Coriandre

Right now, I’m wearing the extrait, which is a rare fugue of natural oils that, for me, evokes an after-rain image of a forest in the mountains of my home country. The cool dampness of the earth, the trails that small creatures left behind when taking refuge from a heavy downpour, and the perspiration of wild flowers, mistily come together in my periphery. No, I don’t exist alongside these elements. I see myself trying to peer into the living image through sheer clouds of brightness that do not quite belong to the landscape. Is it the bergamot, or perhaps the ylang-ylang? I don’t care to know. For me, this is an epitome of pristine recreation, wherein the unknown renders an enigmatic sheen that does not require comprehension. It is an existence within existence.

HUUUUUUUGE difference between a 70s/80s vintage (not sure what I have) with the civet note and a 90s one. 90s is beautiful from the start. Soapy, green and more delicate. Still aromatic though. 70s is more bitter and skanky. Way more aromatic and bright. More aldehydic, still grassy, and takes much longer to settle on the skin (as do most awesome vintages!). 90s is smooth and round on the skin; 70s smells like it's radiating off the skin. Amazing how much they changed/settled the composition. My vintage sample is almost clear, so I don't think it's gone bad. At this time, I prefer the reformulation but I'm testing them both in heat. (Good grief! A poor choice.) I will continue to test and look forward to trying in cold weather and rainy days. In heat, it's an alarming no-go for me for the older vintage. The 90s one is fantastic. I'm enjoying the wear today.

Review for the EDT: Among all the classic chypres, Coriandre stands apart. It feels airy, sparkly, and soft. I love its opening texture: a "crunchiness," like crushed coriander seeds in a mortar, briefly almost lemony and touched with fennel seeds. Then it turns soapy and clean, with demure roses, deepening through the grounding presence of soft oakmoss. The overall effect is one of quiet elegance, whispered and mysterious. Wearing it, I feel almost elvish, a bit like Galadriel: surrounded by greenery and soft flowy fabrics, timeless, serene, yet powerful.

Corgi04 You just simply should stay away from classical old school chypre fragrances.It’s not the note which is bothering you it’s a type of fragrances. Other than that it’s a beautiful creation which definitely deserves to be acknowledged.

Not sure which note it is that's horrible to me. It's the same dry down as soir de lune and Paloma picasso and others. I'm thinking it's oakmoss but there are perfumes with oakmoss that don't smell like that. Is it the coriander? Although I love that in food? Whatever it is, I think it's in o de lancome as well.. it's a scrubber for me. Wish I was certain so I could avoid it.

The leading listed notes of coriander, rose-geranium, and oakmoss really do seem to dominate this composition. The coriander I smell here is like the standard essential oil derived from the seeds, and its use is more subtle and blended than one might expect from the name. I should qualify this by mentioning that I am sampling from an older bottle of unknown 'vintage' in which some aging effects may have occurred. While all the notes I detect are acting together in balanced harmony, it is the sweet, honey-like oakmoss (& coumarin?) note that I find especially enjoyable.

Nose Note #432 It briefly reminded me of Tom Ford Noir or Noir Extreme, but the strong aldehydes make it feel a few decades older and super soapy. It's kind of like Chanel #5 and Vanderbilt, but weaker right from the start and maybe less soapy than Chanel. It's a very old school fragrances for sure, but out of three this might be the easiest to wear, just not in the hot days. Not as strong as those two, but still very strong. The downside is, I think it shares a lot in common with mens perfumes of the time. It's like they took a mens barbershop fougere and without taking anything away they added some more ingredients that would make it pass for female audience. A lot of aromatic stuff + rose + soap + a lot of coriander. At the same time it occasionally feels rather modern and suitable for a younger age group. Interesting 7.5/10, I'll wait for my wife's opinion on this and smell it on her

I love it!! UN GIOIELLO!!! Che delizia! I never thought I’d like a chypre fragrance. I now realize I might be biased against them. This is so refreshing, in terms of… I’m 48, I can remember classics and older formulas. I’m getting tired of everyone smelling the same (From Devotion to Million). I was going to write that Coriander is So “original” compared to moder uber-sweetness! And then I read this review below, that I agree with a 100% “A try old time classic. I can see why the gourmand loving youngsters don't rate it, its as far from a modern gourmand as you can possibly get.” I think I’ll buy a full bottle!

I love this. The first spray took me back to early 1970's when the ladies in my family would wear long dresses and high hairdo's when they went out to a special event. It encapsulates elegance and sophistication. A try old time classic. I can see why the gourmand loving youngsters don't rate it, its as far from a modern gourmand as you can possibly get. But I love this, the dry down the deepest sexiest rose is amazing.

The “coriander” here is not the seeds, but the fresh green leaves of the cilantro plant. It doesn’t smell quite like cilantro to me, but it is a springy chlorophyll-green herb, with a “dirty” 70s moss base. The clean-dirty contrast is almost like the feminine equivalent of an old-school fougere like Yatagan. The rose kicks in at 5 hours – a damascone-laden, tender ruby-red rose. Almost rosewater-like. Coriandre isn’t me, but it’s certainly Something. Very red, very green.

I can't find this online in the UK, does anyone know if it has been discontinued, or if it is only available in EU?

Coriandre versione anni 90 è un profumo originale, caratteristico,unico e piacevole. La sua struttura è un mix di erbe,patchouli,fiori,coriandolo speziato e note fredde e ardenti. Buono su uomo e donna,sensuale sottilmente,non ha dolcezza di vaniglia né robaccia stomacante di quelle che ammorbano la nuova profumeria. È una fragranza seria e matura che rinvigorisce, brillante,audace. Potrebbe andare d'accordo con aromatics elixir, rive gauche, profumi vivaci e inebrianti.

i've been curious about this one! i am testing from a vintage vial. it opens green and quite woody. it smells kind of odd but the sample is old so, who knows if this is what it's meant to smell like? i get all oakmoss and coriander with vetiver. earthy, woody...i think the aldehydes have dissipated over the years. after awhile i get a bit of rose and a lot of civet. a woody earthy civet with hints of florals.

A dark green mossy rose perfume with hints of geranium in the mix, opens up with a spicy aldehydic and coriander zing. It immediately reminded me of a slightly lighter and less rich/dark version of Sisley Soir D'orient and a less soapy version of Tom Ford Arabian Woods. A great classical creation that I recently discovered and I am grateful to have uncovered this little gem that does not get enough credit or recognition.

I have a current EDP of Coriandre, batch made in 2021/07. It is quite a lot of Aldehydes and Rose at first, makes me sneeze about 3-5 times after every application! it softens into a lovely Bergamot/lemony Rose powder with a hint of spice. Perhaps dried coriander seeds smell like that, I don't know it isn't something I use, I'm one of those Hate Cilantro people. Somehow I had hoped it was harsher and more spicy, this formula is quite soft once it settles, about 15 minutes in. I will wear it in summer, wearing it today as we went to buy flowers for our garden and I felt like smelling like flowers for inspiration. The box and bottle are green, but I was compelled to buy pink and purple everything for my garden!

I hesitated to try this as it was born in the 70s when a lot perfumes used too much aldehyde. This one's turns out to be a love! I received a sample from a frag friend, and it grew on me. At first it reminded me of Chanel No.5, Mitsuoko as it has an aldehydic opening. It develops to show the coriander (a bit like Indian curry but not so strong, just aromatic), patchouli, geranium and oakmoss. It's truly French elegant and relaxing.

This maceration hocus-pocus has become a mantra for reviewing Lattafa and other Middle Eastern fragrances, and now this is spreading to old French perfumes? It’s like a mass hysteria. Come on. I bought a carded sample initially and then a full bottle, based on the sampling. The perfume from the bottle smells exactly as the sample from the vial and immediately upon opening. PS: by the way, there’s a useful discussion of this subject on the forum above, look for the topic ‘Is Maceration Real?’, https://www.fragrantica.com/board/viewtopic.php?id=315590

All I can say is OMG! This fragrance was so weird when I bought it about a year ago. It was weak and unimpressive with an intense smell of wet hair. It was very hard to love, but I persisted and tried spraying it throughout the year to see if it got better, and now a year later BOOM! Suddenly this fragrance is strong, intense and DEEP! It has a warmth now, it’s mossy, and only one spray suddenly smells so intense. There is still a hair and skin note, but the deeper notes now surround and support it, balancing it out. I can now see why this is described as one of the great chypres of yore. It is so natural smelling, yet abstract in a way, with a very subtle, gentle, floral sweetness and a crips slightly soapy blast at first spritz. All the layers are now present at once, and it’s addictive. It’s like freshly washed laundry in a hayfield in the late summer sun. It’s magnificent. I love it more on every sniff. This went from dislike, to meh, to love! I don’t know what has happened, but if you buy this fragrance and can’t appreciate this, and are bothered by the weird hair smell; put this in a cabinet and leave it there for a year. Magic can happen in a year! This is perfectly unisex, and -while not a particularly safe blind buy- worth the risk for the price if you’re a chypre lover (and willing to potentially have to wait a year before it becomes wearable).

Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez have pointed out that over time so many older fragrances marketed originally as feminine can by now easily be worn by any gender, and Coriandre is a perfect example of this. I would think I'd be just as likely today as to smell this herbal, soapy rose accord on a man as well as a woman. It would actually make a superb work fragrance because it just does not wear heavily as all, despite some miniscule amounts of civet buried beneath the chypre structure dominated by the florals and oakmosses. This smells so French to me--so airy and light. This is quite charming.

The idea that in the seventies this was considered a female targeted scent is actually fascinating I think if women smelled the extra floral/ sweet of our feminine fragrance of our time they would be shocked I personally can’t see a woman wearing it It’s smooth with a little spice to it I don’t understand why but it gives me the vibe of tea based fragrances Performance is moderate To my nose it’s a very good fragrance that is hard to hate and it tends to soothe my senses

I had to remove my previous review because this one grew on me. It wasn't love at first sniff though. But what started off as wet hair grew into a herbal, musky faintly sweet unisex scent that smells expensive but is actually a steal. I smell quite some citrus so I am surprised at the scent pyramid. I like spraying this one generously. The longevity is quite good but the smell is subtle enough to pull of overspraying a little.

This is a redheads perfume...I see many negative reviews here about this classic and I wonder why people think it's the perfume at fault and not their misunderstanding of their own body chemistry. The price point is amazing and I have through the years bought bottles at T.J. Maxx and other discounters and sprayed w abandon...something I couldn't do w 1000 by Jean Patou for example. This lasts and has decent sillage for a fresh perfume...mostly fresh citrus, clean rose and patchouli that grounds the top and middle notes from drying up and flying away....I'm looking to buy a bottle.of Misa Dior (the original in a houndstooth embossed bottle w green juice) and this is the closest to Coriandre but the price point is probably 10x that of Coriandre which I haven't been able.to find here...

beginning has something sour and gross, once we're past that it's good.

A very bright,light, elegant office friendly Rose.This perfume can remind Soir de lune by Sisley, for a very good price.

Coriandre is a scent that I had very high expectations of, but that has turned out being hard to love. I’ve been trying this for a few months now, and though I don’t love it the way I expected to, there are some things I like about it. The opening is really what makes this scent hard to love. The first hour or so I get a truly overpowering smell of hair. Almost like wet hair, that is also being burned, and it’s quite unpleasant, especially given how long it lasts and that it’s the most dominant note at this stage. The heart is a lot better. It’s quite subtle, and gentle. I don’t pick up many individual notes, just a vague coriander smell with some Iris and violet, without being very powdery. The aldehydes are quite subdued too, which I’m glad about, since I’m not a huge fan of them. At this stage everything about this scent is subtle, and that’s makes it quite pretty. It’s also quite different to any other fragrance I know. It’s light and well suited for spring and summer. The dry down is the part of this fragrance that I actually love. Even though it has become more of a skin scent at this point, it has a salt note that is absolutely addictive. This salt note is actually the Oakmoss, which in my 2022 bottle has to be a very low concentration, and because of that it doesn’t really smell mossy, but rather salty on my skin. In my opinion the dry down is where this fragrance really shines. It’s just salty skin, with the slightest hint of some sweetness, something herbal, a hint of bergamot, Lily and orange blossom. I keep pressing my nose into my skin to breathe in more of it. Too bad I have to suffer the long opening to reach this beautiful stage.. I’m not sure if I will keep it, and because the opening is truly off putting, I can’t give it the like it deserves from the heart onwards. That being said; it’s an interesting and unique fragrance that might be amazing on some other people’s skin chemistry from start to finish. At no point does this smell cheap or generic. The hair note in the opening wouldn’t be a problem if it wasn’t so overpowering, which is probably due to my skin chemistry. So despite feeling ‘meh’ about this overall I have to say that this has the potential to be an absolute gem at this price point, for those who don’t struggle with the burnt wet hair note.. EDIT: A more generous reapplication has resulted in a much less overpowering hair note. I think the secret to a pleasant experience with this fragrance is overspraying, which brings forward the other notes more. I was hesitant to overspray, out of fear of the note becoming nauseating, but the opposite seems to be the case. I will experiment more with this.

I was so excited to blind buy this some years ago, convinced it would become my signature scent. I still, re-reading the notes and reviews, want to try it again - I should adore it.... but, it's the only perfume that I emptied down the sink - I meant at first to keep it to rinse smalls, and even that became a wrong thought! Am fascinated by people's takes on perfumes - I just sampled today Le Labo Another 13 and immediately ordered a full bottle - this I do absolutely love and wonder if anyone else feels as I do that it's so similar to the original Le De by Givenchy. Back to Coriandre - to me it was sharp, with ammonia, thoroughly unpleasant, and how I wish it wasn't!

It's just normal Maybe it was a revolution years back, but now it's nothing special to my taste Coriander, fresh coriander :)

Some people say it’s elegant, some people say it’s “grandmother,” and in my experience it was both.

Finally, something from the 70s that I could like or even love. Thankfully, I don’t feel any skank in the deep dry down as identified by others. Tempted to buy this, especially given the merciful pricing. In fact, even if Soir de Lune or Eau du Soir were at the same price or even cheaper, I’d still pick Coriandre because to me it’s a better blend: Eau du Soir is excessively sharp and Soir de Lune develops kind of leathery. Can honey smell leathery? Back to Coriandre, why is it so hard to find a small (spray) bottle? Wouldn’t it make more sense for manufacturers (in general) to produce more of the smaller sizes, now that many people want to enjoy a (large) variety of fragrances? Why give away profits to the decanting cottage industry?

Blind buy as it was so affordable and it was top of the list of coriander note perfumes. I like it! To me, this smells like a clean, fresh, old fashioned hotel soap. It is powdery but not really in a floral way. I have no idea where the Fragrantica notes came from but I don't get most of the middle notes as they get lost in the herbacious nature of the scent. Very bright, vaguely animalic but only in the deepest dry down. Safe blind buy if you like freshies, coriander, vetiver, and patchouli already. It does not have any synthetic smelling notes despite its price point and I find it lasts well enough without a huge sillage which I prefer.