REVIEW: Yves Rocher Face Cream – Day ELIXIR JEUNESSE

I received a sample of this cream on my first purchase from Yves Rocher.

On their website it has the following description:

Yves Rocher Face Cream – Day,
REPAIRS SKIN AND PROTECTS AGAINST POLLUTION,
Repair + Anti-pollution,
ELIXIR JEUNESSE

I am not a big fan of face creams and I will probably not buy it again, but I did use it on my face and all I can say is that:

The hydrating action is moderate and the skin might feel a little bit greasy afterwards.
The skin absorbs it in a moderate amount of time.
It is a cream, kind of thick. Definitely not a gel, a serum or a light cream.
It didn’t “solve” my flaky skin. Before applying foundation, I had to apply another hydrating face cream. This was not enough.

What I really LOVED about this cream was the scent.

It is funny how memories are being stored in our mind and the way they work… the olfactive memory is a very distinct kind. It somehow gains a life of its own. Sometimes I smell something and I associate it with a certain feeling, and I am 100% sure that I lived a moment where I encountered that smell, but I cannot recollect the visual memory. It is strange… it is exactly what it’s happening with this smell. I kind of suspect where the memory is from approximately 10 years ago, when my lovely flatmate probably used a similar cream with a similar smell. Maybe that’s why I like it. Or maybe it is just a really nice smell. It doesn’t smell like something you would find in a plant, it is a very distinctive, special, unique and yet absolutely simple smell.