8 Best Smelling Lacoste Perfumes for Women

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Lacoste is a brand known for its historical roots in tennis and of course for that world famous polo shirt with the little alligator on the chest. However, it has expanded way beyond that into a complete fashion brand which naturally includes a perfume line.

Lacoste does have some very good scents for both men and women.  In this post, I want to put forth to you, the eight best smelling options for ladies from this French brand.

Favorite Smelling Ladies’ Perfumes by Lacoste

Magnetic Scent

Eau de Lacoste L.12.12 Pour Elle Magnetic- This is one the came out after the original incarnation of the list, but might be the best overall perfume, from Lacoste. It’s kind of a toss up between Magnetic and Fraiche.

Nonetheless, Pour Elle Magnetic gives you a wonderful and pretty unique blend of mango, citrus, vanilla, and other sweet notes. It’s fruity with a base of light floral touches, a somewhat tropical fragrance, that is a great addition to the summer months.

Fraiche 1

Lacoste L.12.12 Eau Fraiche, Pour Elle, 1.7 oz- Eau Fraiche fragrances can be really hit or miss. I am especially hesitant with one from Lacoste, as the brand doesn’t always have the best longevity in their scents.

Even with that being the case, Eau Fraiche Pour Elle, is a really lovely fresh summery aquatic. Citrus, light floral notes, and that great refreshing watery vibe.

I really like the smell, but won’t put it at number 1, as the lightness and longevity are a concern. However, at the right price, this is a awesome little warm weather perfume.

Fraiche 2

Lacoste Rose Eau Fraiche– Lacoste hasn’t been putting out many new fragrances the past few years, but this is one of them. Rose Eau Fraiche is a good alternative, if you cannot find a bottle of Elle Fraiche, above.

It actually might be better, depending on your preference in style.

The rose note is light, sort of like a rose water, and has the most prominence during the back half of the wear.

Early on, you get an ozonic fragrance powered by fruit notes like black currant, grapefruit, and blood orange. It’s more tart early, then, it will start to become a sweeter and somewhat sugary kind of fruitiness.

It’s soft and dries down into a fresh rose water and woody scent. Very nice.

Just a Touch

Lacoste Touch Of Pink Eau De Toilette Spray for Women 3.0 fl.oz– Touch of Pink isn’t some stolid or heavy-scented mature fragrance. No, it is a clean and lively scent that projects a sexiness and youthful vibe that really grabs attention. Notes include: blood orange, jasmine, vanilla, coriander, cardamom, violet, and jasmine.

That’s not to say that this is a loud fragrance, it isn’t, just quite attractive with what it does. The peach and blood orange combination is great, but the fruits aren’t allowed to get too bold. Each is held in check, by wood, musk, and vanilla.

Very clean, easy to wear, lightly spiced, and was always a best seller. Touch of pink is a great daily wear, especially for younger women.

Intense Femme

Lacoste Pour Femme Intense Eau de Parfum For Women, 1 Fl Oz- The Intense name is a bit of a misnomer as this Lacoste fragrance really doesn’t bring much of it. However, the aroma itself is actually very nice and has a rather unique blend of sandalwood and caramel.

The caramel is a nice warm sweetness up top, with a dry creamy/powdery quality coming through from the sandalwood. The dry down feels more musky, but it’s still a very attractive fragrance through the entirety.

Not a completely sweet gourmand, but more of a woody sweet blend overall, with hints of spice coming through. I like it, this does have something about it that I find attractive, even without being super complex or a powerhouse.

Floral and Light

Lacoste Pour Femme Eau de Parfum for Women, 3.0 fl. oz. – The namesake of the brand, Pour Femme, is a noticeably feminine fragrance with plenty of floral notes and a hint of spice that helps bring it all together. This is a very good option for an everyday or signature fragrance.

Lacoste Pour Femme opens up with pineapple, citrus, and jasmine. It is juicy and light, without much of a sharp aroma from the fruity notes. As it moves along, the fruits take a backseat and you get more of a woody/floral scent.

Lacoste Pour Femme is a versatile scent, that eventually is highlighted by the jasmine, sandalwood, and vanilla. A very straightforward perfume, but one that still stands out as one of the brand’s best. Lacoste Pour Femme Review

Simple Love

Lacosté Love of Pink 3.0 fl. oz Eau de Toilette for Women – A bit of a different experience from Touch of Pink, this one changes up the notes a bit to include more woodsy/floral scents, which help to give it a beautiful and unique profile.

It still has the blood orange, found in Touch of Pink, but with added passion fruit. The dry down period, shies away from the citrus more so, and the floral notes really begin to emerge. Magnolia and particular.

Love of Pink is a simple and clean scent, not as good as Touch, but still worthy of a spot on this list.

Inspired Scent

Inspiration- This is a light and fresh scent, that, while airy is not weak and does have the ability to last far into the day. Pink pepper, mandarin orange, peony, vanilla, sandalwood, jasmine, and more.

Inspiration isn’t as well known and I don’t even think that it’s produced anymore. However, it was an underrated perfume, with a different style from the fruitier options from Lacoste.

Inspiration delivers a great iris and vanilla blend, with a tart plum, and nice sandalwood base. It gives you a powdery sweetness, while not being overwhelming, and a solid performance overall.

Update: This has been discontinued for a while now. So, you might not be able to easily find a bottle anymore.

7 Best Viktor & Rolf Perfumes for Women

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Viktor & Rolf are a design house which adds plenty of uniqueness to the world of fashion and that unique attitude and presentation extends itself to their fragrance line.

The massive success of Flowerbomb has propelled it into the world of best sellers year after year and it almost trades solely on its reputation alone.

However, that is not the only scent available from the designers and while their catalog in this realm isn’t too extensive their are still some wonderful parfums to be had.

Favorite Viktor & Rolf Perfumes for Her

Most Popular

Flowerbomb By Viktor & Rolf For Women – EDP Spray 1 oz– A hugely popular ladies perfume and for good reason. Flowerbomb blends notes of bergamot, rose, jasmine, and tea to create a fragrance which is truly wonderful.

It is clean, warm, and versatile for all occasions and age groups.

Flowerbomb opens up with its great tea note, which is one of the highlights of this fragrance. It is paired with a light but somewhat sharp bergamot citrus note. Next, comes the flower part of the ‘bomb’.

Orchid, jasmine, rose, freesia, among others. It’s a beautiful array, with a lively freshness provided by the top notes.

Finally, you get to the patchouli, which is the star of the show and brings it together. Flowerbomb brings the power and performance, with an awesome aroma. It’s no wonder why it is a best seller. Flowerbomb review

 

Fortunate Aroma

Good Fortune Elixir Intense– The original Good Fortune got mixed reviews from people, it seems. Personally, I liked the perfume, I just didn’t think that it was great.

Elixir Intense is a better version of the EDP. It seems to have lost or at least way toned down the fennel note. Which, wasn’t bad, but gave things a bittersweet smell early on in the wear.

Elixir really leans into the vanilla and jasmine as the lead notes. Add to that, a slight smokiness from incense, and a big increase in the amount of wood in the composition.

Warmth from those ‘solar notes’, that all of the brands seem to go with. Just more of a density than the original, while still having aspects of that perfume.

The performance here is really good. Elixir Intense lives up to the name and has a pretty massive radius to where it will project to. 

Aquatic Floral

Eau Mega by Viktor & Rolf Eau De Parfum Spray 1.7 oz– A scent that services a particular niche of aquatic florals and features notes of cedar, peony, musk, citron, pear, sandalwood, among others.

Eau Mega is a fresh scent and delivers a unique experience from that of Flowerbomb.

For me, Eau Mega starts off as a water floral mix, mainly of peony, with a crisp pear note. It’s nice and simple, with a somewhat soapy quality to it. Honestly, this is my least favorite of these Viktor & Rolf perfumes. Nonetheless, it deserves a spot on the list.

It’s a musky floral, with green cleanliness, and hints of fruit throughout. This is a good option for daily wear or casual wear during the spring and summer months. Gives you a fresh scent to spray on, without any worries. Eau Mega Full Review

Top Sweet Pick

Victor & Rolf Bonbon Eau de Parfum Spray, 1.7 Fluid Ounce– Bonbon is a perfume for women who enjoy a bit of sweetness to their fragrance and one that is light and subtle. Jasmine, mandarin, caramel and amber notes give it an amazing blend of sweetness from candy to fruity to flowery. Excellent scent.

Bonbon kicks off things with a bright and delicious aroma of mandarin orange mixed with peach. Of course, there is the caramel note, which is present throughout but it’s a fruity affair up top. Next, I tend to pick up on plenty of orange blossom.

When the caramel comes in fully, it is joined by a warm and salty amber note. This pairing gets creamy with an added sandalwood, along with the peach note still floating around.

The performance on this one will give one an 8 or so hour wear. A lovely sweet gourmand scent.  Bonbon Full Review

Best Flowerbomb Flanker

Viktor & Rolf Flower Bomb Nectar Intense for Women Eau De Parfum, 3.04 Fl Oz– Nectar shares plenty of DNA with the original Flowerbomb, but goes in more of a different direction. The opening is a blend of candy-like fruity sweetness and the floral notes.

Jasmine and orange blossom without the rose, freesia, and orchid of the original. The dry down is a blend of vanilla and patchouli mainly, but also flanked by the enveloping creaminess of tonka bean and a nice benzoin touch.

There are also some metallic and greenish aspects, which sets it apart from the others in the series from V&R.

The performance here is great with plenty of sillage and it will last pretty much all day. It will go for up to 8.5 hours, on my skin.

Don’t go for this one, if you aren’t in the market for something loud and sweet, because that’s what you’ll get here. Flowerbomb Nectar review

nectar review

 

Top Newer Release

Flowerbomb Ruby Orchid– Ruby Orchid has become one of the more popular fragrances from this line and it’s quite good. Maybe a notch below Nectar, but it sort of depends on your own style.

This one is sweet, with a solid dose of vanilla orchid and peach to go into the composition. You can tell that it’s a Flowerbomb flanker, as it shares enough overlap with the original.

The sillage here is lighter but does have a certain thickness to it, with a fruity sweet blend that has a seductive quality to it.

The opening fruitiness does lean hard towards the peach note, but it kind of comes across as a jammy fruity mix. The dry down is a vanilla, floral, musk trio with some of that sweetness sticking around. Ruby Orchid review

 

After Midnight

Flowerbomb Midnight– Here’s another one that ranks right alongside both Nectar and Ruby Orchid, in terms of my own enjoyment. 

Midnight actually isn’t a ‘dark’ kind of scent. It’s jasmine based and is referring to the bloom of the flower at night.

It starts off with a sweet and tart mix of pomegranate and black currant. The pomegranate is really quite juicy in the opening act, before the perfume moves into the middle with a jam-like aroma. 

Peony and jasmine dominate the back half of the wear, along with musk. A musky floral finish. Okay performance, but not as good as the original or Nectar. Midnight review

Update: This has been discontinued, but I’ve still seen bottles around online.

7 Perfumes Similar to Jimmy Choo Illicit

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Jimmy Choo’s Illicit might be the best so far from that line of perfumes. In my opinion, it actually is. Nevertheless, it is a fragrance that has many fans and is a joy to wear.

But, sometimes you want an alternative, either for pricing reasons or just to change up the pace.

With that in mind, I am creating an ongoing list of fragrances that smell similar or have a close style to Jimmy Choo Illicit.

Favorite Fragrances that Smell Like Illicit

Note: I haven’t found any exact matches of Illicit as of yet. But, these are some great option that are close by on the fragrance spectrum.

More Honey, Cheaper Alternative

Kim Kardashian Pure Honey Eau de Parfum Spray for Women, 3.4 Ounce– This Kardashian perfume is one that preceded those from the KKW collection, and thus, has a better price point. Sweet honey and beeswax are the stars here, with light floral notes and musk.

Sweet honey with a light floral bouquet dry down, pretty simple, but quite nice. Freesia, orchid, and some rose notes here. Not as much depth as Illicit, a lighter honeyed scent versus our target and other entries on the list. Very light touches of vanilla and none of the citrus top of the Choo.

Natural smelling sweetness, not a baked good. Not a one for one match, but a very nice related fragrance, which doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.

Very Popular Similar Perfume

Armani Code By Giorgio Armani For Women. Eau De Parfume Spray 2.5 oz– Code is one of the popular designer fragrances that shares similarities with Illicit. What this gets closer to than many others on the list, is the spiciness that is present in the ginger note.

Yep, this one has the citrus and ginger opening. Plus, vanilla, honey, and jasmine to round things out. This is creamier and less of the honey is apparent, to my nose. You get more of the floral and citrus mix in this one, without the enveloping honey.

Very smooth and cozy during the dry down, after that initial ginger bite. Probably about the same amount of citrus. An exact smell? No, but Armani Code for Women will give you a lot of what you might be looking for.

Sweeter Floral

Place Vendome by Boucheron– This is a lighter fragrance than is our Jimmy Choo. Place Vendome does have a ton of overlap with Illicit in terms of both the notes that it shares and the overall style of the perfume.

This is more orange blossom centered, less of the honey note, and again not as dense of a scent. It’s clean and takes on a fresher tone as it moves along (sort of shampoo-like) with the emergence of the jasmine and a light rose note.

Citrusy and light honey start moving on to a cleaner floral, and drying down as a light white floral with sweetness and some woods.

Seems somewhat more difficult to come by nowadays. So, you might need to get it from a third party retailer online.

More Floral with Beeswax

Prada La Femme Eau De Parfum Spray, 3.4 Fluid Ounce– A clean floral scent that is led by tuberose and frangipani, along with a warmth of honey and vanilla. As La Femme dries down, it still has the floral sweetness, but the woody base emerges.

This is much more of a floral fragrance than is Illicit. In fact, a developing iris note, will join and add a nice dash of powder to the Prada perfume. The spice is light here, as is the honey note, but both are present and even a later creaminess. Very sophisticated and clean.

Simple, yet quite beautiful daily wear, sort of fragrance. The performance isn’t amazing with this one, but it can be solid enough, and the scent itself is awesome. The fruits and sweetness aren’t the main focus, but this is a solid relation to what we want.

Less Sweet Powerhouse

Scandal by Jean Paul Gaultier Eau de Parfum Spray 50ml– Scandal by JPG for sure shares notes with our target fragrance, as well as, a closely related style. From the start here, you get honey and orange notes like Illicit.

However, the orange is paired is caramel, there is prevalent patchouli, and a distinct beeswax note.

While it does have sweet elements, Scandal has more of a floral profile than Illicit for much of the wear. This one features a strong gardenia note and some additional jasmine.

This Gaultier fragrance is close to being as good as the Jimmy Choo. I guess it comes down to personal tastes, but I like Illicit a bit more in terms of scent.

But, Scandal does have a very strong presence and lasts forever on my skin. So, you do get more performance than the Choo. Scandal Review

 

Creamier without Honey

Roberto Cavalli Eau de Parfum Spray 2.5 oz New Spray– Sweet, smooth, and fresh. This Cavalli fragrance doesn’t always get the recognition that it deserves, but it provides a nice alternative to Illicit without being a clone of it.

Cavalli EDP is headed up by orange flower and vanilla. This one is smooth and fresh, but still brings the enjoyable sweetness to the aroma. Instead of ginger, we get a spicy/sweet pink pepper and a thick amber. 

Pink pepper sits underneath and gives it that warm sweet spice and there is an amber enveloping it all. Bold and versatile scent with a sophisticated air about it. It does develop a lotion-like creaminess in the latter stages. 

Very warm and cozy with additional tonka bean and vanilla. With the amber note, this somewhat substitutes for the honey note, which is absent in Cavalli EDP. Yet, with that, it isn’t a heavy winter perfume and can venture into the warmer months of the year.

White Floral, Honey, Raspberry

Lady Million by Paco Rabanne Eau De Parfum Spray for Women, 2.70 Ounce– Lady Million kicks off with it’s white floral notes, which are much more prominent than in Illicit. Gardenia is the strongest of the lot, with orange flower, and jasmine bringing up the rear. But, that will actually reverse as it moves along.

As far as its overlap with our Jimmy Choo target perfume, Lady Million features: bitter orange, jasmine, amber, and honey. The honey is actually the main attraction in this Paco Rabanne fragrance. 

Light raspberry gives it some sweetness, but it isn’t as sweet as Illict, and features stronger floral notes. Lady Million isn’t as good of a smelling scent versus Illicit, but it does have very nice performance and a potential alternative. Lady Million Review

7 Fragrances that Smell Similar to Clinique Happy

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Clinique’s Happy for Women, is an extremely popular perfume for daily wear, as it is so easy to wear. Yes, it smells nice, but it also has the versatility to be worn in a variety of settings.

Seeing as it is so popular, there are plenty of ladies, who are looking for cheaper comparable aromas or just a perfume in a similar vein. In this post, I want to present 7 fragrances for her, which fit the bill.

Favorite Perfumes that Smell Like Clinique Happy

Inspired Creation

Fruity Orange by Dossier– The other fragrances on this list are going to be scents by other designers that have a similar style.

Fruity Orange, on the other hand, is one that takes Clinique Happy as its inspiration and tries to get as close to the smell as possible. For a cheaper price, of course.

The top notes of citrus and melon, the orange, plum in the base, and green apple in the heart of it all.  Floral notes and musk. It’s not a difficult aroma to recreate and this one from Dossier provides a very nice alternative to what we’re looking for.

Fresh, sparkling, with that aquatic touch.

Similar from Tory Burch

TORY BURCH Eau de Parfum Spray, 3.4 Fluid Ounce– Tory Burch EDP hits a pretty close approximate smell to Happy. It uses the same citrus notes to open with, being a strong mandarin orange and grapefruit.

It is a clean and safe scent for daily wear with peony and neroli, sitting underneath. The Tory Burch has a more of a soapy clean drydown, than does our target fragrance, as that neroli really shines. Quite light and a nice slightly different alternative to the Clinique.

Cheaper Red

360 Red by Perry Ellis for Women EDP Spray, 3.4 Ounce– As far as cheapie comparable fragrances go, 360 Red for Women, is seemingly as close as you’ll get. This one is a bit stronger, has more of a floral profile, and some muskiness.

The citrus opening feels like Happy, but those notes, aren’t as prominent during the latter stages of the wear. The dry down features plenty of orchid, amber, and cyclamen. A very fresh profile and a solid wear for the price.

Closely Related Citrus Floral

Tommy Hilfiger Tommy Girl Eau de Toilette Spray for Women, 3.4 Fluid Ounce– Tommy Girl isn’t the same, but it does provide some of the same sort of aromas and uses as our target fragrance.

Tommy Girl is super fresh with a citrus top and white floral notes including honeysuckle and magnolia, coming in later.

For such a light and summery scent, this one has a surprising complexity and layers to it. What’s great about it (beyond the smell), is how affordable it is, and how well it performs.

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Fruity White Floral

Twirl by Kate Spade for Women Eau De Parfum Spray 3.4 oz– Twirl doesn’t provide you an exact comparison, but it gives you a similar style to the Clinique with less of a pronounced citrus aroma.

Now, the citrus is still there, but Twirl EDP has more of a sweet and semi-aquatic sort of fragrance thanks to its fruity notes, such as watermelon.

The white floral notes include magnolia, orange blossom, and tiare flower. Again, the notes are different but you get the white floral experience, which is surrounded by berry notes and that crisp watermelon.

Twirl isn’t too sweet, to the point of annoyance. It becomes much more balanced and has a nice musk note in the base. However, it for sure is a fruity floral perfume and a nice one from the Kate Spade collection.

Adds Vanilla

Amor Amor By Cacharel For Women. Eau De Toilette Spray 3.4 Oz.– Okay, Amor Amor is a scent that I wanted to include on the list, as a potential alternative. However, it does take things in a bit of a different direction. The floral notes are lighter and different. But, you do get a very close citrus vibe to Happy. The main difference here, is the inclusion of vanilla.

Amor Amor is a very good take on a sweet fruity perfume, that is a solid choice for daily wear. It actually has way more depth, than one might expect.

It is warmer, creamier, with nice amber notes and tonka bean in the dry down. Again, not at all a match of Happy, but using similar notes to accomplish a different smell.

In the Realm of

I Love Love Cheap and Chic by Moschino for Women 3.4 oz Eau de Toilette Spray– I Love Love is an upbeat and citrus fruit laden perfume for women, that strikes a similar chord to the Clinique.

Actually, this is a closer comparable to Light Blue, but with less of the super fresh cedar and no apple. Cheap and Chic is sweet, with grapefruit and lemon, taking on a leading role.

It’s an affordable substitute, for those who want good performance, and a scent in the same general family as Happy. Read my Review

7 Perfumes Similar to Chance Eau Tendre

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If you like Chanel fragrances, not only can there be a ton of different options to try out, they are also quite pricey. That designer quality doesn’t come cheap and can make it worthwhile to look for an alternative with a close style.

For others, it’s not the price, they just want a similar experience…not necessarily a smell alike scent. In this post, I want to cover some options for those who want an aroma like Chance Eau Tendre, but a different take or better price point.

Favorite Similar Perfumes to Chance Eau Tendre

Inspired Chance

Floral Grapefruit by Dossier– I’ve been waiting for a perfume that is a cheaper ‘inspired by’ take on the Eau Tendre formula and Floral Grapefruit from Dossier is the first one that I came across.

This one is more like the EDT version of Chance Eau Tendre rather than the EDP. Up top though, Dossier uses pear and black currant along with grapefruit in lieu of the grapefruit and quince combination of Chanel.

Still, that creates a sparkling and somewhat tart quality that can mimic most of what you get from the designer perfume in terms of smell. 

The rest of the structure is about the same. The price? Right around $30 (as of this update). So, if you want a scent that’s close to a near match, Floral Grapefruit is currently the best bet.

More Wood and Powder

Byredo Mojave Ghost Eau De Parfum Spray 50ml/1.6oz– Mojave Ghost can be a great option for those who want less of the fruity or citrus notes. This one does open up with a more unique sapodilla when compared to grapefruit, but it isn’t too strong nor is it a main highlight.

Mojave Ghost provides enough sweetness, but placed within the framework of something that is light, crisp, and fresh during the opening act.

This one dries down into something that is more powdery and woody underneath, its magnolia-laden heart. It can seem lighter, than it actually is, on the skin. Not a sillage powerhouse, but does have that ‘ghost’-like quality, to remind you that it’s definitely still around.

As it moves along, Mojave Ghost feels like an airy floral, with the aforementioned magnolia and a nice violet touch. Different floral notes, but a similar composition and base with amber and cedar notes, much like Eau Tendre.

A Popular Alternative

Marc Jacobs Daisy by Marc Jacobs 3.4oz 100ml EDT Spray– The most popular fragrance by Marc Jacobs. A feminine and playful floral perfume with notes of violet, vanilla, grapefruit, gardenia, jasmine, and musk.

This one does strike quite a close aroma to Chance Eau Tendre. Not really the same, but fairly related to one another. The violet leaf note, strawberry, and gardenia are the main separators here. Daisy feels more watery, than does the Chanel scent. 

Very sweet and elegant. It opens up with a water floral bouquet, consisting mainly of the violet, but joined by gardenia and jasmine. You also get that bit of citrus a the top, supplied by the grapefruit note, which adds a nice touch away from just being a straight floral fragrance.

 

The dry down gets musky/powdery and the perfume has good performance, in the 7 hour range, on the skin. It’s a best-seller for a reason, it’s quite lovely. Daisy Full Review

Similar with a Tropical Vibe

Bvlgari Omnia Pink Sapphire Eau de Toilette Spray, 2.2 Fl Oz– Pink Sapphire isn’t an one to one match of Eau Tendre. Though, it does share a very similar structure, just taken in a bit of a different direction.

Pink Sapphire is more about the fruity notes, has a tartness, and a semi-tropical vibe to it. Later on in the wear, the two do start to have more of a closer resemblance. This one may be more along the lines of, ‘if you like Chance Eau Tendre, you’ll probably enjoy Pink Sapphire’. 

The grapefruit note is here, paired with pomelo. You get the floral notes and an underlying powdery aroma. The frangipani and tiare flower are what really set them apart. Not the best performer, but a nice wear during the spring and summer. Omnia Pink Sapphire Review

Zara Juice

Apple Juice by Zara– Apple juice is a fresh option that is closer to Eau Tendre EDT versus the EDP version. This one of course has apple up top, along with other citrus notes. 

It’s freshness and similarities with Eau Tendre extend with its use of cedar, jasmine, and musk. It’s fruity notes are different, but much of the middle and base are a dead ringer, and all together it produces a similar effect to the Chanel.

This is a very light perfume, but has that same bubbly kind of personality that we’re looking for. The powdery and musky elements aren’t nearly to the same level as Eau Tendre, but Apple Juice strikes a close resemblance on the whole. 

The Best Cheaper Alternative

Fiori by Vince Camuto– This is probably the best bet currently for the sort of smell we want and it doesn’t break the bank. Fiori gives you that citrus opening of grapefruit, with nectarine, peach, and Bellini. The peachy aroma is more noticeable here, than the grapefruit. 

Add to that, the base notes are the same. Musk (lighter here), cedar, amber. It also shares the jasmine and iris notes. Fiori does have more of a powdery scent and again less of the musk. However, it hits so many of the same notes, that this is going to be a nice alternative. 

Another Inexpensive Option

Incandessence Lotus by Avon– This isn’t an exactly the same perfume either, but it shares a similar style to Eau Tendre EDP, as well as quince and musk. In lieu of the rose, you get peony, as well.  The citrus here is way less prominent and you’ll get more lotus than the peony.

The powdery quality is there, but this has a fresh floral vibe with some added sweetness from the quince and blackberry notes. It’s bright with a watery vibe from the lotus. The sillage isn’t powerful, but you get some decent length of wear with the performance.

This one can be usually had for under $20, so, while it’s not 100 percent there…the price may make it worth a try.