I do respect Rene Lalique for his creations, I really admire his works and love most of their fragrances. Perles is the first Chypre scent I have tried so far. As most people mentioned before, this is a very peppery, dry, but for me mostly a woody scent. There are no strong floral or sweet notes in here. Generally speaking, it feels like a dry and cold scent. Therefore, I believe it is a good perfume for people that dislike fruity, floral, aquatic or heavy warm scents. But these are all features that I prefer in a scent, that is why I had to give this away, it just was not working for me. The EDP bottle is made of frosted glass, very pretty look.