French Avenue · 2024
Lumière Elle Eau de Parfum
Longevity
Very long8-12 hours
Projection
ModerateFills your personal space
Polarising
Divisive
floral
romantic
bright mandarin and ginger with creamy amber and rose petals
Scent Notes
Floral
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Snapshot
The full profile.
About This Perfume
French Avenue Lumière Elle comes across as bright mandarin and ginger with creamy amber and rose petals. It opens with ginger, mandarin orange and pear, moves into jasmine, orange blossom and rose and settles on ambergris, Peruvian blossoms and sandalwood. It reads unisex.
This eau de parfum works across all four seasons and is a daytime scent. A good pick for date nights. Released in 2024.
Wearers report that it lasts through a full day, and projects to about arm's length.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone after something floral and romantic for date nights.
- Sample first if: you are unsure about strong floral notes; this one divides opinion.
- Skip if: you dislike fresh fragrances.
Around $40.
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The verdict
Best for
Best for
- Date
The Brand
French Avenue
140+ French Avenue perfumes are on Scendira, priced from about $25 to $90.
Most-Discussed French Avenue Perfumes on Scendira
French Avenue Liquid Brun, French Avenue Vulcan Feu and French Avenue Spectre Ghost lead the conversation about French Avenue.
The notes in each pick
French Avenue Liquid Brun (Eau de Parfum, 2024) smells like warm spiced vanilla cream with a hint of citrus brightness, starting with orange blossom and cardamom before praline, gaiac wood and musk take over. French Avenue Vulcan Feu (Eau de Parfum, 2025) reads as juicy mango and ginger with creamy vanilla warmth underneath, opening on mango and lemon and drying down to tonka bean, cedar and ambergris. French Avenue Spectre Ghost (Eau de Parfum, 2023) is described as spiced vanilla with a whisper of rose and cedar; the opening brings green notes and bergamot, and the base settles on vanilla, benzoin and ambergris.
More houses are on the brands page; for scents in the same families, try gourmand perfumes or floral perfumes.
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FAQ
Common questions.
It smells like bright mandarin and ginger with creamy amber and rose petals. It opens with ginger, mandarin orange and pear, moves into jasmine, orange blossom and rose and settles on ambergris, Peruvian blossoms and sandalwood.
Wearers report that it lasts through a full day, and projects to about arm's length.
It works across all four seasons. It is a daytime scent. It suits date nights.
It reads unisex.
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