Azzaro by Parfums Loris Azzaro 1975

Azzaro by Loris Azzaro, the first release of the house and Loris’s signature, is (was) a gorgeously sensual floral chypre that defined the 70’s. It had the beauty that Loris’s fashion creations had, the tenderness of his eyes and the sensuality that his clothes gave a woman. The only drawback I would say it has, is its lightness. I used to own a large splash bottle and while gorgeous, it was fleeting if I didn’t douse myself. The extrait is somewhat richer but still doesn’t shout. Top: tuberose, gardenia, rose, narcissus Heart: jasmine, ylang-ylang, iris, peach, coriander Base: vetiver, sandalwood, grey amber, musk, civet (Courtesy of kl99 bellow) Main notes among many others, created by a relatively unknown Maurice Thibond (1988 edp reorchestration) or Jean Martel (1975 original edt and extrait) depending on the source. Pucci Zadig and Mila Schon (first fragrance, from 1981) which I own, are the closest in character and scent profile; both are bold chypres with carnality, a fruity wink of mischief, bold languid florals, and rich animalic notes. Arquiste Ella, which I also own, is also a very very well executed idea that inevitably took Azzaro as inspiration. Think late 70’s, disco music, flowing dresses, nighttime pool parties, Donna Summer, smoke filled discotheques, soapy aldehydics, what a Calandre wearer changes to at night and you get an idea of what Azzaro smells like. A stunner that is also somehow melancholic, reminding us of what used to be and is no more. Azzaro had emotion, it was alive! It’s hard to say that about any perfume, but here I felt it breathe! I absolutely love it, and I’m happy to see an old friend in the sillage of the above mentioned beauties. Either of them is a mirror reflection of one another, complete with differences and similarities. But if I find another bottle of it, I’ll most definitely buy it again; the liveliness of it is incomparable! Man! The decade from 1970 to 1979 did really spawn some of the most beautiful perfumes ever created! If you find any of them, don’t hesitate. They are treasures!

A Fatal Soapyness. I own the eau de parfum of this jem. I was not persuaded about the notes so I found also these lists. top: Bergamot, Plum, Peach, Apple blossom, Gardenia, Rose Heart: Iris, Jasmine, Ylang-ylang Base: Amber, Moss, Patchouli, Storax, Vetiver And Top: tuberose, gardenia, rose, narcissus Heart: jasmine, ylang-ylang, iris, peach, coriander Base: vetiver, sandalwood, grey amber, musk, civet So bergamot and Apple blossoms are added but no benzoin no aldheydes not generic fruity notes but plum and peach. And many others in the second list.. I can't say. Every perfume has its secrets. As the perfume opens I can detect a bitter strong bergamot for sure, that gives almost a masculine impression, and some fresh fruity notes like raspberry or cassis more than a richest plum and peach, but can be. Maybe rose and gardenia make a cold ring around those fruits. Or it is more correct to say that It is exploited the cool side of these fruits. Even if at times Azzaro it is animal, dark, and green of lily of the valley and osmanthus, this is mainly a bergamot, mossy (oakmoss) and gardenia fragrance. In my Opinion. Soapy, fresh, but rich, sensual, creamy, organic, I mean material, full-bodied. This scent is really between the sexy bomb fragrances of the 80s and the tenderly flowery forest perfumes of the 70s. Elegant. Sophisticated. A great work. A loss. It make me think of a rainy day in summer, or rather a day after the rain in a green city on the coast. A certain Maurice Thibond seems to be the creator of this beauty.

One of the greatest fragrances ever created! I’m not even making an attempt to pick out any of the key notes. I find it pointless, since it’s so seamlessly blended that I don’t want to waste my time for taking it to pieces in my head. Instead, I simply and happily surrender to its untold beauty, close my eyes and indulge myself in the magical, mysterious opulence of its symphony – and my life is complete again. My perception of this scent is that it contains everything I would ever want in a perfume. It’s like it consists of all notes in existence, heavenly balanced and pure. Intriguing and sophisticated. Exuding that wonderful, indefinable “texture” and “color”. Rough and smooth, warm and cold simultaneously. I just can’t gush enough about this composition. I first discovered it in the early 80ties, and despite having tried countless fragrances before then, and up until today – this still remains the “holy grail” of olfactory art for me. Unfortunately discontinued due to IFRA restrictions, as I heard. I sincerely hope and pray that one day the perfume industry will find all necessary substitutes for the restricted or banned materials, and masterpieces such as this one can be reconstructed in its full glory to our enjoyment. By the way: the 2008 Couture (in a similar but white bottle), although not bad, is an entirely different scent and doesn’t even come close to the complexity of the original.

Azzaro is another unveiled mystery to me. After enjoying a certain success it was discontinued at a time when flankers, discontinuations and fashion trends to please the crowd was not a spread attitude. It was a stupendous floral, wisteria, jasmine, iris in the opening. Contrary to the scents popular in the '70es and '80es it didn't have a dark woody undertone nor a bright aldehydes opening. It was flowers, woods, maybe fruits that mixed together and created a stunning beauty. What was amazing about Azzaro was its brightness went on and on until the final drydown. It was kind of puzzling as it never settled totally down, it was as if it did not want to surrender and fade away. It was longlasting with an excellent projection and was stupendously classy. I recall I could smell it both on young and older ladies and it was perfect on all of them. I used Azzaro in my early '20es and was immmediately conquered by its complex simplicity, yes an oxymoron that in Azzaro finds true accomplishment. A pity it does no longer exist. REFINED BEAUTY

The sensuous and sumptuous Azzaro parfum is a dark jewel, a smoky quartz, a wisteria sunset, a flowerbed of dreams, a gold ring of glamour, a fruit-salad, light on the syrup, backlit the flicker of aldehydes, a gardenia as creamy as they get before they start to brown with age. It's a peach-and-orris Pimm's cup with a borage leaf or two, a musky cocoon with zippers undone and garters unbuckled. Oops, down-to-the-ankles sexy. Gird your loins if you're a Glossier You type, because this is a Randier You fragrance. Disco cats and kittens, I hope you're not adverse to dirty foreplay on a thick woody trunk in a dimly-lit lounge, walls covered in vetiver, moss and oozing droplets of civet and smoldering resins. The soap is on the sweaty body, the bass shakes legs and thighs, this perfume is in the air when the sound of Giorgio Moroder arpeggios penetrate the air. I feel love, I feel love, I feeeel love....

Hi Mymlan! Oh how much I envy you having a big bottle of this.... And reading your FANTASTIC review, i think you will not be changing your mind about it anytime soon!! Enjoy your treasure! Action

This one is a MUST MUST MUST have for the lovers of classics! But unfortunately not easy in large bottles to obtain.. :-(

Azzaro Couture (original) was created 1975 and is today discontinued, or rather, replaced by a modernized reissue. However, this review is all about the old pure jus. Azzaro Couture pure perfume is darker but also smoother than the edp. The peach inside is much more pronounced, like a glowing amber encased in a dark gothic jewel. It doesn't have the freshness that usually comes with the peach, but the delicious silky sweetness (like in Mitsouko extrait) slightly spiced with coriander. While the edp is brightened by aldehydes and has some amount of powdery iris which creates a noticable trail, the perfume has rarely any aldehydes and the amount of powdery notes are low. Therefore the perfume stays much closer to the skin. It's very satisfying for me, but for a night out I may consider layering it with the edp to enhance it's luxurious aura. As with the edp it's difficult to track down any individual notes in the stunning floral heart. It's just such a perfect blend embedded in sensual woody, mossy and animalistic notes that gradually enters the scene from the base. And the base is warm, inviting and very very sensual. I read somewhere that this marvellous creation was Loris Azzaros signature, so I guess it might work very well as an unisex perfume.

Azzaro Couture original (edp) is pure sensual sofistication in a bottle. This stunning gem has the most luxurious air. I feel like a million bucks wearing it. It has a grace similar to Coco Chanel, but I find it even more classy. Azzaro is richer, still it's more quiet about that. It's not the biggest powerhouse like many from the 70's and 80's were, yet not weak. This complex blend is difficult to bone down into individual notes. It has a high content of both floral and animalic notes and the blend becomes very sensual. But instead of beeing in your face about that, these notes are firmly grounded with a touch of powdery iris and woods, which result is a classy sensual air. The notes I have on my demonstration bottle says "Principaux Composants": rose, tuberose, gardenia, jacinthe, jasmin, ylang ylang, iris, vetiver, sandal, coriander, peche, ambre gris, musc, civette. I'm unsure if Azzaro is correctly classified here as a woody chypre. It's rather a floral chypre in my opinion. Azzaro is well worth buying if you find it. Ps: Don't mix up this classic beauty with the reissue from 2008.

My friends chipped in to buy me this scent for my 17th birthday,back in the early eighties. I was way, way too young for this beauty and did not give it the love that it deserved. My heart had been won by its greener and more outspoken contemporaries: Chanel 19, Fidji, Aliage etc. This one was more subtle- cool and sparkling, elegant and sophisticated. Aloof in a way that made even Chanel 19 seem accessible by comparison. I also remember a sort of mature,smokey vibe that was very different than anything else in my collection at that time. It's as shame because this was really wasted on my 17 year old self. I'd love to be able to recapture this scent.

Immanquablement ce parfum tourne sur ma peau. L'association rose/notes fruitées/iris, étrangement, sur ma peau ne va pas du tout. Je n'insiste pas, je passe à autre chose.... Dommage.

I just received my blind buy mini of this from ebay. I bought on the strength of the reviews and because I love Azzaro 9 and Azzaro Pour Elle. I also have come to expect that a designer’s first perfume is often his best, like Calvin Klein (does anyone remember ❤️ Calvin 🌹?), Bvlgari and Jean Louis Scherrer. Azzaro is a dead ringer for Germaine by Germaine Monteil. This was a big surprise, but they did come out at about the same time. Azzaro/Germaine (yes, they really are about identical) are both green, the rose at the heart is nostalgic, very understated. Sooo classy. I used to wear Germaine a lot in college til it ran out. I moved on to other scents. Fell in love with Chanel’s Cristalle, No. 22, then No. 19, later Calvin and Van Cleef and Arpel’s First. Safari came along, but I couldn’t commit. Only bought minis. Then I met the Scherrers followed by Mahora (Guerlain), Bvlgari Pour Femme and BLV and the other two Azzaros. I picked up a vintage bottle of Germaine a few years ago if only to recapture it. I never wear it, just sniff it occasionally for old times’ sake.

Hi TO EVERYONE, WHO HAD THE OCCASION TO TRY THIS NICE PERFUME AZZARO FOR WOMEN 1975, IT IS REALY A TRASURE & CLASIC PERFUME. THE QUESTION IS WHY THEY STOP MAKING OR SELLING THIS A POPULAR AND NICE SMELL fragrance. I hope the company will read this question, it's not only me asking for this perfume but millions of women doing it. I wish that we all get an answer very soon from Azzaro company. Thanks

Hi TO EVERYONE, WHO HAD THE OCCASION TO TRY THIS NICE PERFUME AZZARO FOR WOMEN 1975, IT IS REALY A TRASURE & CLASIC PERFUME. THE QUESTION IS WHY THEY STOP MAKING OR SELLING THIS A POPULAR AND NICE SMELL fragrance. I hope the company will read this question, it's not only me asking for this perfume but millions of women doing it. I wish that we all get an answer very soon from Azzaro company. Thanks

Strikingly similar to Coco Madamoselle on my skin. I get the same citrus top notes, or shall I say orange top notes. The aldehydes in this perfume are barely noticable. It was a little sharp in the beginning but now the dry down is so similar to Coco Mdsle with the chrype like base and the patchouli. Very classy and sophisticated.

Was trying hard to remember ,what does this smell like , it's soo familiar.......and soon I was to find out. My Angels never fail me (thanks God :-) It is Partage from Faberge. Strange that a wonderfull perfume like Partage doesn't exist on this site.

It is one of my favorite perfume, but the problem is that i can not find it in any perfume shope. Is anybody can tell me please where can i found it for to buy. Thanks to every person who likes this perfume.