GUERLAIN L'HEURE BLEUE perfume review - eau de parfum fragrance concentration

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  • @fairestwahine
    @fairestwahine 3 роки тому +55

    I love L'heure Bleue, but to me the melancholy and wistfulness comes from the time in which it was released. Those last days before the horrors of WWI. I think it smells of the last days spent with husbands or sweethearts , brothers or fathers before they went off to war (but not knowing they were the last days), and of the long days and nights waiting for them to return. I imagine letters scented with this to remind the men of their loved ones back home. I think it's so beautiful and I wear it often, especially in rainy weather.

    • @essence-tiallydacob9611
      @essence-tiallydacob9611  3 роки тому +9

      What a beautifully evocative description

    • @KayTea4tea
      @KayTea4tea 8 місяців тому

      So true. 🖤💙

    • @elsa3844
      @elsa3844 4 місяці тому

      So beautiful, it reminds me of how perfumes are reminiscencent of times and history ❤

  • @sillysausage2244
    @sillysausage2244 6 місяців тому +8

    The old Guerlains are not looking for new friends, but if you stick with them, they begin to open up, and after a few meetings, they will pour their hearts out and share their secrets. L'Heure Bleue is now one of my favourites - I wear it purely for my own pleasure; pensive and reflective, it is a great companion on overcast afternoons, or before bed - it actually colours my dreams! I have no idea how others around me might perceive it - old ladyish, probably, because of the powdery purple notes. I love the way this evolves and changes over the hours... Addictive and compelling.

  • @TheYouthquaker
    @TheYouthquaker Рік тому +10

    I adore l’Heure Bleue. Some people say it’s far too melancholy, but I disagree. Those are the people who don’t appreciate the beauty of rain, or aren’t moved by a deeply emotional jazz song. They’ll say Billie Holiday is “too depressing”. Sometimes one needs a little saudade.

    • @essence-tiallydacob9611
      @essence-tiallydacob9611  Рік тому +1

      You speak of melancholy as if it were a bad thing. Why? Also, “depressing” and “melancholy” are lightyears apart from each other in meaning. Maybe you need to revisit the meaning of these words?

    • @TheYouthquaker
      @TheYouthquaker Рік тому +3

      @@essence-tiallydacob9611 No, I meant that I love melancholy. I meant other people speak of melancholy as a bad thing.

    • @TheYouthquaker
      @TheYouthquaker Рік тому +3

      @@essence-tiallydacob9611 I said people who complain about a scent being too melancholy strike me as people who don’t see the beauty in rain or blues music…

    • @TheYouthquaker
      @TheYouthquaker Рік тому +3

      @@essence-tiallydacob9611 “sometimes one needs some saudade” means sometimes we need “sadness” or “melancholy”. I was in no way saying any of this was a bad thing… l’Heure Bleue is one of my favourite perfumes… it’s not a sunny bright perfume, and I enjoy it because it’s exactly opposite of that…

  • @CS-ly3lx
    @CS-ly3lx 3 роки тому +23

    This has been my signature fragrance since the day I was born. My grandmother wore it, my mother wore it, and I wear it. It is quintessentially intellectual.

  • @irenabazdar2707
    @irenabazdar2707 2 роки тому +17

    Wow....This is definitely the most unique and peculiar perfume review I have ever listened to. Liked it, actually! Hats off to you for the originality, imagination, and ingenuity!

  • @sonyawohletz
    @sonyawohletz Рік тому +11

    This is my favorite fragrance, and takes time to understand. It is iridescent, it morphs, and changes constantly in my olfactory experience. You don't wear this perfume, it wears you. Don't let the opening fool you, the most beautiful, deep, purple gourmandish powder encapsulates you. We are too used to synthetic concepts of beauty. That is what is actually sad. Because this fragrance is more alive than most contemporary perfumes.

    • @elowyn9664
      @elowyn9664 Рік тому

      How perfectly stated. "You don't wear this perfume, it wears you!" And you better have strength to go along with it. I agree with everything you have mentioned

  • @greta-author
    @greta-author 8 місяців тому +5

    You really are a true PERFUME POET!!! reminding me that art is not dead, just dying....on its last legs. Terminal. Remincent of the legs of Ozymandias: king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

  • @angiewilcox1017
    @angiewilcox1017 Рік тому +8

    My grandmother wore this perfume and I have kept a bottle after her death over 30 years ago and it still smells so beautiful. I bought a new formulation a couple of years ago, and it is as you described, overpowering, longing for something from long ago but pales against the older formulation.

  • @stephaniec4766
    @stephaniec4766 2 роки тому +8

    I have never commented on UA-cam before, and I’m relatively new to perfume. But I had to comment because I find all your perfume reviews to be so poetic and mind expanding. No one else reviews like you, genius!

  • @elsa3844
    @elsa3844 4 місяці тому +4

    Back when perfumes told a story.... So beautiful. Need it in my wardrobe. ❤

  • @satchneco7790
    @satchneco7790 3 роки тому +14

    I just found a 2005 EDP bottle. The liquid has become so brown and the smell so strong that it's unbearable to spray a lot. Respect it, it's so beautiful but not an easy-going experience! Indeed, it's a Nosferatu perfume. So sad, so gothic, so lonely...

  • @lisafox1001
    @lisafox1001 Рік тому +5

    Dacob, what a wonderful essay on LB. I so appreciate your complete intellectual immersion into fragrances along with the sensory immersion. I love L’ Heure Bleue. For me, it’s the iris-violet accord that I fell for. My favorite formulation is the extrait. To me, it smells like a patisserie and pages in old books (which is heavenly). If you haven’t tried the extrait I really hope you’ll have a chance to (and procure a bottle of it).

  • @stephanthienel
    @stephanthienel 3 роки тому +10

    I much prefer the Eau de Toilette-concentration. All the notes are more spatiously orchestrated, almost like a mono versus a stereo recording. The EdT also lasts like 10h on me.

    • @essence-tiallydacob9611
      @essence-tiallydacob9611  3 роки тому

      I will try it out. xoxo

    • @seilanemsei
      @seilanemsei 3 роки тому +1

      I totally agree with you. EdT is superb and develops beautifully on my skin for about 4 hours and the drydown lasts another 3 to 4 hours.

    • @Kos0818
      @Kos0818 2 роки тому

      The edt is closer to the parfum and the best version is by far the original version (Parfum)

    • @shirleycantoni3152
      @shirleycantoni3152 Рік тому +1

      I have both. I must agree with you, the EDT is divine

  • @thusharaAV
    @thusharaAV 3 роки тому +10

    Another Guerlain that makes me sad and question my life is Vol de Nuit... Great review Dacob.

  • @mingailem8519
    @mingailem8519 3 роки тому +8

    I own it and l like it. lt is for my own use, l spritz it at home for my own enjoyment. It is not that dark nor sad to me. It is definitely not for today's society, unless l go to an old art deco jazz club wearing a 20's style dress. : ) It is powdery, slightly sour and sweet and dreamy... perfect for fogy walk somewhere on the seaside. Drydown is quite beautiful. No musk for a change!!! l love it!!! I prefer this over Mitsouko. l also do not detect any vampires 😄 haha!!!

  • @annemarienicolaides8186
    @annemarienicolaides8186 2 роки тому +5

    Yes, this idea of a long gone smell is making me want it more, I want to smell a time way before I existed.

    • @essence-tiallydacob9611
      @essence-tiallydacob9611  2 роки тому +2

      Me too, I often crave the smell of past times. Its amazing how we recognize it even of we might not have lived in those past times. Perfumes are magic.

  • @AnaTemperoGomes
    @AnaTemperoGomes 3 роки тому +13

    This review made my day! Oh Dacob... The poetry... So beautiful! Probably you already have thought of this, of course because you are a thinker, but do you ever consider writing down a poetry fragrance book? I don't know if it exists anything like that but it would combine those 2 forms of art. Currently I'm rewatching Downtown Abbey and in every episode I think "what wonderful perfumes did they wear in those days?"... Beautiful vampiresc analysis. Big hug

  • @ioannagerostathi708
    @ioannagerostathi708 9 місяців тому +3

    Omg when you mentioned the "only lovers left alive" I almost died!!! I saw it 10 years ago in a movie theatre. You definitely picked my curiosity. Thank you so much for this review, I binge watch your channel lately.

  • @smithpatricemary
    @smithpatricemary 3 роки тому +5

    My name is Patrice and I am a Vampyre!
    L'heure blue comforts me, particuarly in cold weather, it must be night, or maybe the hour of the wolf, which is 3am when I am awake and relaxing after my long day...
    I find it so interesting and beautiful just like some very old books, old art, vintage clothes and accessories, old diaries that I have, that dont fit with this time at all, and I am okay with that. I would love to have lived in that 1910 period in France, or but maybe I did...
    Fabulous review Dacob, and as you said, L'heure bleue is a moody one, but maybe I grew to love it over the last 110 years! ;-) Xxx

  • @iyzabel
    @iyzabel 3 роки тому +8

    I absolutely hate the new packaging of l'Art et la Matière, just generic squared bottles... and I do not like the new prices. There, I said it!

  • @ritahertzberg5762
    @ritahertzberg5762 Рік тому +1

    Brilliant! It is so amazing that, for me, Mitsouko is so full of life!

  • @carolhitchcock6569
    @carolhitchcock6569 3 роки тому +10

    Wonderful review Dacob. I adore L'Heure Bleue but prefer the older edt of which I have a backup. Such a beautifully melancholic and transporting fragrance.
    Thank you for the journey ❤

  • @kintsugi8135
    @kintsugi8135 Рік тому +2

    Your explanation is the most thoughtful l have heard in years. A real thinker. So very pleased to find you.

    • @essence-tiallydacob9611
      @essence-tiallydacob9611  Рік тому

      Thank you so much Kintsugi and welcome to my channel 🙏🏻💖

    • @kintsugi8135
      @kintsugi8135 Рік тому

      @@essence-tiallydacob9611 May l ask you a slightly random question? Have you heard about the concept of Wabi Sabi? It’s Japanese - how imperfection is better than perfection. I thought it’s kind of related to purfume.

  • @lisahilton9616
    @lisahilton9616 11 місяців тому +3

    I absolutely adore this scent. I may indeed be a vampire! I find this fragrance to be a masterpiece. Timeless and poetic. Seductive, alluring, and beautiful. This fragrance is a masterpiece that I hope will always exist. Pure elegance.

  • @marygrace100
    @marygrace100 Рік тому +1

    This was my second fragrance (after Mitsouko) and over 200 fragrances later she's still the one. Insolence feels like a modem interpretation fwiw. Great review.

  • @seabreeze4559
    @seabreeze4559 3 роки тому +5

    I wanted to smell like an Edwardian on the Titanic, perfect. "Character is destiny".
    I wish that vampire film included a Tesla appearance, they mentioned his technology but never bothered with a flashback.

  • @annemarienicolaides8186
    @annemarienicolaides8186 2 роки тому +2

    Considering blind buying this and this is the type of review I was needing to help me really understand this perfume, thank you.

  • @Emilys_opinion
    @Emilys_opinion 3 роки тому +3

    Queen Elizabeth II wears it.
    It’s regal 👑 that’s what it smells like to me.
    When I spray it, I feel like a queen for a split second. And then I’m myself again ☺️

  • @jelichty
    @jelichty 2 роки тому +5

    I love it. It's like if the song "How soon is now?" from The Smiths was a fragrance. 💜🖤💜🖤💜

  • @MsHope51
    @MsHope51 Рік тому +4

    What a review, you are unique.
    ❤️

  • @Elena79MD
    @Elena79MD 10 місяців тому +2

    Hi Dacob. Do you know which is the difference between this and the new reformulation of 2021?
    Love you

  • @starrynight6223
    @starrynight6223 2 роки тому +3

    This review made me laugh. This vampire perfume used to be my signature scent for quite a few years. I particularly love the vintage parfum with Ambregris. Very unique review.

  • @LiaAndrews
    @LiaAndrews 3 роки тому +2

    Grossmith Shem el Nessim has a similar feel, but comes accross as chic and classical to me, while I agree L'Heure Bleue smells more dated. I wonder how much this is due to reformulation. I hear previous vintages had more of an amber warmth. Unfortunately Shem el Nessim sits outside of my price range for the moment.

  • @Jaiem_
    @Jaiem_ Рік тому +1

    Impressive review, interesting as I’ve worn L’Huere Bleue Nuit, I’ve developed a love for the mother scent 💙- it takes time to adjust and fall in love with the original.

  • @joannebrowning7465
    @joannebrowning7465 3 роки тому +3

    I love your take on this - I can relate so well, although not a vampire! Your perfume reviews are brilliant. 👏🏻

  • @oliviaacosta6239
    @oliviaacosta6239 11 місяців тому +1

    One of my ultimate favorites for sure

  • @lisaraeder1496
    @lisaraeder1496 3 роки тому +3

    Pissy 🤣🤣💗 classic!!! I love trying the older perfumes. Not so many generic chemicals in them.

  • @RebeccaBuhler
    @RebeccaBuhler Рік тому +2

    This review is so spot on! Can you please review Apres l'Ondee? I feel like these two are life partners in a way.

  • @shirleycantoni3152
    @shirleycantoni3152 Рік тому +1

    I love this perfume. So much

  • @PetiteMadame_xx
    @PetiteMadame_xx 2 роки тому +1

    Wow, so poetry and on the point. I love L‘heure bleue ⏰ so much - I am one of the melancholics. I think we understand it’s DNA. Thank you so much for your words! 💕

  • @phishky
    @phishky 3 роки тому +4

    A Brilliant review

  • @RichMitch
    @RichMitch 3 роки тому +4

    Have you seen Killian's latest release? It's called L'Heure Vert 🤔

  • @viktoriyalikhova832
    @viktoriyalikhova832 2 роки тому +2

    BRILLIANT REVIEW 👍

  • @aysheaahmed348
    @aysheaahmed348 3 роки тому +2

    Beautiful, evocative review thankyou xxx

  • @nyev7224
    @nyev7224 2 роки тому +2

    Lovely..... Would love to hear your thoughts on Bal a Versailles .

  • @NT-pq9qc
    @NT-pq9qc 2 роки тому +2

    I really have to compliment you for your pronounciation of French words. Most of the other English speaking reviewers make me crinch whenever they say something French.

    • @essence-tiallydacob9611
      @essence-tiallydacob9611  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you so much a j 🙏🏻💖 My French is rusty but I try hard to come as close as I can to the og pronunciation 💖

  • @90sHouseBoy
    @90sHouseBoy 2 роки тому +2

    It’s what Queen Elizabeth II wears. It’s her favourite

  • @premeyumlife443
    @premeyumlife443 3 роки тому +1

    Ohhhhh I need to smell this. Thanks for sharing this my love. ❤️🙏🏼😘😘😘Sandy

  • @richardjenkins8366
    @richardjenkins8366 2 роки тому +1

    Love L’Heure Blu

  • @kimlawrence7193
    @kimlawrence7193 2 роки тому +1

    I loved your review and I just obtained a bottle. I notice you don't do reviews on Tom Ford's fragrances. Are you not a fan?

  • @Mr.Bryan1234
    @Mr.Bryan1234 Рік тому

    I myself am into vampirism and i do wear lheure bleue and Shalimar.

  • @klefay11
    @klefay11 Рік тому

    I can relate to what you’re saying so much

  • @scent.sketch
    @scent.sketch 3 роки тому

    Finally I have a sample of EDT, I must say that it is very powerful. Mitsouko as EDP is a beast, one spritz is already too much. I don't know what batch I've got... It's sweet almost very sweet - vanilla, benzoin, powdery iris. I wouldn't say it unpleasant, because it was an instant like for me. I was very pleasantly surprised!

  • @madhu-k
    @madhu-k 2 роки тому +1

    Maybe I got a fake perfume. Because mine just smells like Jasmine oil. Very strong Jasmine oil.

    • @essence-tiallydacob9611
      @essence-tiallydacob9611  2 роки тому +1

      It should smell of more than just Jasmine

    • @madhu-k
      @madhu-k 2 роки тому

      @@essence-tiallydacob9611 this was a new kind of perfume for me. I like oriantal, middle eastern, oud, tobacco kind of perfumes.
      So my nose could not process the delicate notes.
      This one is old school. I am Indian, so the white florals remind me of hair garlands worn in Maharashtra and South India.
      But there is something very soothing about this perfume. Harshingar, mogra, Champa, Nargis, rajnigandha (Indian names for a few florals I can smell). It is growing on me.

  • @moicecibon4768
    @moicecibon4768 3 роки тому

    Live your accent

  • @rmzmssmd5410
    @rmzmssmd5410 Місяць тому

    "Hey I'm dead".🤣

  • @gerardoacosta8918
    @gerardoacosta8918 Рік тому

    Huh???

  • @moicecibon4768
    @moicecibon4768 3 роки тому

    , Where did you grow up

  • @dawggyd9779
    @dawggyd9779 2 роки тому +1

    "Europe colonized..." - Not all of Europe was colonizers. I hate when people group all of Europe together when they say "Europe", but in reality they mean countries such as England, France, Spain, etc. (Western Europe). Sincerely, a Eastern European.
    Other than that, the perfume sounds excellent.

  • @KayTea4tea
    @KayTea4tea 9 місяців тому

    This makes me cry … so sad. 😢🖤🤍