Passionnément Lucien Lelong 1939 Parfum

That Parfumo is educational is something that not only I but also one or two other members here have probably already noticed. Through Parfumo, I discovered my great love for vintage fragrances and am specifically searching for them, especially the extraits.

This is how I came across an extrait of Lucien Lelong's Passionnement. An original sealed bottle in a sadly only half-present outer box. Due to evaporation, the bottle was also only half full.
Since I acquire fragrances not only for the beautiful bottles but also for the contents, I naturally wanted to know how Passionnement - which is still offered today as a reformulated reissue under the name Tailspin - smells. What I then experienced was quite disappointing. Passionnement emitted an extremely strong smell of gasoline!

Then I remembered a tip from a perfumer and filled the bottle with 70% alcohol, then placed it in the cupboard and initially forgot about it. It was only 14 days later that I remembered it again and took the fragrance out.

And behold: suddenly there was no trace of gasoline to be smelled, on the contrary. Passionnement is a beautiful, elegant floral chypre. The opening is distinctly aldehydic, but as soon as this accord has faded, a lovely, soft, and subtle floral note develops, dry and not sweet, but without any edges or sharpness. Very elegant and "ladylike." I can't identify the flowers, but the scent is bright, so I guess it's rose, jasmine, and lily of the valley.

The base is green, mossy, and slightly resinous, with an animalistic touch, beautifully dry and warm, but also sexy.

Passionnement is the second fragrance after Réplique that I was able to rescue by adding 70% alcohol (ethanol). Bringing these old "treasures" back to life is a huge joy, especially when something as beautiful comes out of it as is the case with Passionnement.
Passionnement was reformulated in the 1940s and has since been re-released under the name Tailspin up to today. I am definitely curious about how Tailspin smells today...