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totally a skin scent, only if I sniff my arm, but at least now I get what all the fuss is about :) This is a lovely scent now, soft, spicy, a hint of sweetness.
Never mentioned in the Fragrantica pyramids of the classic Guerlains is the aromatic note of French thyme, which I believe is the "medical gauze"/medicinal quality they possess in their upper structure. It has some powdery notes, but do not let that fool you because there is definitely something in here that gives it a playful bite (maybe the aniseed). While I love how Iris flowers smell, I found out in sampling several that I am not a fan of iris in perfume :( I waited for the dry down and still not a happy camper.It becomes increasingly creamy, vanillary and delicious as time goes down without ever losing its spicy edge. L'Heure Bleue has a piquant citrusy top note of lemon and bergamot infused with a medicinal Belle Époque twilit quality: an aromatic bouqet of French thyme, anise, and cloves cutting through a sweet and creamy neroli and vanilla base. At this point, I am worried that I'm not going to like this scent at all, but as I have learned with the initial gasoline-esque opening of Guerlain's Shalimar EdP, patience is a virtue.
It’s also remarkable for me because it’s so “well-blended” that the notes are not discernible to me. I also own the Mitsouko EDT, which is another Guerlain classic and that one, I actually crave wearing, so I'm considering that one as my every cold weather day fragrance and this and Shalimar for special occasion or evening, in my pajamas with a glass of wine and my pups and husband cuddled by the fire.Truly a fitting name; 'Blue Hour', the scent of the sky, that is the only way I can describe this fragrance. The vanilla is not sugary, it is more reminiscent of vanilla pods than the normal gourmand icing sugar vanilla of today’s perfumes. The compound word was an effort to describe the painful yearning of one's ability to look back at their path of life,l while never being able to go back. If No5 is sparkling and in the sunshine playing croquet because of it's aldehydes and citrus, L'Heure Bleue Eau de Parfum is indoors reading poetry in their gilded boudoir next to their powdered wig and corset because of the iris, heliotrope and anise. Guerlain L'Heure Blue perfume begins with that softly aromatic and spicy Anise note and combines this with the soft floral petals of Neroli, the brightness of Lemon and Bergamot and the aromatics of Coriander.
As time passes, it becomes more impressionistic, almost phantasmagorical, as if it follows into the night, unabated but mutating into woods, benzoin, and vanilla.French thyme is probably an "old-fashioned" note for many, as it crops up in very few new feminines these days. I don't think the world that is ageist and obsessed with what's de rigueur can really understand L'Heure Bleue, so why cast pearls before swine?
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