Guerlain Chant D'Aromes was first introduced in 1962. Jean-Paul Guerlain created the fragrance, a floral chypre, for a woman who wears perfume just for herself. He said "I chose spring flowers like honeysuckle and gardenia, embellished them with mandarin and bergamot and added a touch of jasmine and a hint of ylang-ylang.” It is more demure than some of it's more outgoing siblings in the Guerlain family, and sunnier.
Chant d'Aromes has notes of peach, bergamot, mandarin, tuberose, ylang ylang, helichrysum, gardenia, honeysuckle, jasmine, orris root, cedarwood, sandalwood, musk, oakmoss, frankincense, vetiver, and tonka bean. This is the EDT, eau de toilette.
From Bois de Jasmin - "Chant d’Arômes has been reformulated numerous times, and today I like it much better than I did five years ago. It has a fresher, brighter quality than before, more similar to the original. The lack of oakmoss is felt, of course. However, it is overall a lovely retro chypre that should not be overlooked."
From the Non-Blonde - "Chant d'Aromes is petal soft, a little peachy pink and abstract- there's no one flower that claims the spotlight or displays any assertiveness. It just wafts in the air around me, making me feel pretty and ready for spring. There are no rough edges, no extra sweetness, none of the Guerlain familiar sex bomb in a pastry shop accord. Just delicate flowers, peach fuzz and tender new leaves."
The edt version of this perfume is very wearable and pretty. I own a vintage bottle of the extrait. It's a darker version than the edt. It is headier and weightier. If you possess a spring in your step, I would recommend the edt version.
From reviews I've read, I expected something young, simple, and pretty. It's oddly pretty, bohemain even, and not so simple to my nose. It opens with a hit of fizzy green, peach, and soft aldehydes. It evolves to a floral with honeysuckle being most identifiable in the white floral bouquet. It has a peppery, slightly herbal overlay and some smokiness emerges from the vetiver and then dries down to oakmoss and hints of wood and frankincense It's that peppery floral mix that reminds me of F Malle's Une Fleur de Cassie. Those notes that keep the florals from being too polished and pretty and gives it an earthy quality. It's not an immediate love but there's a lot to explore in this fragrance.
The edt version of this perfume is very wearable and pretty. I own a vintage bottle of the extrait. It's a darker version than the edt. It is headier and weightier. If you possess a spring in your step, I would recommend the edt version.
From reviews I've read, I expected something young, simple, and pretty. It's oddly pretty, bohemain even, and not so simple to my nose. It opens with a hit of fizzy green, peach, and soft aldehydes. It evolves to a floral with honeysuckle being most identifiable in the white floral bouquet. It has a peppery, slightly herbal overlay and some smokiness emerges from the vetiver and then dries down to oakmoss and hints of wood and frankincense It's that peppery floral mix that reminds me of F Malle's Une Fleur de Cassie. Those notes that keep the florals from being too polished and pretty and gives it an earthy quality. It's not an immediate love but there's a lot to explore in this fragrance.
