Comments on: Chanel Cristalle Eau Verte ~ fragrance review

By: nanah

nanah — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:59:40 +0000

Eau de Gentiane Blanche – another beautiful super clean scent:)

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:02:32 +0000

Interesting! Not sure I can imagine 28 La Pausa without the iris.

By: nanah

nanah — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:14:24 +0000

To Emporio White lovers – I’m facing the same problem and here are the replacements that worked for me:

- Mugler Cologne, as far as you can get in terms of similarity. Another good scent by Alberto Morillas. Lots of good smelling citruses over nice white musk. On my skin it begins great, but somehow loses its radiance and turns flat after a couple of hours.

- Cerutti Image, not quite similar in notes, but has a distinct “clean”, transparent smell. Very good sillage.

- Cristalle Eau Verte, again, not really similar, less abstract, less “clean white sheets dried outside” effect, but a classy and beautiful composition.

- Eau Torride, love the bamboo and jasmine here, again not an abstract scent, but a very pretty, clean and trasparent one.

I would be glad to find out about other options.

By: AnneCatt

AnneCatt — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:18:36 +0000

Hi Robin, thanks for your review. I came across it because I only met Cristalle EV a few days ago and wondered when it was launched. Have you noticed how like it smells to Chanel’s boutique fragrance 28 La Pausa, just without the iris. La Pausa is one of my current favourites, but CEV is a lovely light, summery, easy-to-wear daytime spritz and is nicely androgynous. It reminds me of Annick Goutal’s Mandragore too which also has lots of bergamot – yum!

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:13:06 +0000

Yes, it should have been the EdT that you tried. It’s been reformulated (several of the ingredients are now restricted) and I have not smelled the new version so can’t say how close it is to the old.

So sorry but can’t help you on the Armani White, I tried it once years ago but don’t remember it well.

By: dairyairlilac

dairyairlilac — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:31:12 +0000

Hello — a couple of quick questions. I’m not a perfume-anista, however, I did fall in love with Cristalle when I was in Paris in 1992 (so I guess it must have been the eau de toilette??). I don’t know anything about restrictions on perfume ingredients, however, I did try Cristalle eau verte at a local Neiman Marcus last week-end. It reminded me how much I had liked my old Cristalle but as you mentioned, I found the top notes kind of fakey. From a search online, it seems you can still get Cristalle eau de toilette from Bloomingdales and Neiman Marcus in the US. Would this be the same Cristalle that I remember from almost 20 years ago???

Also – completely unrelated question – my absolute favorite perfume of the last ten years was Armani White. I was devastated when it disappeared. Can you tell me of any perfumes that are similar that are on the market now? I have a hard time trying out perfumes since I’m very migrainy and the ‘wrong’ ingredients can give me an insta-headache. Thanks for your help… Email me if you like.

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:04:59 +0000

We may all be giving up Cristalle though…I assume it will be seriously reformulated.

By: cinnaplid

cinnaplid — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:27:51 +0000

I’m a longtime fan of Cristalle EDT, and also love Eau Verte. I find it fresh and not overpowering. I’ve always been drawn to citrussy fragrances (e.g. Eau de Rochas), but have found they lack staying power. This one lingers nicely. I won’t be giving up the old Cristalle, but it’s a nice addition to my perfume wardrobe.

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:57:33 +0000

Yes…wonder if the new restrictions on certain citrus oils mean that the “fake fresh” is all we are going to get from now on!

By: kaos.geo

kaos.geo — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:02:07 +0000

Hello! It just arrived in Argentina, and I got to smell it before getting to the D&G Anthology (I left a comment on kevin’s review earlier today)

Ok, so my impresiion is: it does smell very synthetic in the opening.
Have you ever smelled the Eau parfumee au the vert clones? like Elizabeth Arden’s green tea and the like they all smell like cheap clones of the Bulgari masterpiece… This one’s opening remind me of that note (that you describe like fresh-fake) the middle and drydown was ok. and classy, but only with glimpses of the EDT or EDP.

I got a bottle of the EDP as a gift to a friend very soon after it was release in the early nineties… That one was “tha bomb” to me hehehehehehe