Comments on: Please help me Identify a Perfume/Fragrance

Question: Please help me Identify a Perfume/Fragrance

snsranch — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:21:21 -0800

I'm trying to figure out what this perfume is so I can get some for my wife...I know it sounds crazy, but the smell of it is pretty singular.

It's lemony but barely, like lemon blossoms. It smells just incredibly clean and natural, better than fresh air. It hits the pallet like cucumber water because it is so fresh. It's been around for at least 20 years and might be a European thing...I've witnessed it there, many years ago, and recently here in California while in a crowd of Euro tourists.

Forgive me if this is silly, but it sounds like something that might be common or easily identifiable among MeFite women/girls.

Many thanks in advance!

By: katemcd

katemcd — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:31:46 -0800

I doubt this is the exact fragrance you're searching for but Stila's Jade Blossom perfume has lemon verbena & cucumber notes. I'm guessing it is lemon verbena that has caught your attention, since you mention both lemon & what I would think of as "green" notes, and there are several perfumes that incorporate it. Good luck!

By: scody

scody — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:34:56 -0800

It's only been around about 10 years, but could it be Dolce & Gabbana's Light Blue? On the right person, it's very fresh and very light. It's got notes of citron and apple, as well as rose and bluebell... the first time I smelled it, it reminded me exactly of the first time I ever inhaled the scent of an open-air fruit and vegetable market in Europe when I was a kid.

By: bedhead

bedhead — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:42:26 -0800

I doubt these are the exact ones either, but there are several lemony scents that I enjoy. Demeter's Pink Lemonade and Meyer Lemon are quite literal. Fresh's Sugar Lemon is a light, lemony fragrance. (Actually, one of their other scents, sugar, is a little lemony as well, but more subtle. I like them both, but prefer Sugar, and think it might be closest to what you are trying to find.) Bliss also carries a Lemon and Sage line of body wash & body lotions that might be appealing.

Good luck finding what you're looking for!

By: LittleKnitting

LittleKnitting — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:43:59 -0800

Eau De Guerlain, perhaps? It's been around for over 20 years and definitely has lemon notes.

By: Inspector.Gadget

Inspector.Gadget — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:46:27 -0800

It's only been around about 10 years, but could it be Dolce & Gabbana's Light Blue?

Seconding this. I've dated two women that preferred this perfume, and as a guy who otherwise doesn't take notice of that sort of thing, I was struck by it.

By: cocoagirl

cocoagirl — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:53:09 -0800

Maybe Acqua di Parma's Colonia line? It's Italian, been around since 1916, and is predominantly a fresh citrus smell.

By: cmgonzalez

cmgonzalez — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:05:49 -0800

I was also thinking that Fresh's Sugar Lemon or Sugar could fit the bill.

By: furtive

furtive — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:06:47 -0800

2nding Verbena.

By: AlisonM

AlisonM — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:15:22 -0800

Before I read the answers, I thought D&G's Light Blue too. So...thirding that.

By: Houstonian

Houstonian — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:18:29 -0800

You can try the Basenotes search. It shows some disappointing news for you, though. I entered:
- Lemon note
- For females
- In production currently
- Launched after 1989
It returned 500 (!) fragrances.

For a fresh lemony scent, I vote for L'Occitane Verbena products... maybe the eau de toilette?

By: andraste

andraste — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:39:32 -0800

I'm seconding L'Occitane Verbena. I wear it when I can be bothered wearing perfume at all, and I've noticed plenty of other people wearing it - the ligthness and freshness have the same kind of punch as the OP is describing.

Another classic lemony scent that's been around for years, nay decades, is, of course, 4711.

By: birdie birdington

birdie birdington — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:43:44 -0800

Just in case you became as intrigued with Light Blue as I did by scody's description, my quick internet shopping led me to the discovery that Amazon has a it cheaper than Sephora.

By: furtive

furtive — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:38:40 -0800

When I wrote verbena I was thinking precisely of L'Occitane Verbena.

By: MsMolly

MsMolly — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:41:02 -0800

In case you don't already know, once you get some suggestions of scents it might be, Sephora has all their perfumes out so that you can sample them. And if you ask for an especially perfume-knowledgeable salesperson they might be able to suggest some further options.

By: lottie

lottie — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:18:59 -0800

Biotherm's Eau Vitaminée smells just like your description, and it's apparently very popular in Europe. I've heard it's huge in Spain, in particular, but this is just annectodal. It's more like a cologne or fragranced water, somehow, than fully fledged perfume, and very prominant in the citrus-y notes.

I think it's a really lovely scent - not at all overbearing, almost androgynous and incredibly fresh. It's also pretty inexpensive.

By: nikitabot

nikitabot — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:23:13 -0800

How about 1916 by Myrurgia? It's an old Spanish fragrance with a very clean, yet sweet, lemony scent. It's been around forever. A friend bought me some in Europe because he loved it so much. I think it is readily available online but not anywhere you could smell it (like Sephora).

By: snsranch

snsranch — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:43:55 -0800

WOW!! Thanks everyone! I wasn't really expecting so many responses. It sounds as though even if I follow these leads, even if I don't find the exact thing, that these are some fragrances that not to be missed!

Thank you, and I will be checking these out.

By: dropkick queen

dropkick queen — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:36:10 -0800

I am a bit late to this thread, but the first thing I thought of was Eau D'Hadrien by Annick Goutal .

By: exquisite_deluxe

exquisite_deluxe — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:31:43 -0800

I also thought of Eau D'Hadrien by Annick Goutal. It's terribly French!

By: Ollie

Ollie — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:53:42 -0800

post back when you figure out what it is! now I want some.

By: apricot

apricot — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:01:37 -0800

I thought of Eau D'Hadrien too! It sounds like you have a lot of great suggestions though.

By: Rora

Rora — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:08:38 -0800

I'm going to suggest Davidoff's Cool Water Woman. To me it's not citrusy but it definitely has that cooling, cucumber water scent you mentioned. It's also the only perfume I can recognize and put a name to. It's been around for a while.

By: kumquatmay

kumquatmay — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:32:37 -0800

I'd also suggest Perfect Veil by Creative Scentualization, which is very clean soft lemony skin scent that smells very very clean and airy.

By: littleflowers

littleflowers — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:33:10 -0800

It is possible that it's Cristalle by Chanel. I wore it for years and years. (sorry...I know I'm later than late to this party...)

By: snsranch

snsranch — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:54:25 -0800

Thanks folks for the MANY leads! I'm still working on it and will let you know what it is when I find it.