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What it is: A scent from the botanical gardens of Balenciaga Paris inspired by the woman who is beautiful but dangerous.
Fragrance story: Florabotanica evokes ambivalent, bewitching beauty. Velvety and thorny, it flirts with hemp and vetiver roots. The scent is flowery, developed on a rose note and transforms the wearer into someone who is beautiful but dangerous, like a rare botanical species.
Notes: carnation, wild mint, Turkish rose essence, hemp leaves, vetiver roots, white amber.
Mood: Beautiful, dangerous, rare.
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Balenciaga
Founded in Spain in 1918 by Cristobal Balenciaga, storied luxury house Balenciaga has long played an influential role in global fashion. Now based in Paris with creative director Demna Gvasalia at the helm, the brand continues to push boundaries. Artistic details and unexpected materials bring a new perspective to traditional silhouettes, whether handbags, shoes or statement dresses.
Most helpful positive review
Feb 3, 2013
New Favorite!
This was love at first smell. I walked into Nordstrom, sprayed a little, walked out, walked around and after 10 minutes, I told my husband I had to have it. We walked right back into Nordstrom and he bought me the 1.7 oz. The sales associate also gifted me with 2 adorable minis, so thank you Nordstrom for always being so generous. Okay, onto the review. OMG. This is gorgeous. At first sniff it was a little sharp, green and I got a lot of vetiver. The Turkish rose lingers softly in the background. It's slightly powdery in the dry down and the longer I wear it, the more I smell the hemp, which totally has me swooning. I find this wears close to me, but it's not a skin scent, I had a lovely little cloud around me for a good few hours, so it lasts a pretty long time. This is bewitching and unique. I really have nothing else in my collection that smells anything like this. The packaging is too cute. Overall, I'm in love and this might make it into my top 10 fragrances...at the moment.
arachnesweave
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Most helpful critical review
Feb 23, 2026
Too large to store.
This is way too big, it doesn't fit under the bed to store it so you will need a very large space to put this away when not using it.
Loretta H.
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arachnesweave
Feb 3, 2013
New Favorite!
This was love at first smell. I walked into Nordstrom, sprayed a little, walked out, walked around and after 10 minutes, I told my husband I had to have it. We walked right back into Nordstrom and he bought me the 1.7 oz. The sales associate also gifted me with 2 adorable minis, so thank you Nordstrom for always being so generous. Okay, onto the review. OMG. This is gorgeous. At first sniff it was a little sharp, green and I got a lot of vetiver. The Turkish rose lingers softly in the background. It's slightly powdery in the dry down and the longer I wear it, the more I smell the hemp, which totally has me swooning. I find this wears close to me, but it's not a skin scent, I had a lovely little cloud around me for a good few hours, so it lasts a pretty long time. This is bewitching and unique. I really have nothing else in my collection that smells anything like this. The packaging is too cute. Overall, I'm in love and this might make it into my top 10 fragrances...at the moment.
13found this helpful
PandaKe
Oct 17, 2012
Everything I ever dreamed.
I have always loved Eclat d'Arpege by lanvin and Hermes jardin mediterranee but this one really takes the cake. Its floral and elegant it is very high quality and every note unfolds beautifully! Just wonderful in every way.
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Mares1
Nov 25, 2012
I Want to Smell Like Kristen Stewart
My 15 year old daughter recently said to me, "Mom, I want to smell like Kristen Stewart" and I said, "Excuse me?". Then she brought me a perfume sample page from her Teen Vogue magazine and I laughed. There was a gorgeous photo of Kristen Stewart on the page of an advertisement for Balenciaga Paris 'Florabotanica' Eau de Parfum. I decided my daughter was old enough to finally wear high quality delicious perfume as a Christmas gift. So i went to find the fragrance. I could not find it ANYWHERE....except for Nordstrom OF COURSE. And the kicker was a free gift with purchase! My daughter is going to be thrilled and happy when she opens her Christmas gift this year. Thank you Nordstrom! We love you.
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aspengurl
Mar 24, 2013
This is the ONE
Absolutely beautiful. Not heavy or overpowering. Simply heavenly!
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Maman
Mar 21, 2013
Very Aromatic
Smells absolutely divine. It's not heavy and it's not light. It's just right. Lasts all day. I like how fragrant I smell even at the end of my work day.
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greenangelip
July 26, 2017
Incentivized review
Amazing scent!
Amazing scent... I don't usually care for floral/flowery scents because they tend to be overwhelming and cause alarm with all the nasty ladies in the office that have "perfume allergies"... SMH.
But in the case of Florabotanica, the rose scent is very subtle and keeps coming at you in mild layers, mixed perfectly with all the other scents. A little dab will generally go under the radar with these no sense/no sense ladies and will last all day too - I love it! :)
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