Luca Turin wrote this review of Songes on September 24, 2005 in his weblog "Perfume Notes":

The new Goutal is here at last. I sniffed it too briefly a few weeks ago, and since then it has been tweaked and properly macerated. I love the name: songe, though often translated as dream, actually carries a connotation of daydream, or reverie. What a satisfying fragrance this is! Smelling new releases often feels like those moments in comedies when the main character, dog-tired, opens his front door and is faced with a crowd yelling "Surprise !". By contrast, spraying Songes on your arm is like putting on a cherished vinyl recording of a piano trio before sinking in your armchair with a glass of Meursault in hand. It's been a while since I smelled a neoclassical fragrance that radiated such perfect mastery of time. Songes tells a seamlessly melodious story, full of beautifully linked thematic twists and turns. The top note is a glorious natural jasmine accord (small wonder, since Goutal spends twice the industry average on raw materials). It then moves through a series of scene changes, comes close to a woody-powdery core, distantly related to Habit Rouge, and eventually settles into a rich, long-lasting wood-vanilla-white flowers drydown of great refinement. Without raising its voice, it held my attention from top to bottom. In my opinion, another Goutal classic.