Pour Femme
Perfumer: Benoist Lapouza
16 ratings
From your scent profile
Pierre Cardin Pour Femme is a floral, fruity and sweet women's fragrance built around apple, blackcurrant and rose, leaning towards daily wear.
Skunky's take: Floral accords up front; keep it from the bees.
How does it perform?
From 17 community ratings, all out of 10.
Holds up through the day and fades gently toward evening.
Leaves a light trail and stays polite in a crowd.
Looks good without trying too hard.
Blind buy risk
69% of votes are positive, the rest are more reserved.
Notes
They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.
Top notesfirst 15 minutes
Heart notesfirst few hours
Base noteswhat stays into the evening
Accords
From most dominant to most subtle.
- Floral
- Fruity
- Sweet
- Gourmand
- Spicy
- Woody
- Oriental
- Powdery
Floral
Fruity
Sweet
Gourmand
Spicy
Woody
Oriental
PowderyWhat does Pour Femme smell like?
Voters pick it mostly for daytime and leisure, with business, evening and night out getting fewer votes. Longevity is rated good and sillage moderate. It is positioned as a feminine scent and has been discontinued.
The top opens with apple, blackcurrant, orange and cinnamon. The heart is floral: rose, violet, jasmine, hawthorn and lily of the valley. In the base, vanilla, caramel, tonka bean, amber and sandalwood sweeten it and leave a powdery, woody warmth. Yves Saint Laurent Manifesto and Hervé Léger Hervé Léger have a close profile.
How it changes through the day
First minutes
- Apple
- Blackcurrant
- Orange
First hours
- Hawthorn
- Rose
- Violet
Towards evening
- Amber
- Vetiver
- Sandalwood
When to wear it?
Seasons and occasions, by user votes.
- 33%Autumn
- 25%Winter
- 25%Spring
- 17%Summer
Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer- Daytime26%
- Casual26%
- Nighttime16%
- Office16%
- Evening16%
Smells like this
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Last updated: October 26, 2026