Photo: Mr Parfumista (c)
Jeunesse is the most stirking of the Pacific Collection trio. Jeunesse is, just as the name indicates, a young, sparkling and happy fragrance. And of course, as the sterotype of young girls perfumes of today, it's a pink, fruity-berry floral. The perfumer of Jeunesse is Aurelien Guichard, the housenose of Parfums Robert Piguet.
Jeunesse starts sparkling berry-fruity, after a while some slight creamy notes also appears.There something in the texture of the fragrance that intermediate the impression of meringues. If Jeunesse has a color, it is definitly intensive, medium, pink or cerise. The fruity notes are an interpaly between raspberry, blackberry and I also smell a fresh almost peachy note, even if not mentioned among the notes. Maybe it's the pomegranate. Even if wearing Jeunesse is like swimming in a fruity/berry meringuie dessert it's not overhelming sweet, this is prevented by the interplay between the contrasting sweet and sour fruity notes. When it comes to the flowery notes they are the second players in this fragrance, in Jeunesse the fruits and berries are the stars of the show. Jeunesse is based on a white pleasent musk, not the laudery version. which has taken over many muskbased fragrances the latest year. As Jeunesse mingles in the basenotes, the fragrance deepens and get a bit darker and there is a note similar to mango appearing. In this stage Jeunesse reminds me of a lighter version of Jo Loves....A shot of oud over mango but without the oud.
Usually I don't have opinons about which ages a fragrance fits for but when it comes to Jeunesse it is indeed very young, at least in the top and middlenotes. This should of course not prevent anybody to wear it when longing for a sparkling, juicy, happy and uncomplicated fragrance and in the basenotes, Jeunesse is age-neutral. The sillage of Jeunesse is quite impressie to be a "regulated" 2012 composition and the longevity is very good about 24 h. Finally, Jeunesse as a concept reminds me of Baby Doll Paris by Yves Saint Laurent where Jeunesse is a creamy and Baby Doll a sharper interpretation of the pink fruity theme.
Rating: 4+
Notes: Blackberry, raspberry, pomegranate, different florals, musk
Dear Parumistan
SvaraRaderaI'm interested to know whether you think this actually pulls of the trick of achieving a creamy berry without falling over into sickliness?
You suggest that it does, but I'm a little concerned at your suggestion this is for younger ladies only, why so?
Yours ever
The Perfumed Dandy
Dear PD,
SvaraRaderaAt least for me it achieves a creamy berry texture without beeing to sweet. It's not the sugary pink-fruity smell that is common in frags intended to the teenagers. Even if young in style, the absense of the sugary sweetness makes Jeunesse wearable for every age, when needing some happiness. It is well worth trying (like all Piguets :-)