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Interesting change of pace for a vintage Guerlain
Smells a lot less old school than many vintage scents of this era. That's not an insult to the ones that do smell more explicitly "old school" - many of those are beautiful and undeniably classic. But it's interesting to smell one that has a bit of a different scent profile than the typical vintage Guerlain. Despite being almost 100 years old, I actually don't think this smells dated today!
This is fresh and sweet, and much less powdery than most from this time period. Smells very well-blended and cohesive even as it shape shifts from the opening through the mid and drydown. The lilac really shines here, but without it being a scent like Lilac No. 4 by Universal Flowering that smells overtly intense. There's a creamy sweetness as well, but not cloying at all. It gets more rubbery slightly animalic as it dries down, in a way that I also like.
I love trying vintage scents for the historical interesting aspects, but this is one I also genuinely really like the smell of - and again not just in a "nice vintage" way, but in general, period!
This is fresh and sweet, and much less powdery than most from this time period. Smells very well-blended and cohesive even as it shape shifts from the opening through the mid and drydown. The lilac really shines here, but without it being a scent like Lilac No. 4 by Universal Flowering that smells overtly intense. There's a creamy sweetness as well, but not cloying at all. It gets more rubbery slightly animalic as it dries down, in a way that I also like.
I love trying vintage scents for the historical interesting aspects, but this is one I also genuinely really like the smell of - and again not just in a "nice vintage" way, but in general, period!
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