Un Air de Paris Dorin 2007 Eau de Parfum

Un Air de Paris was created back in 1886, when the Dorin company had already been supplying the court of Versailles for over a hundred years, since 1780 (I was still very young back then, like a chick!).
And as one can easily gather from the fragrance, the residents of Versailles knew a thing or two about powdering.
I have smelled and enjoyed many powdery scents, as I am a big fan of powder and all things powdery, but this fragrance surpasses them all by far.
It reminds me of a powder compact that I once found in an old handbag of my grandmother's, from Coty, around the 1940s. The powder smelled exactly like this.
Slightly dusty, a bit sweet, somewhat cough-inducing, naturally powdery and rosy, and above all - like a beautiful woman.
I don't know why, but as a child, I thought all beautiful women smelled like this powder. I have encountered this or at least a very similar scent a few times in my life, and each time the image of a woman with a grand gown, dark curly updo, and lots of pale makeup, but with a small red cherry mouth appeared before my mind's eye.
Certainly not everyone's cup of tea nowadays, but unbeatable retro.