Hi there Crew, L’Heure Folle X by Cartier was originally a hard no for me. There was something in its make up that used to give me the heebee geebees. It may even have been March’s Perfume Posse review that sent me down the dark path of dislike. Anyway, her canned fruit analogy had me smelling ptomaine poisoning when I tried it too. Let’s skitch forward to the relatively near now. I was in at Cartier buying a bottle of another one of the L’Heure series and the lovely gent serving me said his favourite was X. Not remembering my previous distaste for it I gave myself a couple of decent blasts and walked out the door. Thinking what an absolute doll he’d been and loving this weird assed fragrance, which I now indelibly think of as his scent. So while doing some shopping a few months ago on FragranceNet I saw a tester bottle for under 1/3 of what a full presentation costs me here in Oz I jumped on it SO FAST! I just looked and they still have a few. SHH!
L’Heure Folle X by Cartier 2009
Fragrantica gives these featured accords:
Blueberry, Grenadine, Ivy, Red Currant, Black Currant, Boxwood, Violet, Pink Pepper
While this will not resonate with our Northern Hemisphere readers it’s currently 37C (98.6F) and incredibly humid here in Sydney. We’ve had a gloriously rainy summer so far and the sunshine is sucking the water out of the ground and it’s like walking through a fish tank.
That has me reaching for the cooling, sweet beauty of L’Heure Folle X. It’s funny, now that I love it my nose can’t even remember how much I hated it.
The opening is a chill fruity gelato. So sweet it’s sharp. Vibrant and fun but so beautifully blended. I can’t really taste the exact fruits but L’Heure Folle X has that crystalline effect of really good gelato. Cleansing and refreshing.
Through the heart the fruits are joined by greenery. It’s a broken twig and leaf scent. Very green. Do you ever trim your hedge with electric clippers? That scent, even with the very faint zing of metal. The fragrance maintains this stasis for the rest of it’s life till fade.
Unisex but leaning traditional modern femme. I think the ivy keeps the whole fragrance smack bang on for both sexes. Average longevity and not very large projection but it is noticeable.
Sound like something you’d wear?
Portia xx
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Yes I would wear it!! Sounds delightful.
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I can so easily imagine you loving this Brigitte!
Portia xx
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Sounds right up my strasse? Currently up to my neck in one of my favourite greens as a bath gel, Eau de Campagne. I live me some weird snapped leaf/twig notes.
The Cartier must wear beautifully in the humidity currently besetting Sydney
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I think we might be Scent Twins Alityke. We seem to snap fairly regularly on taste.
Eau de Campagne is Sisley right? So glam.
Portia xx
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Love your description-I’d wear this!
And it’s funny-another snowstorm forecast here. There was a wild rain storm this weekend. Every breach and leaf covered in a prison of ice. Trees bent double by the weight of it. Had to let the truck run for 45 min to even begin to try and remove the ice. There’s a sound ice makes as it shatters-sounds like breaking glass. I envy your heat :)
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Hey Carole,
You might envy our heat but you write so romantically of the cold. Starting the truck would be a pain but all else sounds divine.
Portia xx
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Hmmm tinned grapefruit and green notes sounds like a no. I would need to smell it though, as fruity scents are sometimes okay…
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Hey TaraC,
This may be too much squeaky green for you, it is definitely worth a try though.
Portia xx
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Berries and pink pepper are notes I like, and green too, so I’d try it! “So sweet it’s sharp” sounds like a description for Maison Crivelli Hibiscus Mahajád, too, with its syrupy hibiscus tang.
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OOOH! I’ve not tried that Crivelli yet but I LOVE the house. Thanks for the tip Nose Prose.
Portia xx
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Just from your description, I would say “No,” I don’t think I would want to wear something like that. But in reality, one never knows – I might like it. But I’m glad that you found anothe winner for you.
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Yeah, I can see this not suiting most Undina.
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