Cacharel: Anaïs Anaïs, Eau de Toilette

Recently I was looking through my vast bottles of perfumes and at the back I found a bottle I'd long forgotten about. In my youth, too many years to mention this was one of my favs however as time as gone on I'd neglected it till, until as I said I spotted my bottle Of course I'm talking about Anais Anais by Cacheral. The packaging.... A white box with a picture of a lily on valley on the front. Rather dated packaging to be honest, it doesn't jump out and say buy me. Its attractive enough just not that appealing amongst other perfumes on the shelves but it does represent what to expect from the fragrance. My bottle of ...  Read the complete review

One of the pioneers of the fresh florals that in the last 20 years or so multiplied beyond reason, Anais Anais was launched in the late 70's to appeal to the adolescent market - or at least those who wanted to style themselves as young at heart. Thirty years on, it still smells good, and, surprisingly, much less airhead-saccharine than one would expect. The bottle is a simple, flower-painted white porcelain. I like it - but in a distinctly "not my kind of thing" way. It brings to mind healthy, long-haired blonde girls in chintz-curtained cottage attic bedrooms, with a water jug on a frilly washstand: reformed Colette meets English Rose. ...  Read the complete review

Whenever I had gone through the duty free at the Airport I had seen this bottle of perfume among the many hundreds on display. As the years went by perfumes came and went, but this one always seemed to hold its own under the Cacharel sign, along with the steadfast Amor Amor. But there was something about the packaging that made me think of lacework and grandmas vanity table, so I steered clear and went for the the more exotic and provocative displays like Gucci and Christian Dior. But just recently a friend moved away and as a parting gift she gave me her virtually unused bottle of Anais Anais, one never looks a gift horse in the mouth so I was ...  Read the complete review

Going back a few weeks I won a prize in a raffle. As I was not there to collect my prize in person, someone else chose a prize for me. Yesterday I finally got round to collecting my prize. I thought that I might have won a nice bottle of wine or something along those lines. My prize was actually a bottle of Cacharel Anais Anais eau de toilette. I somehow managed to overcome my disappointment. Having not seen or heard of this for a good number of years I was looking forward to trying it out. Anais Anais is made in France by Parfums Cacharel Paris. It was first launched in 1978. The packaging consists of a box with a floral ...  Read the complete review

I'm not really a perfume wearer, as often I find that most are very expensive for something that is not a necessity. My mum used to wear this from time to time, along with about 15 others that she varied from day to day, and I think this was the only one I liked. It was the first perfume I ever got brought, and even years on, if I were to go into a pharmacy and purchase a scent, it would definitely be this one. The scent is beautiful in itself, very sweet, a little bit flowery but not too much, and just has a general feel of sophistication. When I was 15 years old I felt very grown up wearing it! And now that many many years have gone by, I still ...  Read the complete review