The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
Etriel Fleur sits within LC Waikiki's catalogue of accessible everyday scents, a collection that covers florals, orientals, gourmands, and fresh aquatics. The brand is best known for clothing, with fragrance as one of its product categories. Etriel Fleur lands squarely in the clean floral space, a straightforward floral built around aldehydes, cyclamen, ylang-ylang, jasmine, amber, vanilla, and woody notes. No named perfumer is credited on the composition. Released as part of the broader catalogue, it joins other options like Etriel Romantic and Etriel Glamour, occupying the same floral territory with its own take on aldehyde-green freshness and soft floral heart.
The aldehyde-green opening is the most distinctive choice in the composition, bringing a bright, soapy, slightly fizzy lift to the first minutes of wear. Cyclamen in the heart adds a modern, watery softness that keeps the florals feeling cool and translucent rather than dense. Ylang-ylang and jasmine do the heavy lifting in the heart, but it's the green accord in the top that keeps the composition from sliding into predictable sweetness.
The evolution
The first 15 minutes are the sharpest moment. Aldehydes sparkle over bergamot and green notes, almost fizzy, like the scent of opening a fresh tin of something powdery. There's a vintage lipstick-counter quality to it, clean and bright. By the 30-minute mark, the aldehydes settle and the florals move in. Ylang-ylang brings its banana-tinged sweetness, jasmine adds warmth, and cyclamen gives the heart a cool, watery edge. The whole thing feels like a soft-focus photograph, pleasant, slightly hazy. After 2 hours, the base takes over. Amber and vanilla smooth the edges, the woody notes provide a quiet structure, and the musk keeps everything close to skin. By hour 5 or 6, what's left is a faint warm-cream trace, not much projection, but still present on clothes the next morning. It fades gently rather than disappearing, which suits its character.
Cultural impact
Etriel Fleur is a clean, aldehyde-driven floral built around a green opening note, a cyclamen-softened heart, and a warm amber-vanilla base. Within LC Waikiki's catalogue, it sits alongside other offerings, with names like Dark Black and Ultimate Black also listed among the brand's scent options. The aldehyde-green opening gives the scent a bright, soapy character at first spray, a slightly fizzy, almost metallic lift that reads as clean and fresh rather than heavy or indolic.
