Etta

The scent reminds me of a large perfume manufacturer that still exists today (which I will not name, as the corresponding fragrance is no longer available there - at that manufacturer). However, this scent has NOTHING to do with "Anais Anais" by Cacharel - this wonderful scent from Cacharel was more of a "white floral scent" - meaning extremely "delicate" nuances, even if floral (connotation "light pink to white, with a tiny hint of light green" - and that was also the presentation of THIS fragrance ... not the one at hand, which has nothing to do with it, as it is different in character ...) - the scent of Cacharel - Anais Anais - rather associates with the scent of a very young girl, aged 15-20, thin, delicate, and fragile, a very subtle and "white" scent - but this scent here (by Anabelle, Dorall) is more "profound," it has a deep fullness of pink to purple flowers - that’s the feeling one gets when smelling it - as if one were entering a garden full of roses, lilacs, lavender, and similar flowers ... - without being able to really fathom it - a mysterious, floral, but not overly sweet scent ... with a certain depth ... in a broader sense perhaps even an exotic scent ... one could almost feel it that way. One has before their inner eye a pretty, attractive, sexy, possibly long-haired woman aged 20-40 ... perhaps even in the South Seas .... The scent is also ideal for summer - which is by no means always the case with floral scents (if they are, for example, too sweet) - but this scent is not "sweet" - it even copes well with summery high temperatures, and does not come off as too "heavy" or too sweet - it does not dominate with just one type of flower - but rather an indefinable mix of flowers that are associated with "pink to purple."

I think - as far as I am not mistaken - that this scent was created earlier - it is no longer available as a branded perfume - by a manufacturer that was based in "southern regions," and therefore knew how to do it - how a scent must smell - with flowers - to still be wearable in the hot summer ... That is probably why this is one of the perhaps not so numerous floral scents that can be worn well even in heat ... (but I also think that - today - there is a tendency to create even floral scents in such a way - partly with citrus or similar nuances - so that they are, for that reason, also wearable in summer).

According to the description of some providers, the scent is said to contain a base of vanilla or musk ... who knows, anything is possible - but that cannot be distinctly smelled - rather, the scent contains a mysterious depth that is hard to fathom - and which causes the scent - although exclusively floral - to neither come off as kitschy nor sweetish.

Regarding the age of the wearer: It would be recommended for any woman who is young and feels young and feminine ... and enjoys surrounding herself with floral scents. Therefore - since it is a simple and not sweet scent line - it is also wearable for the corresponding type even in their 50s and 60s ... if one loves floral scents ... but just as much for the young woman in her 20s and 30s (and of course in between as well).

The bottle itself is enchanting - with a cap made in the shape of a flower (even if made of plastic - one must admit - but it is the budget version of a large manufacturer - and therefore also less intense in its scent effect or "sillage" ...) - the color of the perfume is actually more natural - corresponding to the scent effect, a darker but natural pink to medium purple - hard to say, even here, which exact color nuance - but not such a neon pink as in the illustration ... Therefore, also in terms of color, this scent actually reflects the naturalness of the fragrance ...

By the way, I also think it is possible that the bottle may not be to everyone's taste - but if one loves floral scents - and only then should one reach for a scent like this - this bottle should also meet with enthusiasm ... and any other bottle would not objectively represent its contents.

This fragrance was still around in the 80s - my father had gifted it to me after he saw that I had been looking at an advertisement for the scent for a long time (where I had constantly left the magazine open) ... There were ads for the fragrance in a French - or German - magazine - featuring an elegant lady in super high black heels (at least 10 cm, very delicate heels ...), and super chic black evening wear, in front of an elegant square - of course in Paris - with the inscription "Place Vendôme" ... in front of one of those super elegant buildings, perhaps an opera.

The scent itself was - as I remember - an evening fragrance, "simple" in the sense that it was neither sweet nor kitschy - if anything, the spicy or "leathery" notes prevailed, - hard to define, a precise substance would not have been "detectable" (as with any good perfume, it’s difficult - where it concerns refined mixtures ...) - but straightforward and simple - meaning, it was not an overpowering scent, but certainly noticeable, and elegant - furthermore, perhaps with a minimal floral addition (which was hardly "detectable"). The spicy-leathery nuances prevailed ...

What I mean to say is that not every evening fragrance has to be "heavy" ... in a positive case, it is not - just more original, perhaps, than daytime scents ... and sometimes a bit spicier.

Even today, I would still buy the fragrance if it exists. It was an absolutely original and top-notch scent - one that you could certainly wear to any evening event, at any concert. Unobtrusive, but extremely elegant ...