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Anything but an ice-cold angel
For the younger perfumers among us, Alain Delon may not say so much. At least in the 60's and 70's he was one of the most popular European actors and as such he was more or less active until a few years ago. I think he is still considered an absolute top star in France and only in May of this year he was awarded the Cannes International Film Festival Prize of Honour, even though this award was relatively controversial due to earlier statements and his personal political attitude.
One of his most famous movies and breakthrough for darker roles was "Der eiskalte Engel" from 1967. Besides his career as an actor he successfully marketed champagne, cognac and perfume - typical French products.
Alain Delon Classic, launched in 1980, was the brand's first fragrance to combine almost all the characteristics of men's fragrances from that decade. Halt sweety-spicy with a good balance of oriental and fougèr-like.
At the beginning Monsieur Delon greets us with a small bouquet of lavender, rose geranium and some carnation as well as a little bergamot, basil and juniper.
Then it becomes difficult to assign the individual roles of the ingredients in the script. Interesting is a fruity nuance between the whole warm spice, which drifts quite easily into the banana. It may be due to the combination of honey and cinnamon, on the other hand the aldehydes may also have their part in it.
Before the last flap falls, the good old oak moss appears again in the credits, probably genuine and authentic, as one appreciates it, clasped by some amber and discreet tonka bean.
What surprises me, however, is the manageable durability and projection for that fragrance epoch. I would have expected / feared / longed for more fuss ... depending on how you look at it.
This eau de toilette with its warm nature is certainly not an ice-cold angel. And that Alain Delon Classic did not become a classic is unfortunate, but nowadays one would reformulate something like that beyond recognition. Then it is better to keep it as it is, even if it is now regarded as a rarity that is highly traded.
One of his most famous movies and breakthrough for darker roles was "Der eiskalte Engel" from 1967. Besides his career as an actor he successfully marketed champagne, cognac and perfume - typical French products.
Alain Delon Classic, launched in 1980, was the brand's first fragrance to combine almost all the characteristics of men's fragrances from that decade. Halt sweety-spicy with a good balance of oriental and fougèr-like.
At the beginning Monsieur Delon greets us with a small bouquet of lavender, rose geranium and some carnation as well as a little bergamot, basil and juniper.
Then it becomes difficult to assign the individual roles of the ingredients in the script. Interesting is a fruity nuance between the whole warm spice, which drifts quite easily into the banana. It may be due to the combination of honey and cinnamon, on the other hand the aldehydes may also have their part in it.
Before the last flap falls, the good old oak moss appears again in the credits, probably genuine and authentic, as one appreciates it, clasped by some amber and discreet tonka bean.
What surprises me, however, is the manageable durability and projection for that fragrance epoch. I would have expected / feared / longed for more fuss ... depending on how you look at it.
This eau de toilette with its warm nature is certainly not an ice-cold angel. And that Alain Delon Classic did not become a classic is unfortunate, but nowadays one would reformulate something like that beyond recognition. Then it is better to keep it as it is, even if it is now regarded as a rarity that is highly traded.
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