ELIE SAAB
LE PARFUM IN WHITE

2018

PERFUMER
Jerome Di Marino
Francis Kurkdjian

mandarin
Bergamot
red berries
orange blossom

Jasmine
Peach

Amber
White Musk
Patchouli
Benzoin
Vanilla
Tolu Balsam

Straight away this reminded me of another fragrance; Thameen Royal Sapphire. Which means this is a sweet, floral chypre. I ended up finding Royal Sapphire sweeter than I would’ve loved, given that I bought it mainly as an office scent, but I think with Le Parfum In White, that sweetness matches the expectations more

It’s very fruity and bordering on cloyingly sweet, but it’s contrasted just enough by a clean white musk and that greener, chypre vibe. The more I smell it, the more I get a soapy orange blossom and general floral direction from it, but when smelling the skin up close, I also get more of the (vanillic) amber versus the candy and fruity sweetness.

This is a loud and big scent, that pulls the wearer in many directions; sweet, chypre, clean, fruity, floral; vaguely in that order of magnitude on my skin. Texture wise it gets quite sharp; pulling in some comparisons to the cologne-vibe from Royal Sapphire.

I’d say perfectly unisex, although I have a feeling many men will disagree, given the type of sweetness it has. It’s kind of a weird mix of unabashedly playful, with a sprinkle of classy on top.

I will probably find it cloying on warm days myself, but in colder weather, this wears nicely and it performs very well with light sprays.