Beverly Hills Gale Hayman 1989 Perfume
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Marilyn Monroe, not at home in Beverly Hills
I bought this perfume because of its bottle, kitschy without end and therefore impossibly beautiful. With a glittering panther on the cap that somehow reminded me of Marilyn Monroe with its curves.
This perfume has been available since 1990 and was created by Francis Camail, a perfumer who also created Eau d'Hadrien and Grand Amour for Goutal, among others. Fragrantica provides a detailed list of the fragrance notes. Top notes: Ylang ylang, orange and bergamot; heart notes: Cloves, gardenia, tuberose, cinnamon, jasmine and rose; base notes: Civet oil, ambergris, benzoin resin, sandalwood, tonka bean, patchouli, cedar and oakmoss. The fragrance notes tell us that this perfume has everything you would expect from a classic eighties fragrance. It begins with a delicate ylang-ylang note, to which citrus lends a certain astringency, until the main players take the stage. Although the opulent tuberose is present, it is never overpowering and blends harmoniously with the other floral and spicy notes to create an intoxicating accord, the fading of which reveals delicate tones that promise a floral chypre - in short, an opulent caress. Enter the diva, Marilyn Monroe. Anyone who appreciates this actress, and I do, knows that she was never really at home anywhere. As the child of a mentally ill mother, she was passed on from foster parents to a children's home and spent her whole life searching for a home, and yet at the same time always on the run. In 1949, she met the star agent Johnny Hyde, who left his wife for her. He owned a villa in Beverly Hills, where the couple lived for a few months. It was a very large house with 548 square meters that had everything a young woman could wish for, large, bright rooms, a park-like garden, but Marilyn didn't feel comfortable there and eventually moved to the Beverly Carlton Hotel. Was the house too perfect, does this perfume also seem too perfect to me? An old Japanese vase only becomes perfect when it is cracked, and for me a perfume needs a subtle disharmony that breaks the accord to make it interesting. Certainly worth a test for lovers of eighties fragrances.
This perfume has been available since 1990 and was created by Francis Camail, a perfumer who also created Eau d'Hadrien and Grand Amour for Goutal, among others. Fragrantica provides a detailed list of the fragrance notes. Top notes: Ylang ylang, orange and bergamot; heart notes: Cloves, gardenia, tuberose, cinnamon, jasmine and rose; base notes: Civet oil, ambergris, benzoin resin, sandalwood, tonka bean, patchouli, cedar and oakmoss. The fragrance notes tell us that this perfume has everything you would expect from a classic eighties fragrance. It begins with a delicate ylang-ylang note, to which citrus lends a certain astringency, until the main players take the stage. Although the opulent tuberose is present, it is never overpowering and blends harmoniously with the other floral and spicy notes to create an intoxicating accord, the fading of which reveals delicate tones that promise a floral chypre - in short, an opulent caress. Enter the diva, Marilyn Monroe. Anyone who appreciates this actress, and I do, knows that she was never really at home anywhere. As the child of a mentally ill mother, she was passed on from foster parents to a children's home and spent her whole life searching for a home, and yet at the same time always on the run. In 1949, she met the star agent Johnny Hyde, who left his wife for her. He owned a villa in Beverly Hills, where the couple lived for a few months. It was a very large house with 548 square meters that had everything a young woman could wish for, large, bright rooms, a park-like garden, but Marilyn didn't feel comfortable there and eventually moved to the Beverly Carlton Hotel. Was the house too perfect, does this perfume also seem too perfect to me? An old Japanese vase only becomes perfect when it is cracked, and for me a perfume needs a subtle disharmony that breaks the accord to make it interesting. Certainly worth a test for lovers of eighties fragrances.
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