1960

My favorite of the whole Besame collection. The patchouli and oak moss were a must for a 60's representer, it must be earthy/green with extra aldehydes. Good for hot and cold weathers, day and night. I'm sure it hase to be in the Oriental criteria.

Not sure if this has been recently reformulated but I absolutely adore it! Fresh, spicy chypre that feels familiar but never tacky, like the world’s best antique store.

The reformulation (white tube) is a rich, tobacco-ey rose concoction that reminds me very much of Judy Garland by Vince Spinnato. Dries down to fruity cereal vanilla à la Pacifica Cosmosis. Will compare to the 2014 and update because this one doesn't seem to correspond to the herbal/woody/mossy accords listed above. UPDATE: current formula is completely different! Above notes apply to the original 2014 version. Old one is heavy on oud and patchouli. It's possible they kept the rose/jasmine/grapefruit but replaced the herbal/woods for something more universally-appealing. I like the new one, it's pretty, but it doesn't stand out from the commercial standards like this sharp, aromatic, slightly masculine predecessor. Less representative of the 1960s imo. Current Decades should each have their own entries.

Peanut! Initially, here is a bag of fresh peanuts, the taste of a yellow peanut blossom. Perhaps even sesame seeds. After the drydown, I have even balance of coriander, citrus and rose that blends into absinthe. A fragrant herb garden sprouting from loamy soil. Like walking into an oxygen rich forest in the late spring. Earthy, but not heavy. I was expecting something more gimicky and cheap coming from a retro makeup brand but this is a delicious and unique perfume that feels high quality. It is inspiring me to explore more absinthe-based scents. This is the "new" formulation, and I have no idea what the original release was like. If you like what I describe, give it a try.

This is for the reformulation: I wanted to like this, I really did. It's not bad per se, but upon wearing it, I realized rather quickly it reminded me of something but I could not put my finger on it. And then it hit me like a freight train while at work.......It smells like my dance recitals in the 90s. So it's not that it smells BAD, it's that it has this sharp, almost butane/accelerant note to it backed up by notes of wormwood that's a DEAD RINGER for White Rain Hairspray. I wanted to like it, I swear.