Nuance

I like this vintage very much, because it gives me a lot of fresh air, nice, aromatic hay, joyful orange blossom and rose that is aromatic, too, and cheerful dandelions. I also like the way light summer wind takes those just as light, almost transparent notes off the vase full of peaches, and drops these notes into the flowers growing in the hay, among the hay, through the hay. And oak moss here, oh, the oakmoss!.. I do like it.

Nuance as a name is somewhat of a misnomer, as this is a boldly aldehydic, spicy floral, starting off a stone fruit fanfare and leveling off with a dominant smoky violet and powdery rose, flanked by herbal aromatics. It is a big ole unapologetic perfume, even in its cologne concentration. It's dry down is the great holy chypre trinity of woods, moss, and musk, which I can never turn away. Delightful!

Floral and smoky, reminds me very much of Elusive by Avon. I have a small bottle of the perfume, which came with a beautiful chrome bottle to be worn as a pendant. I love it, it looks a lot like the Halston bottle necklaces by Elsa Peretti. The perfume is long-lasting and dynamic. I really like it, and I can see (smell) why this is one of the more expensive to find among the vintage Coty perfumes.

I was lucky enough to thrift an unopened box of this fragrance. I have been hunting for older scents as well. I am a big aldehyde lover. I adore the clean bubble bath smell. It reminds me of being a lady powdering her face and applying perfume at her vanity. I think this is just so feminine and delicate. It's warm and harkens to what the craft of perfumery is all about.

Testing today a black topped vintage, Cologne spray, I think from the 70's. This is lovely. It is very very soft. Smokey and woody, powdery and grassy, all the time being sweet without cloying. This is a lovely scent indeed.