First Edp Vapo 100ml

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I was compelled to try this because it was the first great creation of Jean Claude Ellena's. Otherwise, there is little reason for me to venture into aldehydic florals with such big shoulder pads. The first thing to note is that you can smell as well as taste this fragrance. Scent and taste may be intimately connected, but I don't encounter many fragrances that I can taste while bringing my wrist to my face. This scent is that grand, that potent. The heart is a heady bouquet of pretty roses, orchids, tuberose, hyacinth, ylang ylang, jasmine and carnation. Each floral note is discernable to my nose. The big rose is quite obvious but she is gracefully accompanied by the equally showy jasmine and carnation. The 3 big floral notes in any woman's perfume: rose, jasmine and carnation. These are romantic florals. It makes me think of a considerate lover's gift of flowers to his sweetheart. Or a husband to his wife. Sure they are mature florals but you know what? They do not come off as old lady or Church lady. These are youthful sweet feminine florals for the romantic girl. A princess who loves flowers. I was briefly reminded of such florals beauties as Beautiful by Estee Lauder only that was more green floral whereas this is sweet and subtle, powdery, a tad like Chanel No 5 which it is inevitably compared to and strangely sometimes like Chloe Narcisse. This is a glorious floral queen. I'm always tempted to buy First for myself, but I can't. This is how my mother smells like. So I enjoy samples that a very astute sales lady gave me. From my experiences, those perfumes have tuberose, rose, sandalwood, violet notes go very well with VC&A First. By the time both the fruit and flower notes are gone, there is a party going on among base notes of amber, musk, vanilla, and vetiver/moss. The original fragrance had moss and civet, a civet that would not have been synthetic. But this was never really that musky so they were never using too much musk or animalic accords. This is not a civet. It's an amber. The amber and the vanilla provide this scent with a spiciness and resinous quality that smells unbelievable and divine.

Initial impression though is that they haven't totally massacred the scent through reformulation. It is still very recognizable. You may have had to survive the 1980's - or have a depth as if you did -- to truly appreciate this particular perfume. In 1966, Van Cleef & Arpels was charged with the task of making the crown of Empress Farah Pahlavi for her upcoming coronation in 1967. A team was sent to Iran to choose the major gems to use for the crown. After 11 months of work, [10] the company presented the empress with a crown made of emerald velvet set with 36 emeralds, 36 rubies, 105 pearls and 1,469 diamonds. [11]At the top, notes of peach, hyacinth and raspberry are recognisable. These make way for middle notes of tuberose, orchid and jasmine. The fragrance settles with a base of sandalwood, honey and amber. The dominant notes here best suit women with a floral signature. What does it cost? This is a gorgeous perfume - and has a unique, one of a kind quality about it. I love the dry down after the first 45 minutes. I was initially excited to smell the aldehydes and then I was intrigued by the rose - the rose reminds me very much of YSL's Paris (circa 2005). I would like to wear this with dark blue jeans and a top, because I like wearing heavy hitters casually. Shopping around for something unique? Try Van Cleef & Arpels' niche fragrance. Van Cleef & Arpels First After testing two recent versions of this perfume (the current EDT in the white box and the 2012 EDP Intense, more on these later), I decided to get my hands on a good example of the original issue. If you are not interested in vintage perfume talk, you may want to stop reading now. There are a lot of vintage bottles of First to choose from since it has been in circulation for almost 40 years. I ended up with a still-sealed Sanofi-era, pre-barcode EDT which I can date to before 1990, thanks to the invaluable Raiders of the Lost Scent blog.

First is a truly enchanting floral scent. I can see why two previous reviewers chose it as their wedding day fragrance - it really is something special. This fragrance, like others in its class, feels like it has "movement" to it. First EDT is rolling and blustering one moment and calm and still the next - it's a "misty mountain floral". Aldehydes burst forth like warm sunshine and sweet narcisse stands right in the middle of the brightest ray. Lily-of-the-valley and hyacinth give First EDT the distinct green-oily scent that one might find in foothill foliage. Orris is the note of a cool breeze and oakmoss feels forest-like. The drydown is waxy and sweet on me - perhaps from the honey and anamalic notes. I detect the narcisse prominently throughout the duration of First EDT. Chevalier, Michel; Mazzalovo, Gerald (18 May 2012). Luxury Brand Management: A World of Privilege. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118171790 . Retrieved 19 October 2016.Also I understand the comparisons to Arpege. First has one major advantage over vintage Arpege though - it doesn't go off. All the vintage bottles of Arpege I've tried so far have been spoiled, which is heart-breaking - but I'm now on my third vintage First EdT and it's just as good as ever. For me,first is a clean floral with a fresh citrus/tea-like green undertone,it's a spring scent,classic but easily wearable and not too mature for a 26 year old girl like me Edited to add: I wore this to work today and a woman approached me and asked if I was wearing Coco mademoiselle by Chanel. I told her what I was wearing and she said to her it smelled like a slightly sweeter version of Coco Mademoiselle which is her favorite fragrance. She then wrote down the name. Weird, I didn't think this at all when I smelled it, but I guess I can see how some people could interpret it this way. It's interesting: both my daughters told me it reminds them of Niki de Saint Phalle, which was another love of mine during the eighties and which I've also recently reacquired. It never occurred to me to put the two together.In my mind they are very different scents. If anything, First has somewhat of the same vibe as Chanel 19 (another favorite) because of the hyacinth and narcissus. So I compared notes and what do you know - First and Niki indeed have many in common. I know two beautiful, fun, eastern Slavic women who love this scent, so I had to try it for myself. First EDT is an instant love for me as it reminds me of the sweeter sister of one of my favorite fragrances ever - Lancome Climat!