Old-time aldehydes tinged with smokey soapiness open Climat. This is not a "today" perfume or a "foodie" fragrance, this is a mature perfume, an experience into perfumery on how it used to be done. So...

An oily, vintage style (or possibly my sample merely IS vintage) chypre floral. Not unlike some of the heavier Russian florals I've been experimenting with (and see my swap list), but better blended. ...

Rummaging around in my sample stash I found a small bottle of Climat. Forgotten about it and decided to wear it for the day. This reminds me alot, after a couple hours, of YSL's Rive Gauche. Same kind...

Great green chypre. Starts sharp on the aldheydes with a peachy-powdery accord. Reminds me of YSL Rive Gauche, but without the sharp bitter/dryness of this one, and it goes closer to "Y", another chy...

Climat has a long history of distracting me during my music lessons as a little girl. A lot of women besides my music teacher wore it in the 1970s. It's definitely a classic that defies description. ...

As with many aldehydic perfumes, I find Climat difficult to break down into its component parts as they meld together so beautifully on my skin. It is an aldehydic, green floral with a wonderful spar...

Climat has an immense sentimental value to me because this is the only perfume my grandmother used to wear. She started wearing it in the mid-70s when it first became commercially available in the Sov...

The first time I tested Climat, at a Lancome counter, I was blown away with how beautiful it smells. It is like a classic aldehyde on steroids. If you like Ch #5, Arpege *a lot*, you probably will l...

The fragrance is so warm and luxurious, I love the way it smells on my skin also the staying power is great.

I hate POWDER smell! Climat like one of my bath soap when I was young, and it is so strong, @_@