Parfums DelRae has launched Emotionnelle, the line’s fifth fragrance for women. The new scent was inspired by the smells DelRae Roth recorded in her diary during a visit made to Paris as summer turned into autumn.
Emotionnelle was developed by perfumer Michel Roudnitska, who also worked on the other scents in the DelRae range. The fragrance notes include melon, tangerine, bergamot, violet leaves, jasmine, rose, plum, cedar, vetiver, carnation and amber.
Parfums DelRae Emotionnelle is available in 50 ml Eau de Parfum and can currently be found at The Different Scent in Germany. (via finmark.it, thedifferentscent.de)
Update: see a review of DelRae Emotionnelle.
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Aaaaaargh! MELON. Why?
Where is everyone getting their melon accord? What marketing guru told them to use it?
And I was so looking forward to a new DelRae. Ah well. Maybe it will be melon as in Parfum de Therese…
I''m not crazy about the melon note either, but I'm willing to give this a shot because Roudnitska's other perfumes have included it without steering in an aquatic direction. And I really, really love the other DelRaes. I love Amourouse and Debut and would never have thought I would just from the list of notes. I got freebie samples of them and they both spun me in a direction I never thought I'd go.
As soon as I saw “melon,” I flashed to PdT. Wore the lotion yesterday; four years old and it smells the same.
A, because they're trying to make me find a new hobby, LOL…
I will certainly give it a shot — I've waited a very long time for a new DelRae and I won't give up so easy. But I'm not pleased.
If it is any kind of take on PdT, I'll be happy as a clam
I'm right there with you guys. I read “melon” and quit reading the rest of the notes.
There's your new combination–melon/clam. With an aquatic accord. I love Del Rae's concoctions, and only that love will get me to try this. But it's listed as the first note, and I am fearful. My eyes are as big as. . .cantaloupes.
I have a sample and its very unusual. not sweet melon, more like the rind. very much from a fruit that is from strange tropical island. Roudnitska is very much influenced by Gaugin. it smells like a Gaugin painting. does that make sense. some will love this. some will hate it. i think that it anyhting but meh!!!!
I hope it is just a light breezy melon that complements the orange.
Wondering: why do so many famous and ubiquitous scents have have jasmine and rose in it?
Is it an oriental or duh, a rose-jasmine? I can't remember my scent categories.
Why are there so many rose-jasmine scents? Is it balance? tradition? or a definition?
Sorry for prattling. I'm still learning.
joy,
Becca
Gosh, I guess because rose & jasmine smell good? That sounds flippant but I'm not trying to be at all — I think they're just popular floral scents. The fragrance family, mind you, isn't determined by what flowers are in there.
Ugh — sorry I said clams!
Now the plum is making me wonder if this *will* be some sort of take on Therese. That would be wonderful.
Ah, so nothing like Therese, then?
Going with the majority vote here and wondering why melon. I also wondered if it was MR's homage to his parents through PdT but lovely though that scent is the melon kills it for me. Likewise Diorama. I am heartened though by memechoses comment about rind. I love MR's work and so I will try this anyway and try to keep an open mind. BTW, a late thank you for this blog (a propos your post on Friday which is now heading a gazillion grateful comments!) and your hard work and grace. Much appreciation as well to Kevin and Angela for their fabulous reviews.
Seriously, a memo must have gone around — they're all doing melon! I actually like the melon in Therese, but it's rare that melon doesn't annoy me.
And thanks
Well, let's see how it turns out. It might be beautiful. And, if it's not, we've saved some money.
Hugs!
Hi Becca — part of it has to do with gorgeousness and tradition, as Robin noted, but I believe it also has to do with the effect that jasmine and rose notes have on other accords — like violet, they are fantastic at helping things to blend and making other things smell better.
The voice of reason
I looked it up on Osmoz and Jasmine, or “the flower” is an olfactory group under florals. For instance: floral rose-violet floral woody-musk, floral-jasmine, floral citrus,. It said it adds structure and complexity(?) to many florals, and also does something in the top notes. There ought to be a jasmine-rose olfactory family, I think it would help define a scent, but what do I know? There are many orientals that seem like a floral..a *floriental”, which I have heard.
Yes, that is what OzMoz said, essentially, about the jasmine. It's nice to know I'm not completely crazy. Thanks ahtx!
I was fortunate to get a 15ml lab sample, i do smell the melon also, its predominant on me, not super sweet, on me its light and breeze, i actually like this one very much and will probably splurge on a full bottle. I personally hated the Amoureuse, that was a scrubber on me, i could not scrub it off fast enough, so i was worried when i decided to purchase Bois de Paradis, but i loved it. And i am pleased i like this new one as well.
Ah, sounds like it won't suit me then — oh well, money saved!