Blazer

I was excited to see several of the Anne Klein fragrances I used to wear back in the 70's showing up on fragrance web sites this past year--and when I saw my old friend Blazer show up as well--(at a CRAZY low price!!) well--I had to order it!! It arrived today in it's familiar box and when I sprayed some on--it was just as I remembered it--I was working as a freelance fragrance model--(just a glorified salesperson/spritzer) when this scent won the FIFI award for best new scent of the year in 1977---I found it unique and fresh--(Love green chypre scents) perfect for work--bright and modern--it had a "working girl " vibe--and I can now spot the similarities to Charlie and Halston original. I did figure that this was a re-launch--and it's from a Palm Beach FLA based company--and it's actually made in China. And yet--it's just as I remembered! It's been a lovely blast from the past--I guess I'm nostalgic!! This scent reminds me of when I was young and green and fresh myself--and life was full of the excitement of being on my own in a big city with endless possibilities and adventures ahead!! SIGH!! This was when women just recently were able to have credit cards in their OWN names--and didn't need a father or husband to co-sign them for you--when birth control was newly easy to get from a doctor as a single woman--and rents for small apts in NYC were actually affordable if you had a retail job. (My 3 room studio in North Manhattan--was $175 a month in 1977)--lemme tell you folks--these were HEADY TIMES!!--Blazers had traditionally been a MALE item of clothing--but us young working women wore them to work--often with pants--and that was pretty heady too!!

A long time ago a young me fell heavily in love with the Christmassy-woody-spiced scents made by Clinique. I loved and wore Aromatics Elixir - which smelled like Christmas day by the fireside, but was considered quite a "mature" fragrance - in my 20s - giving not a jot what people thought of it (and still don't), but I loved equally - if not more so - their lighter, but still super Christmassy - clove-tangy Wrappings fragrance, which was Christmas markets and mulled wine on cold festive days out to me. Sadly while Aromatics Elixir is still going strong, Clinique discontinued the glorious Wrappings some time in the 90s and I was devastated :( I'm now pushing 50 and when I joined Fragrantica recently I noticed, as I browsed nostalgically. that here in "Blazer" was an obscure-and-unfashionable, but cheapie, kind of scent that reviewers were telling me was very similar to my long lost love Clinique Wrappings, so I ordered a bottle blind, and honestly? Love at first spritz, this surrounds me in that long lost beloved green-but-spicy cloud of cloves and Christmassy woods, but with a fresh citrussy spring in its step.... everything I loved about Wrappings is here, and I feel *happy* and full of joy in my spicy lovely cloud of gorgeous perfume nostalgia. What a gorgeous and unexpected scent in such an unassuming bottle. And it lasts really well too.... Thanks to all who've reviewed this and mentioned Wrappings! I am sure this is nothing like a dupe, but I don't have the original around any more, and this fragrance is absolutely, absolutely gorgeous and ticks all the boxes that Wrappings once did, so I am super pleased :)

Clean and optimistic, Anne Klein Blazer is a breath of fresh air in these dreary times. It's fun to think that this may have been formulated to have the power to cut through the cigarette smoke in the workspace that often would have ashtrays built right into the desks. Soapy sunbursts and orange marigolds mingle with steeped geranium leaves, and are all brought home by clove-spiced patchouli and buttery sandalwood. Blazer is long strides rather than diffident tiptoes, a "I'd Rather Fight Than Switch" Tareyton smoker who religiously watches Soap and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. Cue Foreigner's "Feels Like the First Time" and put that Riunite on ice. If Blazer had its own TV ad (there seems no evidence of such), it would deserve the Robert Abel and Associates treatment. Allegedly, this still smells great in more recent formulations with the white box/cap and black text.

Blazer is an underrated fragrance. I like the bergamot opening. This has a balanced green masculine and white feminine notes. It is a very good chypre that l recently discovered and a FIFI Fragrance (Oscar Awards) winner in 1977. 100% unisex in today's standards. One of my new classic vintage favorites.

I keep vacillating about whether to purchase this fragrance or not. I want to try it especially for the ambergris note listed above. I love salty ambergris smell in perfumery. This fragrance is still available for a very reasonable price. Has anyone tried the newest version of this fragrance? Jun 30, 2020 So I went ahead and purchased a 100 ml bottle of Blazer. My curiosity got the best of me! I received a cream colored box with black lion motif framed in red. The bottle is dated looking and simple but the glass is heavy and my lid is white with red stripes on bottom and top of it. The whole presentation is simple, practical and streamlined. The box says designed in USA made in China. I'm pretty sure this is the newest formulation. First spray and it's a heavy dose of bergamot. Followed by lots of geranium. I have several fragrances where bergamot is the top note but I have not smelled it as strongly as I do in this fragrance. I do get a bit of mentholated smell here as well, perhaps the juniper or cedar. Faintly I also smell the lavender. I DO get a bit of salt on the dry down from the ambregris. I am happy about that! I catch a whiff now and then of something faintly spicy, incensey way in the background, perhaps the cloves? This is a very unique fragrance. Definitely unisex. Defining words that come to mind are clean, sour, fresh, somewhat herbal, salty. Longevity about 2 plus hours on skin longer on clothes. If you like clean, fresh herbal fragrances appropriate for office, workout or any casual occasion this is a good one to try. Very affordable on Ebay or Amazon. January 2021 This has been a challenging scent for me to cozy up to! It's so SHARP! Initially it is very sour, but mellows out after awhile to a sharp, sour, flowery, citrusy type of fragrance. A contradicting recipe. This fragrance must have had a no nonsense business woman in mind upon creation. A total BOSS lady! That's the vibe I get here. Not romantic in the least...no time for THAT! Just the facts maam, thank you very much. I will wear this in the summer, that's when I wear most of my sour type fragrances and they seem to work better for me in the heat. Again, this is an absolutely unisex fragrance able to be worn successfully by anyone and everyone, but don't expect to have ANY fun while wearing it.