Soleil Blanc Eau De Parfum

Beachy, sweet, white floral, coconut, tuberose, warm, amber, yellow floral, vanilla, woody, warm spicy, citrusy, sunny, radiant, luminous, feminine, sensual, seductive, sexy, chic, charming, elegant, charming, whimsical, enchanting, dreamy, delightful, captivating, alluring, tempting, addictive, intriguing, inviting, cozy, comforting, nostalgic, transportive This is hands down one of my all time favorite fragrances, and definitely in my top 5! This smells like the hot Sun warming bare skin on a tropical white sand beach! I’d spent many years searching for something exactly like this whenever it was released, and knew this was the one for me! It was one of my first big blind buys, and it smelled even more gorgeous than I’d imagined, and was everything that I was hoping for, and more! I’m a huge fan of this scent profile and beachy/coconut fragrances, although there weren’t a ton of them whenever this launched. At the time, the only others that were similar that I owned were Estée Lauder Bronze Goddess, Bobbi Brown Beach, and Kate Spade Live Colorfully, all of which I still own and thoroughly enjoy! On me this opens citrusy and warm spicy with bergamot, cardamom, pink pepper, savory pistachio. The heart blooms with sweet tuberose, exotic ylang ylang, and lush jasmine. The dry down really shines as it intertwines tropical coconut, warm golden amber, vanillic tonka bean, and cozy and woody benzoin. The most prominent notes on me are the coconut, jasmine, amber, ylang ylang, and tonka bean. I have a mini bottle of the actual perfume itself, but I almost always use my shimmering body oil instead. I’m shocked that it performs almost as well as the perfume, smells identical (as it is TF Soleil Blanc, just the shimmering body oil version), and is only a fraction of the cost! It’s one of the few bottles that I always try to keep a backup of! For reference some of my favorite fragrances include Kayali Yum Boujee Marshmallow, Vanilla 28, Vanilla Candy Rock Sugar, The Wedding Silk Santal, Yum Pistachio Gelato, Kilian LDBS, Princess, Sunkissed Goddess, GdT Celeste, Bianco Latte, PdM Oriana, Nest Sunkissed Hibiscus, Yves Rocher Monoi Eau des Vahines, Replica Beach Walk, Gucci Flora Gorgeous Orchid, Burberry Goddess, The 7 Virtues Vanilla Woods, YSL Black Opium Le Parfum, Guerlain Mon Guerlain, Rosie Jane Dulce, Ellis Brooklyn Marshmallows, Queen’s Caramel, Vanilla Salt, Phlur Heavy Cream, Vanilla Nectar, Beach Skin, SDJ Summer è Amor, 62, 39, VS Vanilla Lace, BBW Beach Nights, Boardwalk Marshmallow Clouds, Whipped Honey & Vanilla, Fireside Flurries

The DNA is somehow similar to Beach Walk by Maison Margiela, but Soleil Blanc keeps it creamier, whiter, and rounder. You can smell the colour white (no, not as a narcotic substance), within different layers that develop after spraying. It does not take you to the beach, but it hugs you with a sunscreen note that brought a beautiful memory to my mind.

Soleil Blanc. This is what summer actually smells like when someone gets it right. I almost didn't buy this. The price tag alone made me hesitate for a week. The fragrance community treats Soleil Blanc as a beach scent. It's doing something far more deliberate than that. Soleil Blanc opens with bergamot and cardamom - creamy, warm, already transporting before it's fully dry on skin. Expensive, yes. But not in a way that announces itself. More in the way certain things just are. The specific feeling of designer sunscreen, golden hour, a villa someone else paid for. It doesn't reach for the obvious move either - no aggressive citrus burning out in an hour. Instead, there's a nuttiness from the pistachio keeping it from going too simple, benzoin sitting soft underneath. The whole thing glows rather than projects. I caved on day six. It stays longer than it has any right to, and it gets compliments - actual unsolicited ones, not the kind you have to fish for. Is it worth the price, strictly speaking? Probably not. But if you're going to overspend on smelling like you have a slow, glamorous, low-effort kind of life, this is the one to overspend on. What's the fragrance you held off on because of the price - and eventually bought anyway? Curious how long everyone else's holdout lasted. #FragranceCommunity #FragranceReview #NichePerfume #LavenderCloudsJD Instagram · @lavendercloudsjd