, 2011.

Parfum d'Empire 3 FLEURS is a big fat floral fragrance (BFFF) of the greenhouse variety. Key word here: floral. No surprise, obviously, given the name. The only unknown variables were which three flowers, in particular. Without any knowledge of the actual notes, I felt a blast of tuberose, then jasmine and in the long, extremely long and extremely huge sillage drydown, I honestly felt that something like orchid was the winner in the battle for floral dominance. A bit like Lalique FLORABELLA, which can also seem hard to take on some days.

There are definitely some rose stems and thorns thrown into 3 FLEURS along with the truckload of petals as well. This is the kind of perfume which must make those from the “Women have no business smelling like flowers” camp really want to cringe. All flowers, all of the time, is the story here. Unfortunately, although I categorically reject the above sophism (emitted by some sort of serious twit...), this particular BFFF does not appeal very much to me. Although I survived a long afternoon trapped in a cloud of this greenhouse perfume, I have to confess that I was not disappointed when it finally faded away. Somehow the composition seemed inharmonic to me. Too much this, not enough of that. Too loud and pushy, overall, even lightly applied. The dirty greenishness delivered just a bit too much of the dreaded greenhouse effect, IMNSHO. Not on my wish list. Désolée.

2nd July, 2011. (Last Edited: 11th July, 2011.)

Floral it is...all the way..

but three..? all I smell here is jasmine, loud and clear, simple and strong

not utterly unpleasant, but much more feminine than unisex and more appropriate for the younger crowd

14th June, 2011. (Last Edited: 18th June, 2011.)

The topnotes are quite "perfumey", & there's something like violet leaf, perhaps the combination of galbanum & mint? After a few minutes, the jasmine & tuberose begin to flit back & forth, then all of a sudden l become aware of something deep, sweet & velvety emerging; it's the rose! A full-blown, gorgeous rose, & at this point the fragrance reminds me of Lush's Two Hearts Beating As One, a lovely jasmine-rose scent. The sillage is good, & it slowly dries down to a musky rose hours later. l really like this, & l recommend it if you're looking for a rose-based floral. l'd consider a full bottle if l didn't already have a large supply of Stella!

9th February, 2011.

2 Flowers? I detect jasmine and tuberose. They strain at their green corset.

2nd February, 2011.

Three best flowers:Jasmin,Rose,Tuberose...This is what this perfume is all about!
Green,floral and vibrant!The aroma of three in perfect combination...in perfect harmony!You get the three as one and each one separately!
Great perfume and longevity!One best floral .

2nd August, 2010.