Almond

I ordered this from the CM site. I was expecting a gourmand almond. This smells like Jovan Musk. I think I will stick with my L'Artisan Jour de Fete. That's sweet gourmand almond!

I got a sample but wondered if this would be boring or redundant after the other gourmands I have tried and loved. It turned out to be fascinating and delightfully sniffable. It starts with green notes on top of a not-too-sweet almond and slight cherry scent with a hint of saltiness. The green notes disappear as it dries down, but it maintains a brightness that keeps it from being a simple bakery scent. How ingenious to add a salty note to a gourmand scent the way a baker adds salt to highlight the sweetness and richness of a pastry! This fragrance house does not seem to get a lot of hype, perhaps because it is well-established and historical, not a new find. I’d encourage anyone not to overlook it, though.

This is lovely! I expected this to be a sweet gourmand type fragrance, but in my opinion its only barely a gourmand. Perhaps it's the salt accord that keeps this leaning more dry than sweet. It has an almost soap-like freshness that I wouldn't have expected from the notes listed. While almond often tends to be heavy and sweet, this is light, soft, and very wearable for everyday. It is fluffy, clean, and kind of wraps you in an ethereal cloud of almondy haze. If you are looking for very sweet almond cake type smell, you would be better to try Mirage Gourmand. This however is a wonderful fragrance that is soft and comforting, fuzzy almost. Its soft enough for summer, yet cozy enough for cooler months as well. Very well crafted in my opinion.

It's a straightforward almond. Not too sweet, not Jergen's lotion. Slightly boozy on opening and it becomes slightly creamy as it dries down. Linear. But a nice comfort scent as I love almond-flavored things, marzipan, etc. I got the travel size and am not disappointed in my blind buy!

Light and fresh blossoms with that traditional marzipan almond soap smell. Sometime hard to smell because it’s so light. I haven’t experimented much with layering, but would recommend it for that sole purpose.

C-M Almond is a nice, sweet marzipan cake fragrance. There isn't much depth to it, but it would be easy to combine with so many other parfums. On me, the scent is light and stays close to the skin, but doesn't last more than a couple of hours. Probably the best exclusively almond scent that I have smelled so far,

Gorgeous. Light and fresh, but creamy and delicious at the same time. Great lasting power.