NARS Fleur Fatale Eyeshadow Palette Review, Photos, Swatches
Fleur Fatale
NARS Fleur Fatale Erdem Strange Flowers Eyeshadow Palette ($49.00 for 0.42 oz.) is new, limited edition six-pan palette that includes three taupe-ish shades along with a deep gray, warm plum, and pale gold. All six shades were easy to work with, pigmented, and long-wearing, which made this a breeze to test.
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Fleur Fatale
LELimited Edition. $49.00.
Mythos
Mythos is a pale gold with warm, yellow undertones and a metallic sheen. The consistency was slightly powdery and more loosely-pressed in the pan compared to the others, so there was some excess product kicked up in the pan. As long as I made sure to tap off excess, it was easy to work with and yielded opaque pigmentation in a single layer. The eyeshadow wore well for eight hours on me.
Top Dupes
- LORAC Dance 'Til Dawn Eyeshadow #2 (LE, $19.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Makeup Geek Artemis (LE, $6.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Chanel Tisse Gabrielle #2 (PiP, ) is darker (95% similar).
- Buxom Born Glam (LE, $12.00) is less shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- Sephora Red Carpet Arrival (LE, ) is cooler (95% similar).
- ColourPop UR a Catch (LE, $4.50) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Gucci Beauty Cosmic Deco #1 (DC, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- Chanel Rêve d'Orient #2 (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Persona Sassy (PiP, ) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- MAC What's the Pointilism (PiP, $17.00) is less shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
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Mythos
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Thistle
Thistle is a light-medium, golden taupe with warm undertones and a metallic sheen. The pigmentation was opaque, while the texture was smooth, soft, and blendable without being too softly or too firmly pressed in the pan. It lasted for eight hours before fading noticeably on me.
Top Dupes
- Lisa Eldridge Moonswirl (P, $16.00) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Smashbox Rock Candy (PiP, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- Tarte Rocker (PiP, ) is darker, cooler (95% similar).
- Fyrinnae Reindeer Fur (P, $7.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Sephora + Pantone Universe Mushroom (LE, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- Chanel Desert Wind (28) (P, $36.00) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Viseart Ballad (PiP, ) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Moonlit Violet #1 (LE, ) is cooler (90% similar).
- Sydney Grace Cliff Jumping (DC, $8.00) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Her Style (PiP, ) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
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Thistle
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Flourish
Flourish is a medium-dark gray with cooler, blue undertones and a frosted sheen. It had good color coverage that was buildable to full coverage with just a touch more layered on top. The texture was soft, slightly dry to the touch, but it blended out easily and stayed on well for eight hours on me.
Top Dupes
- Tom Ford Beauty Metallic Denim #3 (PiP, ) is less shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Giorgio Armani #21 (DC, $33.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Bobbi Brown Silver (LE, ) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- MAC Light of the Silvery Moon (LE, $20.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Sephora Synergy (LE, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- Tarina Tarantino Diamond Dusk #3 (DC, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- ColourPop Snooze (LE, $6.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- NARS L'Amour, Toujours L'Amour #9 (DC, $25.00) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- KVD Beauty Santeria (LE, ) is darker (90% similar).
- Buxom Cool Caviar (P, $12.00) is warmer (90% similar).
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Flourish
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Belladonna
Belladonna is a muted, medium taupe with neutral-to-warm undertones and a matte finish. The color payoff was decent, though it needed two to three layers to be fully opaque on the lid. The texture was smooth, velvety, and slightly powdery in the pan, but there was good density to the product on the lid, so it did not go on unevenly nor did it sheer out too readily over bare skin. It wore well for seven and a half hours on me.
Top Dupes
- Fenty Beauty Henna Sea (PiP, ) is warmer (90% similar).
- Guerlain Les Cendres #1 (LE, ) is cooler (95% similar).
- Sephora Cashmere Coat (DC, $10.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- Viseart Cendre (PiP, ) is lighter, cooler (95% similar).
- Too Faced Taupe Berry (LE, $16.00) is darker (95% similar).
- MAC Mystery (DC, $17.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Wet 'n' Wild Sweet as Candy #1 (PiP, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- ColourPop The Virgo (P, $4.50) is cooler (95% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Tan Linez (PiP, ) is darker (90% similar).
- Anastasia Volatile (LE, $12.00) is lighter (90% similar).
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Belladonna
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Daydream
Daydream is a medium-dark taupe with warmer undertones and a metallic sheen. The pigmentation was good, while the texture was smooth, dense without being too firmly pressed in the pan, and felt almost cream-like to the touch. It applied evenly and blended out with little effort. The color started to fade on me after eight hours of wear.
Top Dupes
- Make Up For Ever D562 Taupe Platinum (P, $17.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Make Up For Ever D562 Taupe Platinum (DC, $21.00) is more shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- Huda Beauty Cashmere (PiP, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- Pat McGrath Love Lace (LE, $25.00) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Zoeva The Only Delight (LE, ) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Natasha Denona Lavender Gray (40M) (PiP, $29.00) is darker (90% similar).
- MAC Superwatt (LE, $22.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Suspicion #4 (PiP, ) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Toasted (DC, $19.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty True (LE, ) is darker (90% similar).
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Daydream
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Holly Hock
Holly Hock is a medium-dark, reddened plum with warm undertones and a pearly sheen. It had excellent color payoff in a single layer that applied evenly to bare skin. The consistency was soft without being dusty, and it adhered well to bare skin and blended out out effortlessly. This shade stayed on well for eight hours before fading noticeably.
Top Dupes
- Viseart Chant (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (95% similar).
- Urban Decay Addict (LE, $19.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- L'Oreal Glistening Garnet (P, $7.99) is cooler (95% similar).
- Viseart Rapture (LE, ) is warmer (95% similar).
- ColourPop Seedling (LE, $4.50) is darker (95% similar).
- Natasha Denona Passion (PiP, ) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Urban Decay Punk Rock (LE, ) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Confident Eyes (Enhance) (LE, ) is less shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Chameleon (LE, ) is more muted (90% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Cat Fight (LE, ) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
So this is the eye shadow palette I decided to go with from this collection. Glad to see it has scored well. I try to never purchase anything until waiting for reviews and this palette didn’t immediately wow me but after seeing a couple of tutorials using it and how effortlessly they got a nice everyday look, I decided to take the plunge. I have been sweating the review since I haven’t received the product yet. I was won over by how easily blendable the shades appeared and the burgundy shade was kind of the shade that pushed me over the edge. Can’t wait to play with it. Thank you, Christine.
Hope you love it, Deborah!
I’m glad this one has a good review! Hopefully the other palette (aka the one I’m interested in) is up to par.
I like the color story here, but overall I think three browns out of six is too many. However I am inspired to recreate something similar using singles in a spare z-palette. I am thinking MUG Shimma Shimma, ABH Sangria, MAC Saddle, and one of my zillion shimmery taupes. (I have a problem.)
Sounds plenty close enough to me!
I think this is such a nice color combination… Neutral but with a bit of color. Nice for people who don’t want really bright colors but are craving something beyond the usual specific warm neutral theme that has been dominating the palette scene lately.
Night Garden is the one I want, but this is tempting!
Price isn’t so bad and I love those colors!!
I am so pleased this did well. Loving your eye look here, might have to pick up that highlighting pencil too! (Hopefully this will be around in a bit…I would like to wait for a bit after the Sephora sale. We’ll see.) Thanks for all your hard work!
Happy to help! xo
Wow – this is stunning on several levels – the shades are all suited to cool toned customers, they are of excellent quality and for once, NARS has given them decent names.
Your eye look is beautiful and I just love this palette – every single shade.
It seems to me it’s been a while a NARS palette get a solid good review! So glad I got this one!
Thank you so much for your time and effort Christine!
Sorry if this has been answered somewhere, but Christine can you tell me what is the light purple color that you have on your inner eye/lower lash line? It is so pretty!
Please click “Look Details” right under the photo – it is the caption of the photo. Here is the link for your convenience: https://www.temptalia.com/look/a-plum-taupe-eye-with-nars-fleur-fatale/
What a lovely palette!
Very solid quality and nice shade arrangement, although I’m thinking that having two such similar shades of taupe shimmer was redundant. I will say this, at least this palette runs cooler than the recent trend.
I was drawn by the blue-gray and the deep red but it seems the actual colors differ from what I expected from the pan.
This is REALLY nice and I’m pleasantly surprised – I was expecting to be disappointed (I guess a “hold over” from the crummy MAC palettes of the last few days). I have multiple (embarrassingly so) dupes for every shadow in this palette, with the exception of Hollyhock, so might try to give this a pass but then again, the old “how nice to have them all in one place” refrain starts to play in my head…. This looks like a great travel palette, as well as being perfect for a variety of every day/office appropriate/weekend easy looks.
Here comes a bad influence! lol 🙂
I’m in for this palette. I don’t know why, but this has turned my head big time. I think it’s just gorgeous (the entire collection, actually) and, like you say, nice to have in one place. I’m doing a ton of work travel through the summer and I think this will be a staple.
I’m going to get this and the “Love me not” blush. I have nothing in that range and it could be lovely on it’s own or layered, I bet.
I haven’t been posting much since I’ve not bought anything but skincare in a while (OK the Viseart Absinthe palette was another breakdown). But I have been holding back and considering this for days, and when something gnaws at me this much I’ll give it a go.
Oh – very good “enabling”! I’m waiting to see what this ends up costing here in The Great White North but if it comes to Sephora (instore), there is a very high likelihood I too will have my head turned (heck, I’ll be like the little girl in The Exorcist – my head will be spinning around 360 degrees!)
Hi Christine and fellow beauty enthusiasts, hope everyone is well!
Does anyone know if this is going to be available at Nordstrom’s or Neiman’s, etc? Or is it just a NARS exclusive collection?
Thank you all in advance!
I think it will be since I recall the NARS’ customer email that got blasted out saying they had the exclusive until the end of the month. The press release only listed NARS, though, but I find that common enough within the industry that it’s not necessarily *only* their (MAC’s probably the only one that is specific to just their stores/site if it isn’t going to other retailers).
I know that NARS did list that the launch would be at Saks NYC on May 11th (Erdem will be there for an appearance).
Blarg, I want this so bad 🙁
I really want this palette!
I haven’t been a huge fan of Nars palettes in the past, but I do really like this one! The shades look great!