Wind Song Prince Matchabelli 1952 Cologne

Wind Song (Cologne) by Prince Matchabelli

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7.6 / 10 72 Ratings

A popular perfume by Prince Matchabelli for women, released in 1952. The scent is floral-spicy. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Floral

Spicy

Chypre

Woody

Green

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Lemon

Bergamot

Coriander

Orange leaf

Tarragon

Mandarin orange Neroli

Neroli

Heart Notes

Clove

Carnation

Rosewood

Jasmine

Orris root Rose

Rose

Ylang-ylang

Base Notes

Benzoin

Musk

Vetiver

Amber

Cedar

Sandalwood

Ratings

Scent

7.672 Ratings

Longevity

7.761 Ratings

Sillage

7.358 Ratings

Bottle

6.352 Ratings

Submitted by Antoine, last update on 08/21/2024.

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Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/06/2015

5
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Briarthorn
91 Reviews

Briarthorn

Very helpful Review 4

I was really surprised.

This scent opens very soapy with a serious citrus zing from the Bergamont, mandarin, and lemon. There is a hint of greenness too, from the orange leaf maybe. It's a bit sharp and almost too soapy but you can sense the spices and creamy bouquet hiding under the citrus punch.

After about thirty minutes the extreme soapiness fades away with the citrus opening and we are left with a very lovely heart. There are two very distinct things going on here. A spicy side and a creamy floral side. The spices are beautiful blend of the coriander, cloves and carnation. The carnation lending a nice peppery bite to it. The other side of this is the creamy bouquet. Jasmine, and Ylang-ylang with a bit of sweetness from the tarragon and amber. It truly is lovely. There is a smooth creaminess that prevents the florals from being sharp and clashing with the peppery spices. I believe this creaminess is from the benzoin, sandalwood, and amber. I didn't get any rose.

The dry down is less floral and more of the spice side of the heart. Cloves, coriander and peppery carnation. It's also a little powdery from the orris root and there's a pop of musk and creamy amber and sandalwood.

This is a truly classic and beautiful scent. It has the complexity and ability to evolve on the skin that you would expect from a high end niche perfume house. I cannot believe I paid so little for it. It's cheap but smells luxurious. The sillage is nice and personal. Not too loud but someone standing next to you will smell it. Over all it lasted about 10 hours on me but was a skin scent after about 6.

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2014

11/03/2013

5
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 7
Scent

Sorceress
213 Reviews

Sorceress

Helpful Review 5

Vintage Soapiness Gives Way To Magical Spices

Wind Song begins with a blast of citrus notes that rather quickly fades into soapiness for a few hours. If you stick around say five hours or so, the delightful cloves and spices kick in. And then the magic begins. Prince Matchabelli's fragrances stick it out for the long haul and always have, surprising you each and every turn of the way.
It's like taking a road trip on a winding, curving highway along a mountain. You're driving to the top and it's exciting because you know when you get there the view is fabulous. In the meantime, the road twists and turns and it careens in different directions. You have no idea where this fragrance is going, but you know at the end there is a treasure. The end is worth the while.
This is a perfume that lingers from when it was made-the early 1950's. Perhaps it has chosen to stay there when we see images of perfumes and the women that might represent them. I think of Ethel of "I Love Lucy" who might have chosen this perfume because Fred would have bought it for her. And she would have worn it simply because she owned it and it smelled good to her for that era.
But for those of us who sit and compare perfume after perfume, dissect them, yes, this is quite vintage and different.
Although its notes are many, they mix to create a familiar scent immediately that seems to put off many. You can call it powder, or a fancy soap wrapped in a soap dish, and it seems to have that effect on many. It's called soapiness, and it's found in many vintage fragrances. And for women of that era, women that could not afford expensive perfumes, women who lived the American Dream who shopped Main Street department stores and drugstores, Wind Song was theirs. They knew it had potential. They knew the desirability of Prince Matchabelli perfumes. And if you wait for the dry down, you'll see it too. You'll find the cloves and spices mesmerizing their way in hours later.
Prince Matchabelli perfumes are magical in their own way. They never cease to amaze me. You just have to give them time to develop and mature on your skin to appreciate their capacity.

06/12/2016

5
Bottle 5
Sillage 5
Longevity 7
Scent

Oriane
139 Reviews

Oriane

Helpful Review 2

Nice Dupe for L'Air du Temps

This review is for the early 1970s vintage formulation.

Top Notes: Coriander, Orange Leaf, Mandarin Orange, Tarragon, Neroli, Bergamot, Lemon.

Heart Notes: Cloves, Carnation, Orris Root, Jasmine, Ylang-Ylang, Rose, Brazilian Rosewood.

Base Notes: Sandalwood, Amber, Musk, Benzoin, Vetiver, Cedar.

I have not worn Wind Song in decades, and I have no idea what the current formulation smells like, but I remember Wind Song as a nice dupe of Nina Ricci L'Air du Temps, which is not to say there was anything wrong with Wind Song, but I think L'Air du Temps EdP is much nicer with better projection and sillage. If you like one, you will probably like the other. Both are soft, very feminine florals. I still wear L'Air du Temps EdP because it is elegant and delicious with the freshest carnation note I have ever smelt.

I recall Wind Song's telly commercials with as much fondness as I do those of L'Air du Temps. Wind Song's vintage bottle was lovely, but it would be hard to top L'air du Temp's double dove bottle.

Fragrance: 6/10
Projection: 4/10
Sillage: 4/10
Longevity: 4/10

02/04/2012

5
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 5
Longevity 8
Scent

Lola82
361 Reviews

Lola82

4

A Painting for the Wind

with lush green and innocent rose
make this a melancholic splendor.
gentile winds blow on a august evening
when the sky is at dusk and you picture
silhouette of a sparrow chirping it's
haunting melody before they rest for the night. and a feeling that you cant
explain so you'll walk far distances
with a heavy heart. come to a grassy
hill climbing at the top lying on the
sweet grass raising your head up to look at the twilight sky when the sunset is fading eyes started to fill up with tears thinking about life
thinking about where people go when they pass or where is heaven or what is the meaning of life. and then a gentile sound of a Erhu a chinese violin playing a haunting tune and you fall asleep into the summer night.

it reminds me when i wear this.

05/05/2024

10
Pricing 8
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Ringtale
129 Reviews

Ringtale

1

Daughter of L'Air du Temps and Fidji

Oh..I still had this (bought online maybe six or seven years ago, so surely not the most early, vintage one; bottle is same as pictured on this page). It sat somewhere in the back of my closet and I had forgotten all about it because L'Air du Temps Eau de Parfum became one of my favourite (if not my favourite) perfumes.
Sprayed this on just now before taking a shower to smell it again after a long, long time out of curiosity and to decide if I'll wear this today (after my shower:-)). Well, it sure is a hidden treasure.
I'm sure the resemblance to L'Air du Temps is about how the carnation in here behaves: It has that same 'tingeling' quality which I love so much in L'Air du Temps and that same ability to create those lovely wafts of perfume when moving around or when biking in a summer's breeze.
But also Fidji (2003) Eau de Toilette comes to mind because of that more 'cologne-like', more 'zesty' twist.
When comparing it to L'Air du Temps, it has more resemblance to the edt than to the edp by the way, maybe because it is a bit less 'perfume-y'; comparing it to Fidji, on the other hand, it has more similarity to it's edp (a bit more warm than the edt).
So if you can't decide on which one you like best: L'Air du Temps or Fidji, this is a 'must-try', it can be bought for a (wind) song online.
It says to be a 'cologne' but sillage and longevity are certainly as those of an EDT.
It's a pitty the box is not shown here, lovely box with birds printed on it :-)

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