Cacherel Anais Anais

Mum bought me a bottle duty free years ago and I have been using it every since. I have 2 bottles, a 100ml in my bedroom which I spray every morning and a 50ml that I keep in my handbag. I find this perfume light and not overpowering like other fragrances I have come across. It has a lovely floral fragrance which I personally like. Because this perfume has been around for years it has an older style bottle compared to all the gorgeous styles they have now but it is the perfume that counts for me. I have been gifted perfumes and also tried other perfumes but I always have a bottle of Anais Anais. You can also get the perfume in a gift pack which comes with a cream which is also lovely.

This fragrance comes in a mostly white bottle with a gorgeous peachy, orangey coloured flower on the front, just so pretty.

The fragrance itself has a very floral scent with orange blossom being prominent firstly and then you can pick up white lily and jasmine. I have always said I feel this is a scent for older ladies as it is sweet and I do get a hint of powder.

I think you would have to be careful not to over do the application because it can be quite strong to start with, so a little will last a good long while.

Growing up I loved the smell of Anais Anais, mum would wear it often and I was always excited when she had a bottle because it meant that there was a little miniature one waiting for me and my sister to share and boy was it potent!

The full size bottle reminds me of how I’d expect deodorants to come packaged with plastic to match (ugh) so to be frank I prefer the box. However I do love the colour scheme of the bottle. Is there such a thing as soft white? That’s what it looks like, soft white, pastel peachy pink and a touch of green which is a great reflection of the scent.

For all you lovers of talcum powder, this product is like talcum powder in perfume form but better. It’s a musky powdery floral but at the same time there is some degree of sharpness that you’ll either find offensive or go with it.

What I love about this perfume is that it dries down to a lovely creamy soap scent and what do you know I LOVVVEEE SOAP. In addition to that, the staying power is great, I could smell it clear as day at the start of church and still find it lingering on me by the afternoon.

It’s not a perfume you could easily recommend to others just because some would mistake the musky florals as “grandma’s perfume”. As a kid I was unbothered about when to wear it (naturally) but in hindsight if you’re under 20 I would suggest wearing it out at night because I just feel the chemistry is better on the skin.

I remember my Mum having this when I was about 11 (20+ yrs ago). Was strong then and still is today. It does have a lovely scent, just needs to be used sparingly as it takes on a toilet freshener type of smell if too much is used. The packaging is pretty though it is the same from days gone by but if it works, why change it!

This seems to be well-loved scent for many but the first time I smelt it, the cloying powdery sweetness surprisingly didn't give me a headache but was very offensive to my nose. This is a recognisable scent and after smelling it on other people over the years, it comes across as a delicate floral scent that is strong yet not overpowering. To me I would associate it with the vibe of an independent and feminine woman who knows what she wants. I am not a fan of the packaging, very old-fashioned and not my style. Fragrance-wise, I think for the right person, this would be a beautiful wear-everyday perfume.

This is a nice scent but for me in small doses, this is the most floral perfume I have used. I prefer a light floral or fruity scent. Cacherel fragrances do stand out on their own which is why they're classics. The scent lasts well and you would need to apply much. If florals are your go to scent try this one.

This perfume is quite polarising. It has been on sale for many years and can be considered a classic. For me personally, I have never been a fan of this type of scent. It is incredibly powdery, and very synthetic. I find it is in the same vein as Elizabeth Arden's Red Door.

I don't find this perfume to be modern or very young

It's described as a floral, though I don't actually get any flower notes

My Husband bought me this perfume years ago & I have used it ever since. He's fussy about perfumes & the scent of creams, & this is the only one that we both like.

I’ve had Anais Anais in my perfume collection on and off over the years, and while it may have initially been one of my go-to perfumes, that’s definitely not the case anymore so I won’t be repurchasing it. I agree though with Lefemmenikita’s comment below that this perfume can be quite ‘polarising’, there are people out there who really love it, but I’ve grown to DISlike it...

Firstly, it’s a kind of old fuddy duddy-looking bottle. It may have looked sophisticated when it first appeared on the shelves in the late 70’s, but I reckon that kind of pattern is easily what you might find on 1970’s wallpaper or perhaps on the side of a tissue box these days! The actual bottle is also kind of thick and short, lol, there’s really not much shape to it, but it’s not how a perfume looks, it’s how it smells that counts...

Well, first of all, it’s quite a strong scent. A ‘bouquet of flowers’ is a good description, a lot of florally notes seem to come through all at once, although exactly which ones I couldn’t tell you - it’s quite a complex, rich scent. But I wouldn’t call it a subtle or ‘romantic’ bouquet, it’s more a big, full-on, in-your-face, ‘look-at-moi’ bouquet! I guess, over time, I thought I could downplay the smell by just being quite frugal with the amount I sprayed on, but the scent has now come to irritate me somewhat - there’s just no downplaying this rich bouquet!

Maybe it’s the hint of jasmine that comes through as I’ve never really been a fan of jasmine - it can sometimes smell a bit too sweet or ‘sharp’ to my nose. But seeing as jasmine is in quite a few perfumes, I’m not sure if this is the precise reason why I’ve come to dislike the scent of Anais Anais. Maybe it’s just that Anais Anais now seems a bit too overpoweringly floral to me.

I also have to agree with some of the previous comments below that there also seems to be a hint of powder coming through, so if you do like to smell like a walking bouquet mixed with a bit of talc, well this might be the perfume for you! Actually, that might be a bit harsh, the scent is not exactly horrible or offensive, and I did obviously like it when I was younger! So maybe my tastes have just changed over time. My preferences now lean more towards the exotic-yet-subtle-scented perfumes, such as Elizabeth Arden’s Green Tea range.

It may have been around for 40 years, but has the scent of Anais Anais kept pace with the times? My answer to that would be no... It would’ve fit right in in the age of floral-patterned flares and bell sleeves and indeed it would’ve even been fine throughout the 80’s, which is when I first got my whiff of it. But I don’t think it’s that cool in 2019... Old-fashioned and overpowering are the two words I now think of when I think of this perfume.