Balahe

I love this scent. To me it’s a mix of Cest LA Vie and Loulou, which are two fragrances that I love. It’s a soft powder and floral mixture with a tad bit of green on me. A very hard fragrance to find now.

read the reviews and rushed to my closet to find this old forgotten bottle of eau the toilette still waiting there half used. my husband brought it to me from abroad more then 20 years ago. did'nt like it then and still don't appreciate it very much today. at the beginning it's too sweet and heavy . does'nt have a bit of freshness to lighten up the juice. then after about half an hour it softens a bit and stays close to the skin. longevity good sillage moderate. the bottle is interesting and special .nice

Chat Lunatique described this scent very well. I just happen not to like it. It's a bit on the heavy side, and it does have the vintage air about it. I find it spicy and a bit boring, as it smells very similar to many other older fragrances.

Now that i have also a huge bottle of EDT version in original formulation and "newer"version i can compare both pure parfum and EDT versions. To me they smell a bit different: EDT is more sharp,but parfum is more softer. But i like them both. Really. Very much. EDT review in original formulation 100ml bottle: At first it is sharp and very much like Ungaro´s "Desnuda" to me but much more spicier and it might even scare you off. While Desnuda is more sharp and sopay in the opening Balahe is much softer and creamier and powdery. But then it settles down and fruit notes come through with a powder note. It is so pleasantly spicy that i can´t stop enjoying it and the more you wait it indeed gets better. Just give it a chance to settle down and you will love it even more! I am loving it all the way: top-middle-drydown. The lasting power is very-very good. Try this at colder time of the year and you will feel yourself very outstanding from the rest of the crowd. Truly remarkable and very unique scent. My precious!(indeed) :) I can´t really tell the difference between original formula nad re-release, i have both of them in different sizes (2x100ml and 50ml), to my nose they smell both amazing and the same. Maybe the later formula is not as much intense as the first one, but still this is a powerful fragrance with great projection. My collection of Balahe bottles is growing and it makes me feel soooo good. It is definitly in my top favorites of all time!! Never want to run out of it.

I was sent a sample of this and it’s really impressive. It smells like a much better (and even I’d say updated, though it’s older) Lou Lou. I finally had to accept that I don’t enjoy Lou Lou. I gave my vintage to my niece. It was smoky bubblegum and dolls head to me. I had a few moments with it but in the end I mostly ended up being repulsed by it. There is very little smoke in Balahe nor is there any dollhead, however it’s the exact same plummy fruit note with spices. Far less like Poison than Lou Lou as well (although I do prefer Poison to both of these. It’s an old love of mine) This also has a lipstick waxy note (subtle). Maybe, the scent of candle wax. This perfume does not smell dated at all to me. I am really blown away that this came out in 1983. Girly, but…womanly, too. Romantic. Sexy. All of the above. I am kinda enchanted by this. The plum is berry-ish and tart and sweet. I do indeed pick up the pineapple, also. Projects very well, so far. Can’t comment yet on longevity.