Although I found the caraway note a bit strong initially, Histoires de Parfums 1876 eventually smooths out into a gorgeous oriental rose reminiscent to my nose of Tauer UNE ROSE CHYPREE. There is lots of texture to this tightly woven composition which is not what I'd call a rose perfume so much as a tapestry of scents.
This reminds me of impressionist or pointillist paintings, which up close look like a bunch of individual brush strokes but from far away produce a whole much more meaningful than the sum of its parts. Beautiful! I'd love to add a bottle of this excellent creation—with great longevity and big sillage, too—to my collection.
