Nose behind this scent is Jean-Paul Guerlain, who was the in-house perfumer at Guerlain at the time, and was the last family master perfumer from the Guerlain family. He was involved since the mid-50's helping his grandfather Jacques Guerlian (behind classics such as Shalimar and Mitsouko). Jean-Paul retired officially retired as a perfumer in 2002, but carried on being an advisor to other perfumers for Guerlain until 2010, as he was released by the company for a racist remark he made on French TV.
Top: orange, basil, bergamot, brazilian redwood, lemon, lime and tangerine
Heart: carnation, sandalwood, patchouli, cinnamon, jasmine, cedar and rose
Base: labdanum, leather, amber, benzoin, oakmoss and vanilla
Super juicy fruity opening, smells like summer fruits squash, sweet and slight lemon sherbot like, very bright and invigorating. It's almost got a candy like citrus feel. So the citrus's don't come across entirely natural, but also don't feel like cheap un-naturals. As the scent develops the citrus accords begin to calm, and scent starts becoming smoother and much sweeter, this is due to the addition of the vanilla and sandalwood, with a backbone of gentle woody ceder. As the scent dries down, it joined by a gentle rose, and the sweeter vanilla elements remain from the opening, to create an overall sweet and bright lemony vanilla scent, with some soft rose and gentle creamy woods.
Performance is brilliant, I get excellent strong projection with longevity around 10 hours.
In terms of seasons, I think this is best suited any season apart from the blazing hot sunny days, and I think it's more of a day time scent then night time. In terms of occasions I can see this working really well as a night out or semi-casual formal scent. It's a classy but playful scent, not super serious, but not juvenile either.
For a scent that was created in the mid 60s this doesn't smell dated at all, and still to my nose has a modern feel.
This is a classic, perfect score of 5/5. Great scent and great performance.
Released in 1965
Classified as a Oriental Woody
Nose behind this scent is Jean-Paul Guerlain, who was the in-house perfumer at Guerlain at the time, and was the last family master perfumer from the Guerlain family. He was involved since the mid-50's helping his grandfather Jacques Guerlian (behind classics such as Shalimar and Mitsouko). Jean-Paul retired officially retired as a perfumer in 2002, but carried on being an advisor to other perfumers for Guerlain until 2010, as he was released by the company for a racist remark he made on French TV.
Top: orange, basil, bergamot, brazilian redwood, lemon, lime and tangerine Heart: carnation, sandalwood, patchouli, cinnamon, jasmine, cedar and rose Base: labdanum, leather, amber, benzoin, oakmoss and vanilla
Super juicy fruity opening, smells like summer fruits squash, sweet and slight lemon sherbot like, very bright and invigorating. It's almost got a candy like citrus feel. So the citrus's don't come across entirely natural, but also don't feel like cheap un-naturals. As the scent develops the citrus accords begin to calm, and scent starts becoming smoother and much sweeter, this is due to the addition of the vanilla and sandalwood, with a backbone of gentle woody ceder. As the scent dries down, it joined by a gentle rose, and the sweeter vanilla elements remain from the opening, to create an overall sweet and bright lemony vanilla scent, with some soft rose and gentle creamy woods.
Performance is brilliant, I get excellent strong projection with longevity around 10 hours.
In terms of seasons, I think this is best suited any season apart from the blazing hot sunny days, and I think it's more of a day time scent then night time. In terms of occasions I can see this working really well as a night out or semi-casual formal scent. It's a classy but playful scent, not super serious, but not juvenile either.
For a scent that was created in the mid 60s this doesn't smell dated at all, and still to my nose has a modern feel.
This is a classic, perfect score of 5/5. Great scent and great performance.