J'ai Osé 1977 Eau de Toilette

J'ai Osé (Eau de Toilette) by Guy Laroche
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7.7 / 10 112 Ratings
J'ai Osé (Eau de Toilette) is a popular perfume by Guy Laroche for women and was released in 1977. The scent is spicy-woody. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy
Woody
Chypre
Floral
Oriental

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
AldehydesAldehydes CorianderCoriander PeachPeach Citrus fruitsCitrus fruits
Heart Notes Heart Notes
PatchouliPatchouli SandalwoodSandalwood IrisIris VetiverVetiver JasmineJasmine RoseRose
Base Notes Base Notes
OakmossOakmoss AmbergrisAmbergris BenzoinBenzoin FrankincenseFrankincense MuskMusk
Ratings
Scent
7.7112 Ratings
Longevity
8.382 Ratings
Sillage
7.682 Ratings
Bottle
7.385 Ratings
Value for money
7.310 Ratings
Submitted by Lissy, last update on 14.04.2024.

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5 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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Marieposa

33 Reviews
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Marieposa
Marieposa
Top Review 45  
I dared
It is the moment when it no longer matters whether the premise is right or wrong, when the aldehyde veil falls and the coriander-bright glow dissolves between the citrus rays. The moment when you wrap a band of butter-soft suede around my heart and I realize that there is strength in my vulnerability. Because honesty is the key when the soul is naked and the contours of a blurred image slowly make waves.
Don't stop painting stars around my scars with peach-soft fingers. In slow motion, until silver smoke clouds around my thoughts, my head imperceptibly shifts to my stomach, understanding becomes feeling, intellect becomes instinct. There is no right or wrong in this bed of moss, if you dare to follow your desires, the shadows of abstract petals on benzo-soft skin. Whisper patchouli-dark secrets in my ear and dust spice powder like opium on trails of iris. Sometimes rough and raw like vetiver, sometimes soft and sweet like sandalwood in a smoldering, musky-soft amber glow.

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In the vintage version, J'ai Osé is a fine, soft leather chypre with an oriental twist and a delicate smoky note. I have only known the fragrance for a short time and yet it is so strangely familiar to me, as if I have been wearing it regularly for many years.
As soon as the aldehydic top note with subtle citrus and an original, slightly soapy coriander accent fades, a warm, soft peach emerges from the cool, sparkling shell. Accentuated by a few dewy white flowers that I would have thought were orange blossom, but according to the pyramid they are jasmine. And just as my nose is about to be filled with heady florals and ambery woods, I am instead lulled by the softest suede and iris, pulling me and the peach into a silvery bed of oakmoss and patchouli. In the background, vetiver and frankincense allow fine threads of smoke to rise and just at the moment when you think the fragrance has revealed all its facets, it enters a new arena. At this point, the oriental aspects of the fragrance overtake the chypre component, dusting spice powder onto skin-warm benzoin and ambered woods, while musk winks at the oakmoss that has not yet completely faded away.
For me, J'ai Osé radiates a sense of security, giving me the feeling that I can let go, rest my racing head for a while and rely on my gut feeling. The harmony of the finely blended fragrances and this strange familiarity remind me of how much strength can be drawn from trusting one's own intuition. And so, for a while, I dare to go to this precarious point between head and heart, which the fragrance explores in my perception.

Dear Pomeranze, thank you for tempting me to make this blind purchase.
38 Comments
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Serenissima

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Serenissima
Serenissima
Top Review 15  
the scent of freedom
The seventies are anything but peaceful: sexual freedom, especially the fight for women's rights - this time not only by a small group of so-called "suffragettes", as in England at that time - cause turmoil: the waves are blowing up sustainably.
The women get to know their body better; they like it and develop a security in life that did not exist before; of which they did not dare to dream.
In addition to André Courrège, who reformed fashion with short "little hangers" and metal elements, Guy Laroche has stood for fashion since the sixties of the last century, which made a name for itself with simple cuts and daring colours.
Madame Pompidou - Madame Prèmiere Dame - was already a customer of this fashion designer along with Francoise Sagan.
So here M. Sagan didn't say "Bonjour Tristesse", but "J'ai osé" to cut and color: she's right!

Guy Laroche, born in 1921 as the son of a hotelier in the former Huguenot stronghold of La Rochelle, disappointed his father by going his own way: he became a hatter!
It was not until 1957, after a stay in the USA, that he changed his saddle and successfully dedicated himself to haute couture in women's fashion in Paris.
His trademark became elegant, wearable designs and practical combinations, which testified to high tailoring art and presented a plain luxurious Parisian chic.
How much he recognized the trend of the time shows that already in the late 1950s the press called Guy Laroche a member of "the triumvirate of haute couture avant-garde" along with Pierre Cardin and Yves Saint Laurent.

Of course, there was also no shortage of wanting to conquer the world of perfume as well.
In 1966 it was "Fidji": the advertising slogan "The woman is an island - Fidji is her perfume" speaks for the fact that Guy Laroche also clearly recognized the signs of the time here.
Eleven years later he presented "J'ai Osé".
Like "Scandal" by Lanvin or "Taboo" by Dana (see also my very enthusiastic commentary on this), "J'ai Osé" is one of the fragrances that underline the new freedom of women.
In my birthday parcel Gerdi also put me a big filling of this fragrance.

I'm quite honest: I'm definitely an "aldehyde junkie", I can't express it any other way!
A perfume that greets me with the glow of aldehydes already has the famous "stone in the board".
This Guy Laroche fragrance is just like this: how well do the aldehydes harmonise with the freshness of the citrus fruits, the sweetness of the ripe peach and the spicy coriander.
This opening of fragrance alone is pure joy for me.
Iris, jasmine and roses - I almost think here it is the Rosa Alba: the fragrant White Rose - blossom into a great bouquet of delicious fragrances.
Patchouli and the sometimes a little bit critical sandalwood accompany the previous scent symphony excellently, which gives vetiver, skillfully dosed, a little down-to-earth.
The fragrance, which already appeals to all the senses here, is led into higher realms by the base note: Moschus spreads, oakmoss stubbornly claims a dominant position: both fragrance components don't give each other anything!
These two "scented wrangles" are finally tamed by resinous and smoky spices.
Benzoe, frankincense - both not too scarce - and as a peak of fine enjoyment still ambergris complete here a fragrance creation, which inspires me exceedingly.

I could walk the nose on my skin for hours, just to be able to perceive every bit of scent development.
An exceptional durability of this fragrance, which appears friendly but tamed the next morning, makes "J'ai Osé" very noble!
You don't need much of it, even though Serge Mansau's sculpture-like flacon invites you to touch it again and again.
(I didn't make any big friends in the perfumery of the Galeries Lafayette; I had to get to know the flacon - after the test here at home - and would have loved to take the almost empty tester with me and incorporate it into my flacon collection! - I shouldn't be seen there for a while!)

"J'ai Osé" announces itself that it is not the happiest choice for shy or still young women, "perfume apprentices" or even for very sporty creatures.
This fragrance, the name of which is really program, expects a certain personality from its wearer.
After all, this woman lives with the scent and not what could easily happen here: the scent dominates the woman!
We'd rather not go that far for freedom!

So once again a fragrance came out of a fragrant, lovingly wrapped gift, which gives me a lot of joy - yes, I am honestly thrilled!
And when I see what Gerdi has packed for me: these surprises will keep me busy for a long time to come.
This will certainly be very exciting and of course I will report here about my experiences with it!
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7.5
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Coutureguru

223 Reviews
Coutureguru
Coutureguru
Very helpful Review 5  
Time Capsule ...
A sniff at J'ai Osé immediately takes me back to how things used to smell when I was a teenager. My dear Mother went into 'coos' of immediate ecstasy when she smelled this fragrance, citing similar memories of youth. This is a review of the extrait, which can be had extremely reasonably online.

J'ai Osé (I Dared) fits perfectly into the late 70's/early 80's idea of powerful women … the 'suit wearing, ball busting, sport's car driving CEO's of their own companies' sort of gals that looked amazing whether walking a red carpet or down a mine shaft with a hardhat on! This was the woman who dared to flaunt convention and for whom designers invented the 'power suit'. It thrills me that as time has gone by, fragrances like these now find themselves marketed toward men … I could, indeed, see many guys I know wearing this and loving it!!

I suppose that J'ai Osé could be categorized as a chypre … the classic Oakmoss feel is there right from the start. It could also be called a floral oriental … the Jasmine here 'butched up' with loads of Sandalwood and Vetiver. After the Peach tirade I had earlier this week I was in fear of too much fruitiness here, but the Peach note in J'ai Osé is thankfully muted, providing a certain smoothness to this creation and not a 'fruitiness'. This fragrance is Patchouli heavy … but in a glorious retro way, reminding me of why I used to get so much joy out of wearing frags like Aramis Devin, Lauder's Private Collection and Aramis 900, before they were brutally slaughtered by reformulation.

Some find Leather here and I can see the connection, but had this fragrance had an actual Leather note it would probably have turned sour on me … my skin has very little success with Leather in fragrances. I haven't tried any other version of this than the extrait (which was a successful blind buy) so I can only comment that the silage is wonderful (but not over the top) and a few dabs lasts a good 10 hours.

Grab a bottle of J'ai Osé extrait from your favorite online discounter if you feel the need to be retrace a few decades of perfume history!
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Seatonica

21 Reviews
Seatonica
Seatonica
Very helpful Review 5  
More golden than green
The notes I get from the Guy Laroche original are, in progression, aldehydes, then peach, followed by a spike of coriander/cedar (?) and finally amber/benzoin/oakmoss. In two hours J'ai Ose is a chypre whisper - not so much green as golden and surprisingly quite understated on me. I can see myself wearing J'ai Ose at all times of the year. Just lovely, and the longevity is excellent too.
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BronxBeauty

58 Reviews
BronxBeauty
BronxBeauty
Helpful Review 2  
The Green & the Black
A delightfully weird chypre in which intense greenery creates an almost burnt-rubber feel. Original and bold in a crowded category. Worth seeking out if you are a chypre connoisseur.
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