Ébène de Balmain Balmain 1983 Eau de Toilette

Through a current Souk offer I have become aware of the Ébène de Balmain, an unfortunately now discontinued fragrance. While I was still thinking about the color of the bottle contents - aging, tipping, and so- , the professionals and connoisseurs have of course long since struck - the fragrance was gone.

A dear and here well known Parfumo has kindly provided me with a sample. His name I do not mention times to be on the safe side, otherwise he may overflow the mailbox with requests :-)
again many thanks to the noble donor!

Reviews of the Ébène there are so many good, that I save me here :-)
And yes, he is really great and special - and there is just virtually not.

Already at the first test spraying had immediately associations with other fragrances.

Therefore, I have times amateurishly tried to "rebuild" the fragrance with fragrances from my shelf, which should please not be understood as blasphemy :-)

here the spray instructions, in the order:
1. carefully dosed at most half a spray "One Man Show Gold Edition" by Jacques Bogart, for's slightly animalic leathery - super intense, so rather less than more
2. one spray of "Cuir Pleine Fleur" by Heeley, for its slightly balsamic, herbaceous and meadowy note
3. a spray of "Agua Brava" by Puig, supports the two above into the warm-green-ethereal
4. and a spray of "Grey Flannel" by Geoffrey Beene, for a slightly barber-shoppy freshness

I find the result surprisingly close to the original for my untrained nose.
And except for the Heeley, they are all very cheap base fragrances - so you could dare the experiment....

You all a hopefully more fragrant year 2021 - the current had so his quirks.