Eau Sublime Rancé 1795

I am sitting in front of the television watching a royal wedding. The doorbell rings - it's the post. A delivery from England is here - my Rue Rancé Eau Sublime from the Private Collection by Rancé.

Impatiently, I tear open the envelope and hold something very well wrapped in bubble wrap in my hand. Damn, I can't get through this tape, so I have to use force. Tsts, a bit more composure! The bubble wrap gives way, finally!

I hold a beautiful, simple bottle in my hand, square but slightly rounded. At the top, a cap shaped like a pillbox hat with a golden rim. It somehow fits very well with the wedding watching.

I immediately spray some on my wrist (I haven't worn any fragrance today, very good!). It starts off very fresh. I smell lemon - very subtle - and mandarin, also flowers, neroli, and hyacinth are supposed to be there, and - although there isn’t any - green tea!

Then I perceive chamomile (strange, it's not in there either), lilac, and myrtle. The lily of the valley stays subtly in the background and adds a bit of spice to the scent.

It then becomes rounder and more elegant, thanks to white musk, vanilla, and Florentine iris. None of these three push themselves to the forefront, adhering to the elegance. I smell chamomile flowers again (those who know fresh chamomile flowers know what I'm talking about and how wonderfully they smell) and green tea.

For me, a perfect composition that perfectly reflects elegance, style, and understatement.

A fragrance for every day for the woman who knows what she wants. Definitely not a girl’s scent, even if it is stylishly subtle.