The only perfume I've ever liked! (Lancôme: Tresor, Eau de Parfum)

Member Name: justathought

Product:	Lancôme: Tresor, Eau de Parfum
Date:	29/05/09 (38 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: lovely fragrance, nice packaging, good quality, has lasted me ages

Disadvantages: maybe the price?

I can honestly say that l'ancome Tresor is the only perfume I've ever liked enough to wear! I don't wear perfume very often so I've had this bottle for over a year (it could be a few years - I'm not really sure!) but it's still fine.

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WHAT LANCOME CLAIM ABOUT IT
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According to Lancome....

"Love is a treasure.

The Eau de Parfum unveils the floral, fruity, powdery and amber notes of TRÉSOR. Its bottle, with its luxurious design, nestles in the hand, like a precious treasure. Its luminous fragrance gives a refined and radiant aura to the woman who wears it.

A fragrance of emotion is in the air... TRÉSOR."

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MY OPINION
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~*~*THE PACKAGING*~*~
The box is a nice peach-like colour with the name of the perfume on. The shape of the bottle is unusual yet pretty - definitely something I would display. The bottle is like an upside down ridged pyramid with a black neck and the lid is a chunky square. The name of the perfume is written on the neck of the bottle and since it is transparent, the goldish/orangey/champagne colour of the perfume can be seen. The bottle definitely looks expensive and is of high quality (I've dropped it a good few times and it's still fine).

~*~*THE FRAGRANCE*~*~
Since I have the eau de parfum, I think this has a stronger fragrance than the eau de toilette (apparently Eau de parfum contains about 7-15% perfume concentrate while Eau de toilette has around 1-6% perfume concentrate) but since I haven't tried the two separately and compared, I can't say for sure.

To me, the fragrance is the closest I have found to that of blossom, which have always wished I could bottle the fragrance of - it is definitely flowery and sweet, but in a way that smells fresh and clean, yet grown up (i.e not sickly, or like a cheap body spray). It also smells slightly musky (I have always loved the smell of 'white musk') and maybe very slightly of rose. I really like this fragrance because it smells almost natural - I can't really smell the alcohol in it.

When sprayed on the skin, I think this lasts roughly half a day - if I put it on in the morning and still wanted the fragrance for the evening, I would reapply it in the evening. However, if sprayed on my clothes, it still has the gorgeous fragrance the next time I wear them (I love spraying the inside of my hats and having them smell great for next time). I would probably spray it once on my hair and once on one wrist and rub my wrists together - I don't like any fragrance to be too strong. For that reason, this perfume has lasted me ages.

I wear this perfume all year round, during the day or night, on days that I feel like wearing perfume - I personally think it's really verssatile.

~*~*THE PRICE*~*~
On the actual lancome website, this perfume is £31.50 for 30 ml but it is £21 on cheapsmells.com, which is the website I'll buy it from when mine runs out. I have seen this available at Lancome counters in large stores like Boots and Debenhams. Sometimes after Christmas, the sets with the parfum, the body spray and the body lotion together sell for the price the perfume on its own would sell for, so keep a lookout for these kind of fab deals!

There is also a 50ml and 100ml size.

Overall, I really like this perfume, and would recommend it, but do test it out first to see if you do too!

Thanks for reading

Summary: A versatile and flowery perfume