Ringtale

Had to think of the song 'Rio de Janeiro Blue' by Randy Crawford testing this scent from a sample that I got along with an other purchase: 'The salty air, your wind blown hair, reflections on a dream....'.
This is a different, more subtle and 'sophisticated' take on other sea-notes forward scents I know, like Rem from Reminiscence. Eau de Merveilles Bleue also reminds of the sea, but it is not like a sea-wave, splashed in your face :-) and without those, more dirty, seaweed kind of notes. Also more feminine than those; I'd say: uni-sex, leaning feminine.
Feels like the aroma's of flowers (though no flowers are mentioned) and other beautyful things from nature are brought to you by a distant breeze from the sea.
Happy, but not euphoric like many beach-scents can be. It's about a more 'mindful' kind of joy.
Wearing this, you'll find the scent from time to time like lovely scented 'wind blown hair' and I think others will perceive it like that when you pass them by. Because the sillage is strong but not in ones face. People will be intrigued, asking themselves what that lovely scent is they're smelling.
Very different than the first and original "Eau des Merveilles (Eau de Toilette) | Hermès" which I found okay, but a little nauseating and more linear.
Beautyful!

Edit: So...no new jeans this month :-) Had to buy this instead! It matches my skin chemistry so well, it is intensifying by the hour and the scent is developing in such a beautyful, luxurious way. I feel like being on a very expensive vacation on the Côte d'Azur.
This really needs to warm up on your skin. Lovely versatile fragrance. I will reach out for this in spring and summer often!

Oh no, this was a disappointing (but fortunately cheap) blind buy for me.
On my skin this turns out very dusty, sour and old fashioned. I hate to use the 'old lady' reference, but - in this case - I couldn't help feeling old, wearing this.
Asif I hadn't been able to wash myself properly anymore and was trying to hide body odor with a perfume.
Is this really a 'Scherrer' ??? I know "Jean-Louis Scherrer (Eau de Toilette) | Jean-Louis Scherrer" and, though I don't reach for that very often because most chypres (except ofcourse Mitsouko :-)) are usually not my first choice, but the quality of that is so much better!
This smells cheap and chemical in my opinion.
Could be my chemistry ofcourse. I will hand it over to a friend to try it, maybe it's better on her skin.

If you're looking for an amber forward perfume, this may be a letdown for you; if your looking for 'sexy', this also will disappoint. 'Sensual' maybe, but not 'sexy' (which, as far as I'm concerned, is in it's favour) But if you forget about the name and try it without searching for anything in particular, you could like or love this.
I sniffed it in the shop, just picking up a bottle without really looking at the name and, sniffing just the bottle, I thought: 'Samsara!'. Apparantly the sandelwood is at the top of the notes. When it dries down on the skin, the other notes interfere and, though I still smell a 'Samsara-ish' kind of sandelwood in the distance, it becomes a bit more perfume-y, woody and a little powdery and soft and it goes in an other direction. Some compare it to Allure, but that is far more 'bright' and less warm in my opinion.
I don't get anything animalic or dirty like some say on different websites.
Reviews for this scent are very polarizing, so I don't think one should blind buy this.
I really like the scent and think it can be a love for me in fall and winter. It's not too special or groundbraking when sniffling the skin directly after drydown, but there's something in it's sillage (which is strong, so easy on the trigger) that is quite lovely and - though maybe not 'plain sexy' - seductive.

Oh..I still had this (bought online maybe six or seven years ago, so surely not the most early, vintage one; bottle is same as pictured on this page). It sat somewhere in the back of my closet and I had forgotten all about it because "L'Air du Temps (Eau de Parfum) | Nina Ricci" became one of my favourite (if not my favourite) perfumes.
Sprayed this on just now before taking a shower to smell it again after a long, long time out of curiosity and to decide if I'll wear this today (after my shower:-)). Well, it sure is a hidden treasure.
I'm sure the resemblance to L'Air du Temps is about how the carnation in here behaves: It has that same 'tingeling' quality which I love so much in L'Air du Temps and that same ability to create those lovely wafts of perfume when moving around or when biking in a summer's breeze.
But also "Fidji (2003) (Eau de Toilette) | Guy Laroche" comes to mind because of that more 'cologne-like', more 'zesty' twist.
When comparing it to L'Air du Temps, it has more resemblance to the edt than to the edp by the way, maybe because it is a bit less 'perfume-y'; comparing it to Fidji, on the other hand, it has more similarity to it's edp (a bit more warm than the edt).
So if you can't decide on which one you like best: L'Air du Temps or Fidji, this is a 'must-try', it can be bought for a (wind) song online.
It says to be a 'cologne' but sillage and longevity are certainly as those of an EDT.
It's a pitty the box is not shown here, lovely box with birds printed on it :-)

I had sprayed some on the back of my hand today and, having "Belle de Grasse | Fragonard", I sprayed that one on my other hand.
They are very different, both are true mimosa's, but "Mimosa Tanneron | Perris Monte Carlo" smells much more perfume-y and classy, Belle de Grasse smells a bit musty, dusty, linear and dull on my skin and I don't like that at all while I love Mimosa Tanneron. It's somehow more appropiate for summer too I can imagine, it is sweet in a fresh way, after dry down that is....but I doubt if longevity and sillage are good enough to justify the high price.