Tea Time à Paris Tartelette Citron by Jeanne Arthes bottle
Jeanne Arthes

Tea Time à Paris Tartelette Citron

3.9/5 · 131 votes Feminine 2024
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Longevity1.8/5
Sillage2.0/5
Day96
Night8
Summer100
Spring79
Fall13
Winter8
Our take

This opens with a bright, almost aggressive spritz of lemon and ginger, the apple adding a crisp green sweetness that keeps the citrus from going full cleaning product. The heart is where the name Tartelette Citron makes sense, jasmine and freesia folding into a soft white woods base that reads like powdered sugar on a tart shell, floral and faintly creamy. The dry down is a polite whisper of musk and cedar with a dusty amber warmth, but honestly, the whole thing evaporates so fast you barely register it.

Imagine a lemon tart sitting on a lace doily in a sunlit Parisian patisserie, except someone whisked it away before you could take a second bite. That is this fragrance, a perfectly pleasant burst of lemony freshness that feels clean, slightly synthetic in the way drugstore florals are, and utterly weightless. With longevity scraping under two hours and sillage barely a skin scent after thirty minutes, it is a spritz and forget affair, a fleeting mood rather than a statement.

This scent suits someone who wants a light, cheerful pick me up for a warm morning, a quick errand, or a casual brunch where you will reapply after the coffee arrives. Skip it if you expect presence or performance, or if you find lemon scents too sharp and simple. It is a cheerful little ghost, pretty while it lasts.

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