Sikkim (1971) (Eau de Parfum) by Lancôme

Sikkim 1971 Eau de Parfum

Version from 1971
Chanelle
07/27/2011 - 04:28 PM
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Between Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet

Sikkim is an Indian state and a Turkish insult. But no one wants to explain the latter to me, so that's all I know.
But Sikkim is also a fantastic, smoky chypre that was off the market for years and has been reissued as part of the Collection Lancôme. In the meantime, I searched worldwide for the old version and occasionally found it, for desperate lovers of the scent, and I can indeed claim that the limited reissue of the old version is at least 99% identical.
Unfortunately, I can't pick out most of the individual notes in the top note. I can faintly detect bergamot and also a hint of spiciness, but I wouldn't have been able to identify it as cumin.
The heart note is fantastic! So warm, dark, and rosy, and completely without sweetness, an incredible vibration emanates from it, similar to the classic Scherrer, but smoky-leathery.
I have never perceived such an intense, luminous chypre note.
The base is rich, velvety, green, woody.
The sillage has something of incense sticks, but at the same time also of darkness and leather.
Also suitable for men!
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6 Comments
BlauemausBlauemaus 14 years ago
Sounds lovely!
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Medusa00Medusa00 14 years ago
WAAAAAT? I don't know that one! Chypre, drool.
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FlorblancaFlorblanca 14 years ago
That sounds like a little scent for jellyfish... Gold vase for you.
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TurandotTurandot 14 years ago
I can remember that the scent existed, but unfortunately, I can't recall what it smelled like. It must have been great.
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TaurusTaurus 14 years ago
I always associate Nepal with incense sticks as well. You can find them in every store, with double to five times the variety to sniff out :-)
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HasiHasi 14 years ago
I'll message you what it means ;-)
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