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Posted by Dain, Saturday, April 19, 2008 3:59 AM (Eastern)
There's not much to say about Audrey Hepburn, and I mean that as a compliment:
she's beautiful, talented, relentlessly chic, and seems genuinely kind.
she's beautiful, talented, relentlessly chic, and seems genuinely kind.
She's just the woman to bring the orange blossom, also known as neroli, to life, it's glamorous, but not so pushy as jasmine or rose. Orange blossom is sweet and well-mannered, but ethereal, and I have found that the soliflore lacks in longevity (Jo Malone and Serge Lutens make good interpretations, however, if you are interested). Narciso Rodriguez solves this problem quite neatly by anchoring delicate orange blossoms in musk, adding surprising tenacity and sillage, without diminishing the fragile, sunny aroma. It's surprisingly difficult to execute perfumes that are both unassuming but interesting, and Narciso Rodriguez is both, like the simple chic of perfectly cut pants paired with a crisp white buttondown. It's soft and tactile but clean, the freshness of bergamot at its opening, with a subtle, honeyed sweetness from osmanthus (slightly fruity) and vanilla, and a vetivery-woodsy drydown reminiscent of chypre-like duskiness without the difficulties of oakmoss. Call me crazy, but it smells like pale pink silk, twirling around a ballet dancer's miniscule waist.
I read somewhere that Narciso Rodriguez was inspired by Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy's signature scent—that makes sense too.
Labels: beauty notes, narciso rodriguez, perfume reviews
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