Fleur de Rocaille (1993)

8 reseñas

Mostrando las más recientes primero.

• boudica

  January 19, 2015

  

  It’s pleasant, very floral, for those who know how to appreciate this family, but with weak longevity. Seems like a perfume designed for very elderly ladies. Another one I bought without testing it first…

• marisol santilla

  June 3, 2018

  

  I live in Tecate, Mexico, on the border with the US, and few perfumes like this make it here. This weekend I went inland to Guanajuato, and while walking, I stumbled upon a small perfumery. I walked in and saw quantities of perfumes I know from Fragrantica but would hardly find here. Among them was this Caron. I bought it without hesitation, no regrets, I loved it. It’s a sparkling white floral with excellent sillage. From now on, every time I return to Guanajuato, I’ll go prepared with cash, haha, for about 3 or 4 perfumes, haha… 100% recommended, and Guanajuato too.

• Josesan

  January 13, 2019

  

  FLEUR DE ROCAILLE (1993) by Caron is the story of a personal journey of learning. My sister has had a bottle for years; she doesn’t even know when she got it. Without a barcode, its age is presumed. I tried it long ago and didn’t like it; I wasn’t ready yet. Not all perfumes have to please us, even if we revisit them or time teaches us. But sometimes, in the first try, we aren’t ready to taste the beauty of certain fragrances, like with this masterful classic. It’s an Aldehydic Floral Chypre, one of the families that took me the longest to learn. The result was worth it because both families hold jewels of incalculable value. Today, of the ones my sister uses, only this one is mine. Every time I visit her, I do my ritual: I go to the closet, spray myself on the arm, and I’m spellbound. It starts with a well-constructed, balanced aldehydic floral effluvium. It’s not the explosive opening like fireworks in Handel’s gardens (like an Aramis or Lagerfeld), but sophisticated aldehydes that, like petals, enclose the essence of the most beautiful flowers and open with natural synchronicity. I detect whites like gardenia and lily of the valley, and yellows like ylang-ylang and mimosa. They have the usual intensity, but without the indolic-animal component or the cloying sweetness of other times. The accord is very feminine, proper for a woman with class (not snobbish), distinguished (not wealthy), and mature (not old). What I love most is its long dry-down: a soapy effluvium with a sandalwood and amber base, velvety and turgid. It smells of old-fashioned cleanliness, unhurried, that lost cleanliness of when bodies didn’t know the urgency of time and would immerse themselves for hours in salt and essence baths. Botticelli’s Venus exhaled an aroma of Fleur de Rocaille after being born from the Mediterranean waters near Cyprus and under the Zephyr wind.

• charlotinable

  September 7, 2021

  

  This timeless beauty and divine glory I found at a bazaar nearby. It smells gorgeous, and I imagine some golden-age movie goddess wearing such a scent. It has a very distinguished diva aura, wrapped in furs and dressed in satin and velvet. Best of all: gift price.

• Marilaura

  August 15, 2022

  

  This is the richest floral I’ve ever tried, Tresor style. It’s warm, hugging, deep, and powdery. I had it in my teens and never found it again; in Argentina, fewer perfumes are imported now, and this one has been absent for two decades. I want to buy it again; when I travel, I look for it and there’s nothing, it’s hard to find. Its sillage was weak on me, and so was longevity; I remember putting on liters and ending up reapplying it with body cream, it would vanish in a blink. Still, I love it; the day I see it again, I’m buying it.

• jerry drake

  April 4, 2024

  

  If you’re afraid of vintage florals with aldehydes, brace yourself for a surprise. It’s true that you dive into a sea of flowers, but they unfold with delicacy. It’s attractive and seductive; a white-yellow heart with a subtle rose, a gardenia that claims its territory, and an accompanying violet turn that sea into a fine, noble honey. This harmony brings calm. Amber and woods add captivating depth. It’s a sublime floral scent that rests perfectly on the skin, present but without noise, very natural. The heart is dense, a beautiful bouquet where no single note dominates. It’s intoxicating but without excessive sweetness, soon giving way to a delicate soapyness without losing elegance. I imagine a pure Chanel No. 5 would have a similar effect after hours. It has depth, something melancholic, and develops like a silk thread from head to heart.

• Addyi Spade

  August 22, 2024

  

  Reminds me of Tendre Poison, Touch, 273, and Cabotine in terms of notes, but everything changes here: a flower emerges, then another, a sweetness, dusty violet and iris that revive the scent. It’s magical and cheerful; I can’t stop smelling it. On clothes, it’s a juicy bouquet of flowers; that vintage touch comes and goes like a wave. At first, it’s strong and dizzying—a fun, aggressive floral EDT—then it calms down, becoming peaceful, romantic, and serene. It opens yellow, moves to white, and ends lilac. It’s a woman with all her facets. Lasts 12 hours with considerable sillage.

• Addyi Spade

  August 22, 2024

  

  Reminiscent of Tendre Poison, Touch, 273, and Cabotine in its notes, but everything evolves here: tiny flowers, sweetness, dusty violet, and iris that later comes back to life. It’s the only one with something magical and cheerful I can’t stop smelling; on clothes, it leaves a juicy bouquet of flowers where the vintage vibe comes and goes like a wave. At first, it’s strong, dizzying, and aggressively fun floral, but then it calms down, becoming peaceful, romantic, and serene. It opens yellow, moves to white, and ends lilac; it’s a woman in all her facets. Lasts 12 hours, strong with a considerable sillage.