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Chypre - an attitude to life
Coty launched this amber-colored "Chypre" fragrance back in 1917, evoking a very special attitude to life!
"Chypre" is unmistakably feminine, describing a woman with all her facets:
Refreshing and lively like the familiar bergamot aromas, stubbornly spicy like silver-haired sage and unruly like a small animal that shows its claws and whose fur always smells a little scruffy and harsh.
This is not only due to the unmistakable animalic scent of the civet cat right at the beginning; no, oakmoss also quickly raises its barbs in this composition and, together with the feline animal, could be very unpleasant for sensitive or untrained noses.
After all, this amber color does not come from nothing and stands here for powerful, self-confident femininity: And that already in 1917 - you have to imagine that!
But the rich, ripe floral splendor of noble roses and the exuberant sensuality of white jasmine rise up united against this astringency and are supported by the velvety, powdery depth of the orris root fragrance:
It is not a "battle of the giants" that can be detected on my skin in the course of the fragrance, but it is not a soft blanket either - it is simply a fantastically beautiful, lovingly and skillfully created chypre fragrance!
In addition to the aforementioned oakmoss, labdanum, the resin of the rockrose I love so much (one day a plant will move onto my balcony!) with its stubbornly tart scent plays a major role as the final fragrance component.
All these fragrances are in a league of their own and combine to create something very special:
Certainly a "no go" for the younger generation, but a very special "nose treat" for us older people:
We experienced the time of opulent fragrances and lush colors in couture, of incomparable sounds and irretrievable freedom in every respect:
We experienced/lived these fragrances!
Unbelievable that "Chypre" already has more than a hundred years "on the bottle"; you could almost call it the "mother" of all chypre fragrances.
Maybe that's what it is.
In any case, it is so timelessly beautiful!
A particularly dear fragrance friend generously presents me with many vintage fragrances and, although I only asked for a fragrance sample, the original bottle of François Coty's "Chypre" ended up with me and has conquered a large place in my fragrance soul.
This dark blonde, mysterious fragrance with all its facets is a very special composition.
Perhaps I would not have appreciated it when I was younger: today I love it!
This shows once again: it takes time to understand special beauty!
I am grateful that now seems to be the right time for us to meet!
So I will spend some more time in the vintage phase of fragrances; come what may in terms of new and mainstream! We live our very own personality together!
"Chypre" is unmistakably feminine, describing a woman with all her facets:
Refreshing and lively like the familiar bergamot aromas, stubbornly spicy like silver-haired sage and unruly like a small animal that shows its claws and whose fur always smells a little scruffy and harsh.
This is not only due to the unmistakable animalic scent of the civet cat right at the beginning; no, oakmoss also quickly raises its barbs in this composition and, together with the feline animal, could be very unpleasant for sensitive or untrained noses.
After all, this amber color does not come from nothing and stands here for powerful, self-confident femininity: And that already in 1917 - you have to imagine that!
But the rich, ripe floral splendor of noble roses and the exuberant sensuality of white jasmine rise up united against this astringency and are supported by the velvety, powdery depth of the orris root fragrance:
It is not a "battle of the giants" that can be detected on my skin in the course of the fragrance, but it is not a soft blanket either - it is simply a fantastically beautiful, lovingly and skillfully created chypre fragrance!
In addition to the aforementioned oakmoss, labdanum, the resin of the rockrose I love so much (one day a plant will move onto my balcony!) with its stubbornly tart scent plays a major role as the final fragrance component.
All these fragrances are in a league of their own and combine to create something very special:
Certainly a "no go" for the younger generation, but a very special "nose treat" for us older people:
We experienced the time of opulent fragrances and lush colors in couture, of incomparable sounds and irretrievable freedom in every respect:
We experienced/lived these fragrances!
Unbelievable that "Chypre" already has more than a hundred years "on the bottle"; you could almost call it the "mother" of all chypre fragrances.
Maybe that's what it is.
In any case, it is so timelessly beautiful!
A particularly dear fragrance friend generously presents me with many vintage fragrances and, although I only asked for a fragrance sample, the original bottle of François Coty's "Chypre" ended up with me and has conquered a large place in my fragrance soul.
This dark blonde, mysterious fragrance with all its facets is a very special composition.
Perhaps I would not have appreciated it when I was younger: today I love it!
This shows once again: it takes time to understand special beauty!
I am grateful that now seems to be the right time for us to meet!
So I will spend some more time in the vintage phase of fragrances; come what may in terms of new and mainstream! We live our very own personality together!
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