I think these are the best things that L’Occitane has brought out for years – certainly the best fragrances which are based around little known or forgotten flowers that the brand has brought back to life. They’re all new to me, I must admit but the front of the box tells you a little about them, such as blooming times and where they’re harvested. The packaging is really something new – I can’t think I’ve seen a fragrance that puts the main graphic on the side of the box with all the writing on the front. The bottles, with their colourful wooden lids, are perfect.
The packaging is really something new – I can’t think I’ve seen a fragrance that puts the main graphic on the side of the box with all the writing on the front. The bottles, with their colourful wooden lids, are perfect.
I’ll start with Melilot because it’s the one I tried first and like the best. Milky is really a strong trend in fragrance and that soft, gentle note is very present here with a backdrop of oatiness. It’s cocooning, skin like and enveloping in a comforting sort of way – you’ll smell snuggly and ethereally floral. The fragrance starts with a fresh note but the dry down is all about a sweet and sleepy tenderness that’s just delicious. Melilot is a member of the pea family and its otherwise known as Sweet Clover.
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Barbotine is more commonly known as the Golden Button Flower and it’s a glorious blend of mint, bergamot and lily of the valley. It’s sharp and fresh with sweeter notes swirling around – I immediately got a hint of Mojito at first spritz but the dry down is beautifully mellow with some down notes of chamomile and warm woods. It’s a fresh flower meadow kind of a scent – or at least what you hope a verdant flower meadow might smell like.
Noble Epine is a representation of May Blossom – the first spritz for me was all almond and powder but also a little hit of Play Doh which I loved! Notes include almond, pear, may blossom, peony and magnolia which in combination give an easy wear floral that is just allowed to be gentle but not powerless. The surprise is how well the magnolia comes through to offer a delightful creaminess while blond woods and musk amplify the sweetness of the pear.
Really, one is as lovely as the other, depending on taste – I think I’m pretty set in my fragrance ways but these are very vibrant, supremely creative and if you pass a store please grab a spritz! Otherwise, you can find them HERE for £69 (50ml) each. There are various iterations in the form of shower cream, soap and hand creams etc but a tidy offer on the fragrance set which includes a shower cream and hand cream as well as the 50ml fragrance for £79 HERE.
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Jane, there were 11 ads for this one post, and most were pop-up and very intrusive. While I understand your need to have ads that is far too much and I can’t visit your site since it’s unreadable.
Okay thanks for letting me know – we are still trying to fine tune an acceptable level but I quite understand if you need to go.
Hi Jane, I’m having the same experience. It’s difficult to follow your post as it’s covered in ad’s.
I’ve been following you for years and really don’t want to leave, but it’s very much a problem at the moment.
Is this on ipad, desktop or iphone? The cache has been cleared so the only ads you should be seeing are between posts. If that’s not the case, you could try clearing your own cache (which makes your device forget what its previously seen) because it could be showing you the old cache. Otherwise, I quite understand – I’ve waited 14 years to take them so I know it’s a big change.
Just checking what I’m seeing – which is four ads – one small pop up that’s easy to get rid of and three between-posts. You should not be seeing more than that.
Jane
I’ve just checked on my desktop and I have seven sets of adverts and most of them are flashing and moving at high speed which is disconcerting. There’s another that appears from the right hand side on the desktop and despite hitting the cross to cancel it even more ads pop up in its place. My screen looks as if a gremlin has taken it over at the moment but the speed that these adverts move is unpleasant.
Also on my iPhone I now have a blue bar that appears telling me to click to expand article.
Hi Lesley – I’m really sorry. To explain, the ad server, at the beginning was serving on maximum which was clearly an unacceptable level so we have now turned it down to minimum and it that proves unacceptable then the whole thing will have to come off. But I’m in a dilemma because after 14 years of ad free service I need another revenue stream to keep the site viable. If you could try clearing your own caches to see if that helps that would be great – taking all feedback and acting on it.
Just as a follow-up to my earlier reply I cleared the cache and it’s still happening. Additionally, on the desktop the ads are covering the comment section and as fast as you try and close them another pops straight back up and the only way to comment is via my iPhone.
I’m feeding all of this back because that shouldn’t be happening. Thanks for updating me.
I am the same, the ads are moving so fast they give me a headache I seem to be affected by moving images on sites 🙁 I am actually very nervous trying to read the blog now as the type of ad is like what I imagine TicTok to be like. I have never been or want to be on TicTok
Trying to close the x makes me nervous as it is so tiny I am afraid the ad will launch on me, they keep on popping up or down 🙁
I understand – I’m keeping them for a little while longer though but I understand if you can’t bear it x
I think someone got the scale wrong when ordering the tops for the bottles, they look a bit too big. I do like a spritz of l’occitaine and saw Barbotine and Noble Epine on QVC. You have done a much better job of explaining the fragrances than they did.
Thank you so much – in real life, so to speak, the bottles don’t really look like they’re fighting with the lids. I wondered if they’re following the Jo Malone penchant for coloured lids.
I agree, the adds are excessive and make it hard to read the post. I kept trying to close the video player but it only took me to the add site. Plus when you close 1 video add another comes up. Very annoying.