Jun 17, 2021 14:25
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French term
fraîcheur givrée
French to English
Marketing
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
Perfume
Can any of the perfume experts help me with an English translation of "fraîcheur givrée" ?
It seems to be from a French translation of a Russian article about Chanel N°5
"profond, velouté, floral et en même temps d’une fraîcheur givrée"
Thank you.
It seems to be from a French translation of a Russian article about Chanel N°5
"profond, velouté, floral et en même temps d’une fraîcheur givrée"
Thank you.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | crisply cool |
Shilpa Baliga
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| 3 +6 | frosty freshness |
Mpoma
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| 3 +4 | icy freshness |
Bruno Dutra
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| 3 +2 | with a cool sparkle |
Helene Tammik
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Proposed translations
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39 mins
Shilpa Baliga
Native in English
Chef and ex-restauranteur
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Catalan to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
French term (edited):
d’une fraîcheur givrée
Selected
crisply cool
Another idea
Note from asker:
| I read something about N°5 having the crispness of fresh linen. |
Peer comment(s):
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Yvonne Gallagher
: Why not? A good pun on "cool" and "crisp" often used in terms of elegant, which No 5 definitely is!
3 hrs
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Thanks!
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Julie Barber
5 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks!"
+4
21 mins
Bruno Dutra
Brazil
Brazil
Specializes in field
Brazil
Subtitling & Translations ENG/FRENCH/SPA
Native in: Portuguese (Variants: Brazilian, European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 4 more.
icy freshness
suggestion
Peer comment(s):
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Melanie Kathan
: Yes, something along these lines. Icy or frosty freshness.
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Philippa Smith
21 mins
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thank you very much
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Samuël Buysschaert
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thank you very much
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Mpoma
: Owww! Too strong! that would be "fraîcheur *glaciale*". Would anyone really want to plaster their neck with something which sounds like it might give them frostbite?
37 mins
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thank you very much
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Yvonne Gallagher
: icy is way too cold
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thank you very much
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Yolanda Broad
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thank you very much
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1 hr
frosty freshness
I still think this is quite odd as an expression to use about a perfume, but probably better than "icy".
Peer comment(s):
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Katarina Peters
21 mins
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thanks
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SafeTex
: I always like solutions like this with alliteration
56 mins
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thanks
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Yvonne Gallagher
: Frosty the Snowman is also too cold//Surprised so many thought it OK LOL!
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I agree!
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Cyril Tollari
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thanks
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Saeed Najmi
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thanks
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MassimoA
: Frosty is thr right term.
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thanks
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philgoddard
23 hrs
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thanks
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+2
2 hrs
Helene Tammik
Native in English
Specializes in field
Une belle plume - en anglais
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Swedish to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
with a cool sparkle
I agree with Mpoma that "icy" is perhaps a bit too strong, I'd tend to use "cool" for fraîcheur, and "frost" is also a bit on the chilly side, so I'd go with something that implies the glittery sparkle of a frosted glass, "with a glittering chill", "shot through with a chilly sparkle/glitter running through it".
Obvs the exact formulation would depend on the sentence.
Obvs the exact formulation would depend on the sentence.
Peer comment(s):
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Mpoma
: Works well, and for marketing purposes better than my suggestion!
13 hrs
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Julie Barber
: this link describes it using "crisp" and "sparkle", which sounds good https://www.byrdie.com/chanel-no-5-review-of-chanel-no-5-per...
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