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.
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.
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.
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?
@@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…
@@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…
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.
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!
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.
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
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.”
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.
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!
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...
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).
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.
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!!!
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.
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
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.
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
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 ❤
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ☺️
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.
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.
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.
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! 💕
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.
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!
@@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.
"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.
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.
What a beautifully evocative description
So true. 🖤💙
So beautiful, it reminds me of how perfumes are reminiscencent of times and history ❤
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.
Beautiful fragrance 💖🖤
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.
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?
@@essence-tiallydacob9611 No, I meant that I love melancholy. I meant other people speak of melancholy as a bad thing.
@@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…
@@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…
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.
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!
Thank you Irena 🙏🏻🥰💖
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.
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
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.”
Thank you gretator 🥹🙏🏻💖
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.
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!
Thank you so much Stephanie 🙏🏻🥰💖
Back when perfumes told a story.... So beautiful. Need it in my wardrobe. ❤
Thank you Elsa 🥰💖
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...
Wow! Love the description! Yes, it is that sad! Love it!
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).
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.
I will try it out. xoxo
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.
The edt is closer to the parfum and the best version is by far the original version (Parfum)
I have both. I must agree with you, the EDT is divine
Another Guerlain that makes me sad and question my life is Vol de Nuit... Great review Dacob.
Thank you dear!
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!!!
Yes, this idea of a long gone smell is making me want it more, I want to smell a time way before I existed.
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.
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
Thank you so much Ana. I have thought about it often :)
What a great idea!
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.
Thank you Ioanna 🥰💖🙏🏻
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
Ah 110 years huh? You are still just a baby Vampire! ;) so young!
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!
Me neither. xoxo
Brilliant! It is so amazing that, for me, Mitsouko is so full of life!
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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 ❤
Thank you so much Carol
Your explanation is the most thoughtful l have heard in years. A real thinker. So very pleased to find you.
Thank you so much Kintsugi and welcome to my channel 🙏🏻💖
@@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.
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.
Its a beauty 🥰
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.
Its a beauty 🥰🌅
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.
Good point!
Considering blind buying this and this is the type of review I was needing to help me really understand this perfume, thank you.
Glad I could be of help 🙏🏻💖
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 ☺️
The queen moment! We live!
I love it. It's like if the song "How soon is now?" from The Smiths was a fragrance. 💜🖤💜🖤💜
What a review, you are unique.
❤️
Thank you 🙏🏻💖
Hi Dacob. Do you know which is the difference between this and the new reformulation of 2021?
Love you
Hi Elena 💖 unfortunately I do not know.
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.
🙏🏻💖
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.
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.
Thank you 🙏🏻💖 and yes, L’Heure Bleue needs time
I love your take on this - I can relate so well, although not a vampire! Your perfume reviews are brilliant. 👏🏻
Thank you so much Joanne!
One of my ultimate favorites for sure
Its a beauty 🥰🌅
Pissy 🤣🤣💗 classic!!! I love trying the older perfumes. Not so many generic chemicals in them.
This review is so spot on! Can you please review Apres l'Ondee? I feel like these two are life partners in a way.
Thank you Rebecca. 🙏🏻 Will hopefully one day get to reviewing it. 💖
I love this perfume. So much
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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! 💕
Thank you Deborah 🙏🏻🥰❤️🔥
A Brilliant review
Thank you Geoff!
Have you seen Killian's latest release? It's called L'Heure Vert 🤔
Have not smelled it...
@@essence-tiallydacob9611 Check it out, so good.
BRILLIANT REVIEW 👍
Thank you 🙏🏻💖
Beautiful, evocative review thankyou xxx
Thank you Ayshea!
Lovely..... Would love to hear your thoughts on Bal a Versailles .
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.
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 💖
It’s what Queen Elizabeth II wears. It’s her favourite
Does she wear only one fragrance?
Ohhhhh I need to smell this. Thanks for sharing this my love. ❤️🙏🏼😘😘😘Sandy
Love L’Heure Blu
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?
Thanks Kim. Yes, I am not a fan. 💖
I myself am into vampirism and i do wear lheure bleue and Shalimar.
I think both these perfumes are perfect for vampires and vamp lovers 💖
I can relate to what you’re saying so much
Thank you 🙏🏻
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!
Maybe I got a fake perfume. Because mine just smells like Jasmine oil. Very strong Jasmine oil.
It should smell of more than just Jasmine
@@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.
Live your accent
"Hey I'm dead".🤣
Huh???
, Where did you grow up
"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.
This makes me cry … so sad. 😢🖤🤍