Vivre Molyneux 1971 Eau de Toilette

It's strange how they keep finding their way back to me, even though I haven't smelled a Schüpreee in such a long time, haha. Jumpeidi and Jumpeida, schnapps is good against cholera... Jokes aside, seriousness comes, and many of you know my chypre-tinged collection.
Turandot mentioned the similarity to Chanel No 5. That is - at least at the beginning - undeniable. But while No 5 spends quite a while indulging in all sorts of soapy aldehyde compounds, Vivre soon settles into a mild-spicy floral character. Powdery iris clearly takes the lead. The other flowers are so dense, none push forward. For quite a while, I thought: Well, a pretty, well-mannered chypre. Nothing animalistic-genius like Bandit, no melancholically dark beauty with a punch lasting 3 days like Paloma Picasso.
Later, Vivre gains depth. A fine leather note emerges, and warm noble woods make it elegant.
I don't like the labels: suitable for everyday and office wear. However, we have here a fine chypre that doesn't thunder, has no "puma pee" in the dry down, and no cool beavers (beaver cool was also often mixed in during the 1970s) make an appearance. Recommended for chypre newcomers ;-)