Pour Lui Oscar de la Renta 1980 Eau de Toilette
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Days Past - Still Available!
Back to the eighties, the decade of strong and complex perfumes, of Aromatic Fougère and other, leathery powerhouses: Oscar de la Renta's Pour Lui is a child of that times, and it is still available. So, let's get back, and don't care about today's customs!
Pour Lui is complex, dark, noble and spicy. It dwells in the realms of the more popular Trussardi Uomo, whose vintage version sadly has been discontinued. So, it is all about leather – black leather! In both cases this does not mean that a clear leather aroma is being provided – it is all too complex for that. It is rather that leather clothes will fit perfectly to such a fragrance. Leather jeans and jackets will loose some of their natural scent and take over the odour of the wearer. Although jasmine is not listed in the enumeration of scent notes, I nevertheless get a hint of an indolic note.
The complexness of Pour Lui makes it a bit difficult to comment on single notes. From today's view, it is quite a hubbub. Beautifullly old-fashioned are the florals, and with the noticeable carnation Pour Lui draws an ark to the famous Kouros that was released a short time after.
Anyway, Pour Lui is nearer to the beautiful Trussardi fragrance and its special leather appeal. Pour Lui goes even further: the floral side is more perceptible and additionally, there are warm spices – cinnamon! This transfers Pour Lui a little bit into the direction of the Halston gents' perfumes.
This is all quite much, and for me, Pour Lui cannot replace the Trussardi role model. Especially the Christmas-like cinnamon spiciness is something I wouldn't like having around me that often. Best of Pour Lui is its base notes, when the spiciness disappears it comes nearest to Trussardi.
Be that as it may, with Pour Lui, Oscar de la Renta gives us an opportunity for time-travel. And who knows – maybe this style will come back? In the end, there is a similar notion for ponderosity and expression behind some contemporary “dark” releases like Eau Sauvage Eau de Parfum, or the many fragrances with oud-note. Whoever goes for that today might have loved Oscar de la Renta's Pour Lui thirty years ago!
This noble, spicy fragrance should only be worn in the evening and in the colder seasons. At a night out at the theatre or opera house, you can place a scent mark against the Zeitgeist with Oscar de la Renta's Pour Lui!
Pour Lui is complex, dark, noble and spicy. It dwells in the realms of the more popular Trussardi Uomo, whose vintage version sadly has been discontinued. So, it is all about leather – black leather! In both cases this does not mean that a clear leather aroma is being provided – it is all too complex for that. It is rather that leather clothes will fit perfectly to such a fragrance. Leather jeans and jackets will loose some of their natural scent and take over the odour of the wearer. Although jasmine is not listed in the enumeration of scent notes, I nevertheless get a hint of an indolic note.
The complexness of Pour Lui makes it a bit difficult to comment on single notes. From today's view, it is quite a hubbub. Beautifullly old-fashioned are the florals, and with the noticeable carnation Pour Lui draws an ark to the famous Kouros that was released a short time after.
Anyway, Pour Lui is nearer to the beautiful Trussardi fragrance and its special leather appeal. Pour Lui goes even further: the floral side is more perceptible and additionally, there are warm spices – cinnamon! This transfers Pour Lui a little bit into the direction of the Halston gents' perfumes.
This is all quite much, and for me, Pour Lui cannot replace the Trussardi role model. Especially the Christmas-like cinnamon spiciness is something I wouldn't like having around me that often. Best of Pour Lui is its base notes, when the spiciness disappears it comes nearest to Trussardi.
Be that as it may, with Pour Lui, Oscar de la Renta gives us an opportunity for time-travel. And who knows – maybe this style will come back? In the end, there is a similar notion for ponderosity and expression behind some contemporary “dark” releases like Eau Sauvage Eau de Parfum, or the many fragrances with oud-note. Whoever goes for that today might have loved Oscar de la Renta's Pour Lui thirty years ago!
This noble, spicy fragrance should only be worn in the evening and in the colder seasons. At a night out at the theatre or opera house, you can place a scent mark against the Zeitgeist with Oscar de la Renta's Pour Lui!