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Lanvin Eclat de Fleurs ~ fragrance review

Posted by Jessica on 25 February 2016 12 Comments

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Lanvin recently launched Éclat de Fleurs, a new flanker to join the "family" of the classic Arpège and 2002's Éclat d’Arpège. Éclat de Fleurs "conjures up the euphoria of a sunny stroll filled with flowers and joy," and it's a fruity floral with notes of pear, freesia, rose, jasmine sambac, white musk and sandalwood, developed by perfumers Anne Flipo and Nicolas Beaulieu.

The bottle for Éclat de Fleurs echoes Arpège's signature ball-shaped flacon, and it's engraved with a ribbed pattern that evokes the flower petals of the marguerite — another word for daisy, and the name of Jeanne Lanvin's daughter. Visually, Éclat de Fleurs fits in with its "mother" and older "sister" — but does it have any olfactory kinship? No and yes —- if you're a diehard fan of Arpège, this one probably won't interest you much. If you've enjoyed the cheerful lemon-and lilac theme of Éclat d’Arpège and its various limited edition flankers, however, you may be more open to this fruity-flowery new sibling.

So how does it smell? I expected Éclat de Fleurs to be all flowers, based on its name. The freesia and rose are in there, and they're very sheer and contemporary. The real star of this fragrance, however, seems to be the pear — it starts off strong and it never really leaves. If you love pear notes, you'll be happy; if you really, really don't like pear, this might ruin the fragrance for you. The rose and freesia and the very clean jasmine are lifted by an aldehydic fizziness, and the whole thing feels nicely radiant. The musk in the base is all but transparent. This scent-experience isn't meant to be a glamorous evening event, like Mama Arpège; it's just a girls' day out, maybe a weekend brunch.

As far as pink springtime scents go, this one is more substantial than others I've tried, like Fendi Fan di Fendi and Escada Joyful. I'm wondering how it would compare to this year's Marc Jacobs Daisy Blush, which I haven't tried yet. In any case, Éclat de Fleurs delivers on its promise of being a youthful, euphoric take on springtime fruits and flowers. It's like a the wispy pastel dresses in the ad for this fragrance — I'm not the target audience, but I can understand its appeal.

Lanvin Éclat de Fleurs is available in 30, 50 ($82) and 100 ($105) ml Eau de Parfum. 

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Filed Under: perfume talk
Tagged With: anne flipo, fruity floral, lanvin, nicolas beaulieu

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  1. littlecooling says:
    25 February 2016 at 4:44 pm

    Doesn’t really appeal to me as well..but it seems like I won’t be bothered if someone was wearing it :)

    Very cute bottle, tho :)

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    • Jessica says:
      25 February 2016 at 6:12 pm

      The bottle is really nice to hold — although I still don’t understand the cheesy cap with the pink “gem” and weird little rings. But yes, I can imagine this smelling really nice on my sister-in-law et al.!

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      • mjane3 says:
        25 February 2016 at 7:19 pm

        Jessica, I may be able to shed a little light on the cap and rings. When I worked as a SA at Nordstrom years and years ago a Lanvin rep told me the Eclat d’Arpege bottle design was meant to evoke a bride on her wedding day, what with the “diamond” on the cap and the wedding bands. It was to be a bridal fragrance for a youthful bride getting married in spring or summer.

        Now, whether that’s actually true or just a nice story made up on the fly to help us sell bottles during wedding season? Can’t say.

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        • Jessica says:
          25 February 2016 at 9:36 pm

          Interesting! I wonder. I wish the rings were slightly less flimsy, and I’m not into fake jewels…but it’s a nice concept!

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  2. chandler_b says:
    25 February 2016 at 11:52 pm

    I would blind buy this if it was in a roller ball or travel size, I like pear! I want a bottle of Arpege but I never find it at at the TJ MAXX near me anymore.

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    • Jessica says:
      26 February 2016 at 12:36 pm

      I need to visit TJMaxx more often! The ones in NYC aren’t as good as the ones in the suburbs, though…or else they just get picked over faster!

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  3. antonpan says:
    26 February 2016 at 12:31 am

    This fragrance doesn’t need a reviews because it smells just as a copy of Chanel Chance Eau Tendre/MJ Daisy.

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    • Jessica says:
      26 February 2016 at 2:24 pm

      Interesting — it didn’t remind me of the original Daisy, but it’s definitely aimed at the same audience.

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  4. Oakland Fresca says:
    26 February 2016 at 12:08 pm

    Faint praise indeed!

    Thanks for the review.

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    • Jessica says:
      26 February 2016 at 12:31 pm

      I am nothing if not subtle!

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  5. akimon says:
    26 February 2016 at 2:36 pm

    This thing was everywhere when I visited Singapore last September. The original flanker, Éclat d’Arpège, is a huge thing in Asia in general, and the only perfume that got some traction in part of the world that really does not care much about perfumes. I sniffed this new Éclat in a small pharmacy/cosmetics shop in metro tunnel, and it was a pleasantly unremarkable scent, but I don’t think it matters what it smells like, given the cultural phenomenon that is its parent flanker.

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  6. courant says:
    1 November 2017 at 8:37 pm

    It’s coming up Xmas and this is calling to me as a beautiful gift for the young women in my life. You know Eclat d’Arpege has increased in price almost 50% at the discounters as it has become popular in Asia. Perhaps this one might go same way, the bottle is magpie worthy. Pear is lovely in Annick Goutal’s perfumes, I wonder if this is as good. If anyone can comment, I’d love to know.

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