89 community ratings

Heure Exquise

1984WomenClassic

7.9/ 10

Community score
89 ratings

Goutal Heure Exquise is a fresh, green and powdery floral chypre built around hyacinth, Florentine iris and Turkish rose in the heart.

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How does it perform?

From 74 community ratings, all out of 10.

Longevity

7.2 /10

Holds up through the day and fades gently toward evening.

Sillage

6.8 /10

Leaves a light trail and stays polite in a crowd.

Bottle

8.1 /10

Sits nicely on a shelf.

Blind buy risk

Low risk

85% of votes are positive and opinions barely differ.

Notes

They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.

Accords

From most dominant to most subtle.

Fresh
Floral
Green
Sweet
Spicy
Woody
Powdery
Chypre

What does Heure Exquise smell like?

Bergamot opens it with a bright lift, then hyacinth, iris and rose take over: the hyacinth adds a green edge and the iris a powdery softness that tempers the rose. Sandalwood and vetiver form a dry, woody base, with sweet and spicy touches staying in the background.

Longevity is good and sillage moderate, so it stays fairly close to the skin. Most voters pick fall and spring, and it is worn from daytime through evening and leisure. Voters mostly find it feminine and classic. It has been discontinued. Balenciaga Balenciaga and Cacharel Anaïs Anaïs have a close profile.