Gardénia Eau de Parfum

8 reseñas

Mostrando las más recientes primero.

• Vistiendo Aromas

  March 25, 2017

  

  Honestly, I expected more… slightly fruity opening and then a hit of white petals, like a bed of flowers…mmm I feel synthetic gardenia and narcissus, which is why on my skin it smells soapy and like rose cream… nothing special, moderate trail, lasted less than 3 hours, personally I was disappointed…

• LuisPaz

  May 6, 2020

  

  It seemed very natural, without synthetics. The white floral opening gives clarity and peace. On my male skin, it didn’t mark much, lasting about 6 hours: two hours with a metre trail and then skin-close, fresh and soapy; that dry-down is what I liked most. On a woman it must be exquisite and last longer. Chanel has a good reputation and I testify to it.

• teamhanded

  January 8, 2022

  

  I’m a man and it’s my favourite Chanel perfume, I don’t care what they say 😀

• katy1939

  May 15, 2022

  

  Sublime, celestial, and lasts forever!

• FranSeatJones.

  June 6, 2022

  

  What a beauty. I love the opening so much I want it to last forever. It’s like a fruit jam spread with ripe gardenias. Its coconut reminds me a lot of Gabrielle Essence. It develops very little, but so what? If it’s already perfect. Soon that gardenia bomb drops and stays super skin-scent for 30 minutes to last like that for another 4 hours or so until it disappears. I’d love to try their extract. As an alternative, Elizabeth Taylor’s Gardenia reminds me a lot of this, but the latter is spicier and a bit more bitter as it dries, though it’s beautiful too. Chanel’s Gardenia is super sophisticated and elegant for spring, tender, delicate as it dries, and very feminine. I like it so much that, if I were to get married, I think it would be my perfect perfume (reapplying it constantly). Its flaw is that it doesn’t last long. But it’s so comfortable to wear that it pains me to stop feeling it so soon; I’d think about buying it if I fell more in love with florals. I recommend it 100%. Repeat: it’s a beauty.

• Cokorita

  May 16, 2025

  

  The scent is lovely, but wow, it’s a Chanel perfume, obviously it had to be. The opening is very fresh, white flowers hit you, not just gardenia; I think there is narcissus. Unfortunately, it only lasts a few minutes and drops sharply. In less than half an hour, it’s already skin-scent; if you put it in your hair, it’s felt with movement, very subtle. Which is perfect, not everyone has to be a monster of projection and longevity, of course, but for the fricken price I expected much more.

• Elena79

  June 2, 2025

  

  WHAT DOESN’T SMELL LIKE A GARDENIA: Chanel Gardenia doesn’t smell like a gardenia, and yet, it does. Created in 1925 by Ernest Beaux and reformulated in Les Exclusifs, it doesn’t attempt to faithfully replicate the scent because, raw and technically, the gardenia refuses to be captured. Its essence isn’t extracted like jasmine or neroli, so perfumers work on an olfactory reconstruction, an echo of its presence rather than its true voice. Here the art begins. Instead of the literal flower, it proposes a fantasy: Sambac jasmine, ylang-ylang, tuberose, and a soft cream of musks and lactonic coconut, as if the imagined flower melted into the skin. The result isn’t exotic or tropical, but classic, white, and impeccable. A gardenia that has passed through a Chanel mirror: no dust, no sweat, no jungle. What reaches the nose is a solar bouquet, clean and almost ethereal. The jasmine gives body, the ylang that yellowish sheen, the tuberose rounds out the volume, and everything is wrapped in a softness reminiscent of freshly ironed white silk. There are no indoles, no animal greenery, no dirty sun notes. Here there is no earth, only flower. It is elegant yet without a trail, like a lady who enters and leaves silence, not a scent. On skin, the evolution is subtle, almost linear, but there is something comforting in that constant floral note that doesn’t mutate: as if Chanel were saying ‘this is who I am, and I don’t need to change’. Why call it Gardenia? Because it was Mademoiselle’s favourite flower. It appeared in her clothes, brooches, and hats. It was a symbol, more than a scent. This perfume is that: an idealised idea of femininity, whiteness, and form, not a botanical reproduction. It is the homage, not the flower. It has the warmth of a well-kept memory, of something beautiful that was never quite yours. And that, sometimes, hurts more than forgetting. 🍀

• Monty Phyton

  January 6, 2026

  

  Elena, Chanel’s iconic flower is the white camellia, not the gardenia. She chose it for its delicacy, strength, and resilience, drawing inspiration from Dumas’ ‘The Lady of the Camellias’. The gardenia is similar and was used in this Exclusif for its green and creamy notes. Let there be no confusion: her favourite was the camellia, not the one used in this immaculate perfume that generates so many compliments and well-being. It projects, leaves a trail, and lasts. It doesn’t resemble ET; the Gardenia feels more sophisticated, addictive, and complex. 🕯️ 9.5/10.🔥