Fleur d’Eau by Rochas
Women 1996
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Description
Fleur d'Eau by Rochas is a green floral fragrance for women. Launched in 1996, this composition features top notes of melon, blackcurrant, and gooseberry; a heart of water hyacinth, lotus flower, mimosa, valley lily, heliotrope, and rose; and a base of sandalwood, vetiver, and amber.
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Key notes
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Top
Melon
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Heart
Water Hyacinth
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Base
sandalwood
Community
587 votes
- Positive 84%
- Negative 12%
- Neutral 3.6%
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In the collection
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Season
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Time of day
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Fragrance profile
About Fleur d’Eau
Fleur d’Eau by Rochas is a green floral fragrance for women. Launched in 1996, this composition features top notes of melon, blackcurrant, and gooseberry; a heart of water hyacinth, lotus flower, mimosa, valley lily, heliotrope, and rose; and a base of sandalwood, vetiver, and amber.
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Longevity
Leading answer Moderate
148 votes
Sillage
Leading answer Moderate
193 votes
Character
Leading answer Traditionally feminine
83 votes
Value perception
Leading answer Fair price
70 votes
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11 reviews
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A lover gifted it to me when I returned from France in my teens; I loved both the bottle and the scent, though I didn’t use it much. I still keep it with fondness.
A boyfriend gave it to me when he traveled to France back in my youth; I loved both the bottle and the scent, even though I didn’t use it much. I still keep it with great affection.
What a beautiful perfume. I had it in my youth. Very fresh, aquatic, summery, and cooling. Typical of the 90s, but it broke with the norm. An aroma that stays etched in your memory.
Fleur d’eau by Rochas (1996) smells fresh, super subtle, and transparent, plus the bottle is really original.
Fleur d’eau by Rochas (1996) is truly a fresh fragrance, very subtle and transparent, and the bottle looks incredibly original.
I have such a soft spot for this perfume! Rochas was so powerful in the 90s. This was my first expensive perfume. I don’t know how long I saved to afford the 4,600 pesetas for the 50 ml bottle when I was 16. It’s the scent of my adolescence and early adulthood, so I can’t be objective. I do remember people were surprised because it was a bit unusual. I’ve never heard anything like it. What a shame about what happened to Rochas and those amazing perfumes that were lost.
What a wonderful perfume! Super feminine and delicate. I have a miniature in my collection and open it from time to time to enjoy its essence for a moment…
Fleur d’Eau is one of the most strangely beautiful fragrances I’ve ever enjoyed. I had it in my youth; it belonged to my sister, who bought it like Tocadilly to experiment, even though it wasn’t her comfort zone, but she was convinced because it was Rochas. Over time, I don’t remember it well anymore; she gave up and gifted it to me. I’m glad to have been the faithful keeper of all those perfumes that never passed her lips—she kept everything like a pigmy squirrel. It’s the most exciting, strange, and uneven aquatic floral I’ve ever owned. It was a powdered aquatic wonder, both cold and warm. The opening was a spring, yet a bit strange, like those described by Jules Verne in Journey to the Center of the Earth, attractive precisely because of its strangeness… as if it were powdered ice water. It enveloped you in an iridescent mist of heliotrope and aquatic flowers, giving it a stark touch thanks to the power of mimosa, and what a mimosa. Its trail competed with a very rich Mugler. I had this daydream while testing a sample of White Tubereuse, a barely perceptible nibble but enough to recall the experience of wearing a different floral, a true Rochas floral with personality.
It was my favorite back in the day; it’s very soft and feminine, and hard to find now.
It was my favorite from that era, very soft and feminine; now it’s hard to find.
This perfume is an aquatic floral along the lines of Cacharel’s Noa. Very feminine and soft; you immediately notice it’s French. The only notes I can clearly distinguish are the melon, sweet and not acidic, and a very soft vetiver in the base. It brings back good memories and was a hedonistic treat I bought for myself for Christmas. I’d wear it again.