This parfum de toilette offers a distinctive yet delicate scent that’ll ensure you feel fresh throughout the day. If I can be honest with you- L aimant reminds me more Guerlain - in this scent I feel bergamot and tonka like Tonka Imepriale.

The difference is not only in the composition of the fragrance but also the fact that it is difficult to smell the different notes - you get a complex mixed note right away. L'Aimant is a sweet, aldehydic floral perfume with a 1950's boudoir air despite it's biggest success selling in the 1920's and later reformulated and reissued in the 1980's. So, if you use L'Aimant body spray, talc and body-cream after your shower and then have a spray of Chanel No 5 parfum de toilette as a top-layer, nobody would ever guess you were wearing two different scents. These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy. First created by Francois Coty in 1927 for the love of his life, Coty L'Aimant Parfum de Toilette spray is a distinctive, timeless and delicate fragrance that combines rose, orchid and golden jasmin softly embraced with sandalwood and vanilla.

I have not tried L’Aimant in this packaging, but I do have an Emeraude edt from this era, and it is very faint. This was a favourite of my grandmother and my great aunts-they used to tell me stories of the three of them sharing a bottle during the war years and jealously guarding it and making sure that none of them used more drops than the others did-they seem to have eked it out for years. L'Aimant, on me, is a very powdery aldehydic floral with a complex woody base which is there to support and ground the flowers. But, the exact opposite happened: although L'Aimant was very successful, it also succeeded in increasing the demand for Chanel No.

One thing I can say for sure is that I don't find it suits younger people, but more adults, age 50+.

Featuring the Coty L'Aimant scent - a luxuriant combination of rose, orchid, and jasmine, delicately balanced with sandalwood and vanilla - this 50ml (1 fl. I can not speak to its lasting value because other people seem to still smell it on my long after I don't smell it on myself anymore. L’Aimant is the French word for magnet also tying into the inspiration for this sensual fragrance, Francois Coty’s attraction to the love of his life. It is still mostly aldehydic and quite powdery-woody, but not quite so bad as I made it sound a few months ago.

While we strive to provide accurate and helpful information, we cannot guarantee the complete accuracy or reliability of the AI-generated pros and cons.Then, I realize that there are beauties waiting unappreciated and unworn right in my own collection. L'Aimant is very much like Topaze by Avon (which I wear and love) and I suppose similar to Chanel No. If the item comes direct from a manufacturer, it may be delivered in non-retail packaging, such as a plain or unprinted box or plastic bag. To me it doesn't smell as much like anything from Chanel (maybe that reflects the number of reformulations and iterations No.