Le Chèvrefeuille came onto the market around the year 2002. It is in fact the third in a series of limited edition soliflores by Annick Goutal. The other two fragrances were Le Muguet and La Violette. The geniuses behind the perfume were none other than Isabelle Doyen and Camille Goutal. It is simply a great perfume for the ladies and keeps hitting the right notes from the start to the finish. If you are not particularly into the ingredients, they can become somewhat tedious but eventually you will get used to them and even begin to like them.

The Brand

Annick Goutal was a rather successful concert pianist as well as being a noted fashion model. Her collaboration with the perfumers at Robertet was at the behest of her close friends. They decided to develop a fragrance for a face cream. By 1980 the former concert pianist was launching her first perfume. Consequently the brand was acquired by the Taittinger Group which in turn became a subsidiary of Starwood Capital. Following the death of the original perfume maker, her daughter Camille took up the mantra with Isabelle Doyen. Apart from the thirty or so perfumes, the brand is now firmly embedded in the toiletries market.

The Fragrance

The perfume is rather gentle with its honeysuckle introduction. This puts the user into a relaxing mood before we move on to the serious business of the green notes. Afterwards we have the unusual narcissus and then go to the spices with jasmine. The citrus makes itself known with a hint of lemon before the perfume closes out with petit grain. It might appear to be too much of a kitchen fragrance but when the elements are combined, they tend to

The Packaging

 I absolutely love the pale yellow bottle with the golden fluid within. This is topped off by and elegant gold cap. The final little whiff of a ribbon or chiffon around is just the icing on the cake. This is a nice little package and it has been marketed extremely well.

General Customer Feedback

Some clients were simply not impressed by lasting power which was sometimes described as being poor. This is not good news for a perfume. However they were appreciative of the fact that someone finally chose to use honeysuckle in a perfume. There was a healthy curiosity which was not completely satisfied by the perfume. Perhaps the expectations were too high for the perfume in the first place and disappointment became inevitable.

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