Top Notes 
Heart Notes 
Base Notes 
02/24/2024
MrsGuerlain
282 Reviews
MrsGuerlain
3
A gorgeous childhood memory
I got to know Oscar de la Renta when I was still a child. My mum used to have the original Oscar. She wore it at parties. I remember my dad coming home with it to her as a present after being away for work for a month. He had bought a huge bottle, and looking at the year of release he must have given it to her in 1977 or 1978, when it was fairly new. I loved it. On the rare occasions she wore it, I was very hard to get rid of, since I would cling to her until they left. I remember her clothes would still smell of it the day after, lying in the laundry basket. Sometimes I would sneak into her room and spray it. The scent lasted for days.
Ruffles is an Oscar de la Renta fragrance from 1983, so only six years younger than Oscar. I would say that it has an 80s vibe, due to the many flowers and loud expression. Everything is said and meant in the best way. Oscar de la Renta, to me, is a great house in the 80s perfume history. Ruffles has the same qualities as the original Oscar.
The beginning of this is aldehydes - mostly. After five to ten minutes the orange blossom and the bergamot show their faces and add a floral expression to the sharp aldehydic picture. A warm and deep feeling with the flowers popping up - rose, jasmine, lily of the valley - the fragrance finds its identity as a floral perfume with a slightly naughty undertone. Maybe due to the civet? I think so. Just the right amount to make the fragrance a bit more interesting. The fragrance can be a bit confusing, challenging or interesting to decipher, though, since the many floral notes keep switching places and let each one have a few seconds of fame. The landing is gorgeous. Caramel mixed with the woods and vanilla and a bit of musk - what a blend! It is long lasting, more than eight hours on my skin. And one has to be aware of the event for wearing this, since sillage is hefty. At least that is what my partner says, when I wear it.
Serge Mansau has designed the beautiful bottle. I may have mentioned in an earlier review how much I admire his work. Being a bottle-o-maniac I am never disappointed by his design. Classical and very organic. This bottle makes me think of a shell or a leaf. The only thing that I do not like is the somewhat tacky white plastic top. My miniature has a golden top, which suits the bottle much better.
I am tempted to say that they do not make perfumes like this anymore. Perhaps it is ok, since Ruffles is a snapshot of a time that I remember, and I really like this scent. To some it may be too loud and too overpowering. To me it is just right.
228/365
Ruffles is an Oscar de la Renta fragrance from 1983, so only six years younger than Oscar. I would say that it has an 80s vibe, due to the many flowers and loud expression. Everything is said and meant in the best way. Oscar de la Renta, to me, is a great house in the 80s perfume history. Ruffles has the same qualities as the original Oscar.
The beginning of this is aldehydes - mostly. After five to ten minutes the orange blossom and the bergamot show their faces and add a floral expression to the sharp aldehydic picture. A warm and deep feeling with the flowers popping up - rose, jasmine, lily of the valley - the fragrance finds its identity as a floral perfume with a slightly naughty undertone. Maybe due to the civet? I think so. Just the right amount to make the fragrance a bit more interesting. The fragrance can be a bit confusing, challenging or interesting to decipher, though, since the many floral notes keep switching places and let each one have a few seconds of fame. The landing is gorgeous. Caramel mixed with the woods and vanilla and a bit of musk - what a blend! It is long lasting, more than eight hours on my skin. And one has to be aware of the event for wearing this, since sillage is hefty. At least that is what my partner says, when I wear it.
Serge Mansau has designed the beautiful bottle. I may have mentioned in an earlier review how much I admire his work. Being a bottle-o-maniac I am never disappointed by his design. Classical and very organic. This bottle makes me think of a shell or a leaf. The only thing that I do not like is the somewhat tacky white plastic top. My miniature has a golden top, which suits the bottle much better.
I am tempted to say that they do not make perfumes like this anymore. Perhaps it is ok, since Ruffles is a snapshot of a time that I remember, and I really like this scent. To some it may be too loud and too overpowering. To me it is just right.
228/365
3 Comments
