Eglantine Yves Rocher 1979

I was lucky enough to get hold of 4 full bunker bottles of this fragrance on Ebay. I gave one to a perfumer friend, one to my mother, one I'm keeping and one is in the souk ;)

In contrast to my previous post, however, I don't think that a new edition of Eglantine would sell well. It smells vintage through and through, but in terms of intensity it's more like a body splash than a perfume. Light, simple, straightforward and (unfortunately) quite fleeting.

Eglantine refers to the dog rose. So here we have a soliflore. There are definitely aldehydes in the top note, you have that characteristic "vintage smell". The rose is light, airy and very clean. As it progresses, it becomes more and more reminiscent of rose soap. My guess is white musk. I also detect a subtly scratchy oakmoss - as Serafina mentioned - from time to time.
After an hour, the fragrance is actually finished, but the rose soap remains on the clothes for half a day.

I particularly like vintage fragrances, which is why I LOVE Eglantine. It has nothing whatsoever of a current perfume. That's why I would only recommend it to vintage fans and collectors. The fragrance is beautiful, delicate, feminine. I associate it with a young girl with porcelain doll complexion, in a pastel frilly dress, in a blooming garden in May. Old-fashioned, a little kitschy, but beautiful.

Recommended for anyone who likes to be a little out of time.