Anaïs Anaïs Premier Délice

Cacharel names five notes: crunchy pear, white peony, freesia, cocoa, and ambrox. At launch, the press detailed a green pear with bergamot and orange, a white peony and a jasmine absolute, an accord of freesia and dark chocolate; Robin, of Now Smell This, added galbanum, hyacinth, and cedarwood.

What Victoria perceives

Victoria, of Bois de Jasmin, smells, next to sweet orange and bergamot, a bright, tart pear which, with green leafy notes, gives a crunchy, juicy impression. Dessert arrives quickly, chocolate and praline-like woods, and a powdery, almost nutty cocoa lingers.

Beneath this frothy sweetness, she finds the smooth floral heart of the original Anaïs Anaïs, cool lily of the valley and hyacinth under a chocolate-coated cedar, which lightens the fragrance and gives it a sophisticated twist.

What stays out

Hyacinth, galbanum, and ambrox, cited by the press or by the house alone, remain in prose; grapefruit, apple, peach, rose, caramel, and white musks find support nowhere.

What the label declares

The ingredient list has twenty-five entries: alcohol, fragrance, and water, three sunscreen filters, an antioxidant, a stabilizer, and the allergens to be declared, including linalool, citronellol, coumarin, and cinnamyl alcohol, with three colorants.