Collection Extraordinaire California Reverie

3 Reviews

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   madUnicorn4

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   Absolutely beautiful.
   I love neroli, and was longing for a new spring scent Fact is, it was a blind buy (I do not have access to this line where I live) – but I read before all the possible reviews on this frag. So, I splurged… and well I did!
   This is a pure gem.
   Soft, fresh and joyful like a Sunday morning in a vacation place.
   The white flowers are elegant but not overpowering. You enter into this frag with a small lot of citruses, and then comes the neroli… balanced, not indolic at all- forget Fleurs d’Oranger, that is another country!), clean and uplifitng.
   It is tremedously well balanced with tuberose, that is often too strong and powerful and overcasts other notes. Not here. Here it is just where it has to be.
   If you like Jardins de Bagatelle , you’ll love this (like it was Jardin’s daughter), if you like La Chasse aux Papillons, you’ll adore California Reverie, as if it was its summer sister.
   Sillage is ok and it will not last all day – about 4 hrs on my skin, but this is a lighter frag for the warmer months or climates (=California) and I guess it is not designed to be overpowering.
   Simply fantastic!

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   panickyPoultry5

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   oh, I really didn’t expect it to be so beautiful….
   now I can say (with certainty) that Van Cleef CE is the best thing happened to perfume industry for years….
   they are so thorough with the compositions, so on the ground,so complementarily unique and simple, and not expensive at all!!
   California Reverie is a beautiful neroli based ”eau”, which fleetedly lets you discover a mesmerazing facettes of a ”californian dreaming”…
   never been there but I guess with all these olphactory synonims, this is a great presentation af a jasmin/neroli/orange peel/ perfume, that breathes like a one bih pulmolic organ…
   it is a bit related with Guerlain’s very best summer rendition of Terracotta (Le parfum), but no coconut orlush sweet icecreamy/white flowery yumyums…
   it is flowers…big,dry,orange laden,neroli summer lemonade, that surprised me just like Bvlgari Eau the vert did…
   not an ordinary ”Eau Hadrien boring and 0,5 hrs sillage” type of summery perfume,but a FULL grown breezy,white flowered dreaming

   FBW for sure,just like (almost) all of the Van Cleefs CE are…

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   yearningThrush5

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   I just saw California Reverie today in a department store completely unaware of this new release and had to try it right away.

   I have to say that the stated notes are spot on; nothing more, nothing less. It’s like smelling a big basket full of freshly picked jasmine, frangipani and neroli with hints of citrus.

   Thankfully I didn’t notice the beeswax which can make a beautiful perfume smelling like a nicely scented candle; just provides a subtle base for the florals to stick to. The overall impression is mildly sweet, doesn’t step to the gourmand territory. The sillage is a solid moderate as the other fragrances of the Collection Extraordinaire, the same with longevity.

   While California Reverie is an elegant, substantial white floral – not too fleeting or ethereal – isn’t uncomfortably bold either. Can be worn year round and fit casual or formal occasions, day or night.

   Comes in the new 45ml bottles too. Still not sure if it’s full bottle worthy for me but gets thumbs up.

   Edit: Some interesting info from chemistinthebottle.wordpress.com

   ”For the celebration of their 70th anniversary of being present in America, Van Cleef & Arpels created a special jewellery collection which ‘a wealth of inspiration derived from the majestic scenery of California‘ – the collection was given a name of California Reverie. Along the collection the perfume of the same name was exclusively created. It wasn’t offered regularly but was given as a gift to those who bought the shiny jewellery pieces of California Reverie. In 2014 the brand decided to incorporate this scent to the other scents in Collection Extraordinaire and put it in wider distribution.”