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Coco Mademoiselle EDP vs Flowerbomb Perfume Comparison

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Coco Mademoiselle is one of the more popular fragrances for women by Chanel. Citrus, floral, and patchouli help to make it approachable and dynamic. Another fruit-chouli scent, is the best selling Flowerbomb by Viktor & Rolf.

With these similarities, it is no wonder that these perfumes often get compared as potential options. However, which one is actually better? Which lasts longer?

Quick Overview

Flowerbomb is the narrow overall winner because its sweeter, fruitier opening is a little more enjoyable. Osmanthus gives it a jammy, almost peach-like quality alongside bergamot, tea, patchouli, and vanilla, creating a warm and immediately appealing start.

Coco Mademoiselle is less sweet and more citrus-floral, with orange, neroli, jasmine, rose, ylang-ylang, musk, and patchouli. It has the advantage in longevity and versatility, reaching beyond 12 hours in testing and handling spring or warmer conditions better than Flowerbomb.

Projection is essentially even, with both sitting well above average. Flowerbomb lasts around 10–12 hours and wins on overall aroma by a small margin, while Coco Mademoiselle is the better pick for someone who wants a less sweet fragrance with stronger jasmine and slightly broader use.

Category Coco Mademoiselle EDP Flowerbomb Winner
Opening Opens as a citrusy fruity-floral with orange, neroli, jasmine, rose, ylang-ylang, musk, and patchouli. Bright, polished, and less sweet. Starts sweeter and fruitier with jammy osmanthus, bergamot, tea, patchouli, and vanilla. Rose and orchid appear more as it develops. Flowerbomb
Projection Well above average and strong enough that over-spraying can become excessive. Also well above average and possibly a touch stronger, though the difference is too small to call confidently. Push
Longevity Can last beyond 12 hours and has excellent staying power on both skin and clothing. Usually lasts around 10–12 hours on skin and can linger on clothing for days. Coco Mademoiselle
Versatility Works through fall, winter, and deeper into spring. Its lower sweetness also makes it slightly better for warmer weather and dressier situations. Best during fall and winter, though it can work day or night. Sweeter and less flexible once temperatures rise. Coco Mademoiselle
Overall Scent A bold orange, jasmine, patchouli, and vanilla fragrance with no major weaknesses. Better for those who want something less sweet. Sweeter and fruitier, with osmanthus, tea, patchouli, florals, and vanilla. More immediately appealing if you enjoy a rich, mass-appealing floral gourmand style. Flowerbomb

Tale of the Tape: Flowerbomb vs. Coco Mademoiselle

Coco Mademoiselle

Notes include: jasmine, rose, orange, patchouli, vetiver

Click here to try: Coco Mademoiselle

Read my review: Mademoiselle

Flowerbomb

Notes include: Centifolia Rose, Sambac Jasmine, Cattleya Orchid, India Osmanthus, tea, bergamot, patchouli, musk, and vanilla

Click here to try: Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb Eau De Parfum Spray for Women, 3.4 Fl Oz

Read my review: Flowerbomb EDP

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Opening

With Flowerbomb, you get an initial burst of sweetness and fruitiness. The osmanthus flower gives you a jammy sort of aroma, sweet almost-peach like that is paired with bergamot citrus.

Tea, patchouli, and vanilla are also present coming from the heart and base notes. The rose and orchid will have their moments, but very early stages it is osmanthus, tea, and patchouli taking turns.

Meanwhile, Coco Mademoiselle begins more as a fruity floral fragrance. More specifically, it is a blend of citrus, neroli, jasmine, rose and ylang ylang peaking through. A little more musk, but it also has about the same level of patchouli, maybe a stronger presence early on.

Which is better?

I actually like both of them a lot in their early stages. It’s not too easy of a call. But, I really have always loved the opening act of Flowerbomb. The sweetness and fruitiness is great, also tea and patchouli really helps to tie the whole thing together.

Edge: Flowerbomb

Projection

These two perfumes are well above average in terms of sillage and projection. Strong enough to be over-sprayed, just not absolute monsters with how they do with normal application.

Really, I don’t notice much of a difference here. Maybe Flowerbomb is a bit stronger, but I’m not entirely sure that it’s the case.

As such, I’m going to call the category even.

Edge: Push

Longevity

Both of these fragrances have great longevity. Really, it’s a nice change of pace to compare two popular perfumes with such staying power.

With Flowerbomb, it will go over 10 hours, on my skin. On clothes, it goes for days. The actual amount of time falls somewhere between, 10 to 12 hours. That’s where it seems to max out at.

Coco Mademoiselle also does all that. However, I’ve actually tested it to over 12 hours before, something which Flowerbomb doesn’t seem to reach.

Again, you won’t be disappointed with the performance of either, but the Chanel does have a slight advantage.

Edge: Mademoiselle

Versatility

Seasonally, I think that Coco Mademoiselle has some advantage. Both of these can work in autumn and winter, with Flowerbomb being much better in those seasons.

But, Mademoiselle can go deeper into the springtime and holds up better when it is warmer out. Neither is a summer fragrance, but the Chanel has more flexibility.

Both can go day or night just fine. They each have a level of sexiness. I think that Coco Mademoiselle, not having the same level of sweetness might be better in some more formal situations than Flowerbomb. Though, neither is a formal type of fragrance.

Not a massive distinction here, either. Coco Mademoiselle does take the category, anyway.

Edge: Mademoiselle

Overall Scent

Really, this is a tough comparison post to do, as these fragrances are just about neck and neck by almost all attributes.

With Mademoiselle, I like the bold orange opening act and the vanilla notes in the dry down. The jasmine and patchouli are also awesome. Really, the scent doesn’t have any glaring weaknesses.

It lasts longer than Flowerbomb and has about the same peak in strength, with better sustainability.

At the end of the day, I think I personally prefer the aroma of Flowerbomb (get from Amazon) more so than the Chanel. Not by much, but I like the sweetness and fruitier facets of this perfume versus Mademoiselle.

If you want a less sweet, fragrance with a great jasmine note, you might go with Mademoiselle.

If you like the sweetness and the mass appealing nature of the patchouli and floral notes, you should probably go with Flowerbomb. Me, I fall more in the latter camp, while not thinking you can go wrong with either.

Winner: Flowerbomb

Flowerbomb vs. Ruby Orchid

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Flowerbomb has been a longtime best seller for Viktor & Rolf. So, it has naturally spun off a ton of flanker fragrances under its banner. One of the more recent editions is, Flowerbomb Ruby Orchid. I had tested and worn both of these perfumes out and am ready to compare them head to head on this page. Which smells better? Lasts longer? Is the better buy?

Tale of the Tape: Flowerbomb vs. Ruby Orchid

Flowerbomb

Notes include: Centifolia Rose, Sambac Jasmine, Cattleya Orchid, India Osmanthus, tea, bergamot, patchouli, musk, and vanilla

Click here to try: Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb Eau De Parfum Spray for Women, 3.4 Fl Oz

Read my review: Flowerbomb EDP

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Flowerbomb Ruby Orchid

Notes include: peach, vanilla bean, ruby orchid accord , peach vine

Click here to try: At Sephora

Read my Review: Flowerbomb Ruby Orchid

Opening

With Flowerbomb, you get an initial burst of sweetness and fruitiness. The osmanthus flower provides a jam-like feeling, sweet almost-peachy that is paired with bergamot citrus.

Tea, patchouli, and vanilla are also present coming from the heart and base notes. The rose and orchid will have their moments, but absolute beginning it is osmanthus, tea, and patchouli taking turns.

Ruby Orchid is quite similar with how it starts off. The osmanthus is replaced by an actual peach note, still very sweet and jammy. But, there is also a peach vine note here, which gives this edition a greenish aroma to some extent.

The vanilla bean comes across as being thick and syrupy at the start and Ruby Orchid does indeed have a heavy dose of orchid than the original.

Which do I prefer? They are pretty close, but I still like the original formulation more so at this stage. I like the osmanthus and tea notes more than the vine and peach.

Edge: Flowerbomb

Projection

Both of these fragrances start off strong, will leave scent trails behind, and can command attention. But, Flowerbomb hits a higher peak, and stays up there for a longer time.

With  Ruby Orchid, you get a strong opening act, but it is much softer throughout the duration of the wear. Never weak, just not the same type of power.

I actually thought that it might sustain that level of projection and sillage, but the peach and peach vine settle down. The opening act of Orchid is much sweeter than the back half.

Edge: Flowerbomb

Longevity

Flowerbomb lasts on my skin for 10 hours, and sometimes, it can go for around 12. Really, this original version is great with its performance while I’m wearing it.

I’ve tried newer batches and for me, the performance hasn’t noticeably taken a step back since the initial release.

Ruby Orchid is still good, just never hits that same level. On me, it stuck around for 7-7.5 hours of wear. A lot of the flanker perfumes in this V&R series, don’t match the same level as the original Flowerbomb, and this is no exception.

By no means horrible, but there’s a clear winner.

Edge: Flowerbomb

Versatility

These two are very similar in terms of when to use. Autumn and winter, mainly. Ruby Orchid might be slightly better in the springtime, but it skews younger with its demographic a little too.

Both are good for casual, nightlife wear, etc. I’d say Flowerbomb has more sex appeal than its flanker.

They’re kind of even in this category. Very versatile perfumes with scents that are easy crowd pleasers.

Edge: Push

Overall Scent

Overall, it’s almost nearly a clean sweep for the original Flowerbomb. I prefer it to Ruby Orchid, without a doubt.

I do like aspects of Ruby. The peach, the green vine note, and the heavier use of orchid. Still, all of those don’t match my enjoyment of tea, osmanthus, and patchouli I get from Flowerbomb.

The dry down with Ruby Orchid is mostly about the vanilla and orchid. Still has its sugary sweet aspects, but also a slight powdery aroma begins to come through, also.

Ruby Orchid has enough similarities with the original, but its differences aren’t really enough for it to be the better perfume.

They are similar scents, the flanker doesn’t go wildly in its own direction. So, if you like one, you’ll probably like the other. That’s the case here, I like both, but I’ve always enjoyed the original.

It takes the win.

Winner: Flowerbomb

Flowerbomb Dew by Viktor & Rolf

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Flowerbomb Dew was a flanker of the popular perfume line which was released in 2020. I got a sample of this as part of my progress of reviewing most (if not, all) of the Flowerbomb perfumes for this site. How does Dew Smell? Does it last long? Is it worth a try?

What does Flowerbomb Dew Smell Like?

Notes include: pear, dew drop, musk mallow, bergamot, rose, iris, heliotrope, musk, cashmeran

Click here to try: Flowerbomb Dew

My Full Wear Review

The opening of Dew, does indeed have a light watery freshness to it. Between the pear and the dew drop, it’s really to be expected.

While it is sweet, somewhat fruity early on, it’s never dominant in the mix. Musk mallow, musk, and the powdery floral notes are already a factor. Iris, seems to poke through more early, but in the dry down I get more heliotrope aroma.

Much of what you’re getting with Flowerbomb Dew, is already apparent in the opening act. The aquatic dew drop element will subside, as will any bergamot, and eventually the pear too.

It goes from being a sweeter musky floral (led by the iris) to a musky more generic powdery aroma, that’s a mix of the floral notes. I do get periods which the rose is somewhat of a factor, but it really doesn’t pop out, on my skin.

Sillage, Longevity, and Versatility

Sillage wise, this is average at its peak, and pretty darn light outside of that. It doesn’t completely disappear for me, but Dew is in skin scent territory a couple of hours into the wear.

That’s its main weakness.

How long does it stick around? Somewhere in the six hour range, for me, on skin. Again, it’s not a massively powerful scent at that point, but I do still detect it. Musk and mostly the iris note remain.

Seasonally, this is pretty much a year round sort of fragrance. It’s powder isn’t a heavy one, so, it doesn’t get bogged down much in the heat. That fresh opening really helps. Maybe not a pure winter scent and that’s not when Dew will be at its best.

This is very versatile as a daily wear perfume. It can go casual to semi-formal and be fine for most occasions. Another fragrance would be in order if you need a formal wear, nightlife, or something that is sexy.

Dew is pleasant and attractive, not one that is inherently seductive.

Overall Impression of Flowerbomb Dew

Overall, do I like Dew? Yes, I think that it is a solid flanker, on the whole. Not the best of the Flowerbomb lineup, but I’d put it in the upper half.

Dew is a very simple fragrance. The pear and dew drop add a lightness and aquatic sort of feeling to it. You get musky florals with powdery heliotrope and iris. It’s easy to wear and all around pleasant.

It’s just not going to be a massive performer. So, if you need something with more power, you might want to go with something else besides this V&R release.

I do wish it had some further reach and ability to stick around longer, at a stronger level. But, on the smell alone, I like this Flowerbomb. I prefer the original, Midnight, and Ruby Orchid to this for sure though.

I would probably want to get a significant discount, if I were going to give Flowerbomb Dew a try. At full price, the performance isn’t really worth the admission.

Flowerbomb Midnight by Viktor & Rolf

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Midnight is another Flowerbomb flanker. This entry into the long-running series, was released in 2019. I grabbed a sample of this and Flowerbomb Dew, with my last order of fragrances that I bought online. How does Midnight smell? Does it last long? Is it actually worth a try?

What does Flowerbomb Midnight Smell Like?

Notes include: blackcurrant, pomegranate, Night blooming jasmine, peony, white musk, vanilla

Click here to buy: Flowerbomb Midnight

My Full Review

I guess they gave this one the title of ‘Midnight’ due to the jasmine note, being night blooming. But, the reality is that this isn’t a dark kind of fragrance.

Actually, it’s actually quite upbeat and has a playful sort of vibe to it. Yet, it develops into something much more mature.

The opening is fruity and juicy. A sweet and somewhat tart blend of pomegranate and blackcurrant. Initially, it’s a juicier pomegranate, before this takes on a jammy kind of fruitiness that some others in the Flowerbomb series have.

Not overly heavy. In fact, Flowerbomb Midnight has a definitely light freshness to it.  Not quite aquatic, but a somewhat similar effect.

The fruitiness is pretty short-lived, in its dominance. Midnight will then shift into a musky floral fragrance.

The rest of the way is basically a balanced blend of the peony and jasmine. With touches of vanilla, some of the remaining fruity sweetness, and a solid amount of musk.

At times, the jasmine really stands out on my skin. Others, I get more peony, but still very balanced between them.

Sillage, Longevity, and Versatility

This does have a lighter sillage. The freshness hangs gently in the air, but I actually find the projection to be pretty good. At least for the first, 1-2 hours of wear.

Thereafter, Flowerbomb Midnight will be a more intimate fragrance sitting within 3 feet of the skin, until it fades away completely.

The longevity here is okay. Don’t expect it to be great or anything approaching it. On my skin, Midnight will go for 6-6.5 hours in totality. Again, not bad, just nothing impressive.

Seasonally, this is going to be at its best autumn through spring. I’d say slightly chilly to moderate, is when Midnight peaks.

This is a versatile and pretty sort of scent. Again, it doesn’t seem to be dark or anything like that despite the name. Not really a sexy nightlife scent. However, the rest of the time, Midnight can fit in very well.

It’s a musky floral blend for much of the wear, so, it’s never going to stand out in a negative way.

Overall Impressions of Flowerbomb Midnight

Overall, do I like Flowerbomb Midnight? Yes, I do. I think that this is one of my favorite flankers of the series thus far.

It’s in my top four. The original is my favorite. Midnight ranks somewhere with Nectar and Ruby Orchid. I’m not sure any of them has an upper hand versus the other two.

I do really enjoy the pomegranate opening act. I wish that got more time to hang around. However, what you do get, is quite nice and a fun scent.

The dry down is more basic. Still, it does everything well. Good balance between the peony and jasmine, not overly musky, and with enough sweetness to keep me interested.

The performance could be better. I don’t mind the softer feel to this, but I’d like it to last longer than that six hour range. Nonetheless, Flowerbomb Midnight is worth checking out, if you get a chance. Not a ‘must have’, just a solid entry from Viktor & Rolf.

Flowerbomb Bloom by Viktor & Rolf

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Bloom is another of the Flowerbomb series, that I have recently been testing out. This is one that came out back in 2017 and I was unsure of whether or not I had come in contact with it already. Turns out, no. But, I’ve put it through its paces, in order to give it a full review. How does it smell? When should it be worn? Is it worth a try?

What does Flowerbomb Bloom Smell Like?

Notes include: pomegranate, living liquid air, freesia, rose, jasmine, wood, orange

My Full Review

Here’s how V&R describes it: Flowerbomb Bloom is a new interpretation of the iconic fragrance, an explosion of fresh flowers caressed with a breath of cool mountain air. A surreal floral bouquet is intertwined with the delicious notes of patchouli and musk and enveloped in innovative pure liquid air molecules.

Bloom opens up much colder and fresher than the others in the series. You can still tell that it’s related, but I’d say that this is probably the most unique distinct from the rest.

The mountain air note actually does provide that thrill of an atmospheric freshness and plays well off of the woody base note. That being, a pretty generic wood, rather than anything specific.

The pomegranate note is the most noticeable, up top. Yet, it’s kind of disappointing, as I expected a juicier and fuller ingredient based on the description. It’s got more of a melon watery quality. Still nice, but it’s been done better elsewhere. There is a slight citrus for a little bit, just not too long or intense.

Bloom lacks a lot of the thickness and the patchouli that is found in the rest of the series. This allows it to have a greater range of use in the warmer weather. The main floral note here is freesia, which also sets it apart.

The final dry down is a cool blend of freesia, a touch of rose, wood, maybe some musk, and the remaining pomegranate note.

Sillage, Longevity, and Versatility

Sillage wise, this one is pretty moderate and not nearly as heavy nor with the same ability to project as most of the other Flowerbomb’s. This isn’t completely soft or weak, still above average, just nothing that explodes off of the skin.

I get around 7 hours of wear from Bloom. It’s fine for most occasions, just nothing that goes above and beyond what you’d expect from a scent like this.

Seasonally, this is a springtime wear, primarily. Not as summery as Bomblicious, but kind of too cold for the winter. If it’s not too hot or too cold, Bloom should work though. The name kind of reveals its role.

Within that space, it’s more of a casual or daily wear. It’s not really going to offend, it’s pleasant for what it is, but not much of a sexy nightlife option or anything.

Bloom has its prettier moments and should have plenty of use in a collection. It just might not be a signature scent for most people.

Overall Impressions of Flowerbomb Bloom

Do I like this one? It’s pretty good, but nothing that I get too excited about smelling. It’s not the worst of the Flowerbomb flankers, but it isn’t as good as Nectar or Ruby Orchid, in my opinion.

The mountain air accord was a touch that I enjoyed with Bloom. The pomegranate isn’t as good, as I had hoped for, but still nice enough.

The rest of it, is decent, somewhat attractive, but rather bland. The freesia is good for what it is, but there’s just not much of interest here.