Incredible. Just so strong. I can still smell it one day later... even thru clothing changes and a shower. Somehow this is still with me. I decanted a bit into a spray, but I'm going to treat this lil treasure as a Parfum. Truthfully, I never quite get a drydown to AA, prob because at some point 12+ hours later I have to change clothes and/or bathe. :P I would love the skank/leather/incense. What followed - on my skin it was about 15 minutes in - were the creamiest floral aldehydes. They smelt sophisticated but approachable and reminded me of the fragrance Dove bodywashes used to have before the experience was marred by this slight citric undercurrent I find they carry now. At this point, Anaïs Anaïs reminded me of impeccably white satin sheets fleeting in the breeze, faintly holding memories of the 1980s and 1990s. I am ashamed to admit, but since this is an anonymous platform I will: The fragrance made me feel so pretty. I felt like a well-groomed, dreamy girl carefully dressing for her first date, reminding herself of being classy, not daring. This really is one of those love it or hate it kind of perfumes, and like a reviewer said below, the perfume either connects with you or it doesn’t. I think for the most part you’ll know right away! It is a scent that anyone who loves it can pull off, but if you’re iffy about it it’s not safe. And yes, of course, Anais Anais is inocent: just look at the vintage white, round, porcelan bottle with painted pastel flowers.

Typical perfume that will never go out of fashion, unlike many from the same era and period, with those very detailed olfactory pyramids and with plenty of notes to give and sell to whoever wants! Anais Anais has perpetuated itself!Well, i was wrong...i won't say this smells bad, because i still have to smell this perfume on someone with the right chemistry. Like other two Cacharel's most famous fragrances (Lou Lou and Eden), Anais Anais also tends to provoke polarized opinions these days.

but I can clearly see myself saying: "Yes, of course, I've been a good girl, see?", with eyes innocently wide-open. If you expect a trail and some strong silage, that ain't gonna happen here as it's largely a skin scent. I've asked my friends and none of them could smell it unless getting in much too close. I've always been curious about Anais Anais - my mother says it was one of the first fragrances she bought for herself and has always had a soft spot, but I think she 'grew out of it' long before my time and I'd never tried it on myself, although I've thought of Cacharel very highly as some of the most distinctive and well-thought-out scents at their price point around. I bought a very cheap bottle of this because I figured it'd be nice to have something simple and comforting to wear at home in quarantine and I'm in love with it. On one level it is definitely a very familiar, soapy white floral, "youthful" almost to the extent of baby powder - but the florals shimmer through in incredible clarity at points, fading in and out the same way that you catch a scent on a breeze.This is pleasant but can't hold my attention; an hour of fun before I move on to something more interesting.