Azurée

I just received 2 bottles of EL Azuree via an online order direct from Estee Lauder. I bought it based on description, as I love and adore all EL frags so far, and anything lemony I adore. After letting it settle and come to temperature (it is -7 celcius here in Canada today) I can honestly say that I am 100% in love with this fragrance, and will sell off my collection of other lemony/green frags because I have finally found my Holy Grail of spring/summer perfume! the first few minutes after spraying are quite lemony but the background is green and earthy, and starts to shine through within 10 minutes or so. At the 1 hour mark, I find it more balanced and the green and earthiness come out. It is also becoming richer and fuller, slightly floral and quite delicious! I will spray some on my husband, as he is always 2 degrees warmer than me, and I know he will be loving it and using it, so I have a separate bottle just for him. I wanted to buy it now while it is still available in the Classics collection for a good price $84 cdn, because I learned here on Frangrantica that EL is re-releasing this and others as "Legacy Collection" with a huge triple price markup and a reformulation again, which, I dont want, my bottles are batched at 2023 code, and this mossy lemony chypre is absolutely what I have been seeking my whole life! I tried O de Lancome, too lime/harsh and masculine for me, and JL Scherrer, the edp is so synthetic and causes me to sneeze for 5 minutes, Paloma P, not green enough but good, (husband finds it too floral, I find it gets pissy on me if oversprayed.) Cabochard now has no depth too cold, so disappointed with that. I was getting by with Chanel 19 edt since 1978 as a young Miss, but now poor longevity and high price, plus hard to get and I dont like the poudre version with the fake musk. I read the reviews for Azuree here, and put in an order. Can't wait to get a couple more back-ups before they replace it with the Legacy version, as this will be my Spring/summer fragrance from now on! Thank you all fellow Frangrantica reviewers, I feel complete!

I haven't smelled the original Azurée, but this 2019 version is a truly lovely scent in its own right. A mossy, leathery chypre, it is old-fashioned in style (in the very best way). I adore a good chypre, and while I cite Knowing and Private Collection as the definitive Estée Lauder chypres, I can now add Azurée to this line-up. Azurée is a warm yet dark chypre, bringing to mind dappled shade under a tree in summer. Its dark leathery base and bitter herbal notes are offset by bright, fresh fruity notes, the olfactory equivalent to sunlight diffusing through shadows. Azurée opens with bright citrus, followed closely by aromatic basil, a mild fresh start to the herbal accord that permeate this scent. I get something akin to melon too, aquatic and slightly sweeter. The witchy artemisia creeps in, typically bitter and green. The leather emerges here, akin to a worn vintage leather jacket, soft and non-animalic. Alongside the bitter herbs, it very much reminds me of Grès Cabochard, but is more refined. Some powdery florals balance it out, adding some mellow sweetness to temper the artemisia-leather accord. The mossy base develops seamlessly in the background, giving body to the chypre. A lovely rendering of oakmoss is present, and a cloud of patchouli adds earthiness. It becomes softly woody and musky as it dries down, with grassy vetiver in particular evident here. It fades to a musky, mossy skin scent with leather lingering until final fade. Sillage is strong and longevity is long-lasting. It is unisex in the manner of old-school chypres, and is transeasonal - autumnal in particular. Well-blended, well-composed and beautifully-balanced, I have fallen in love. Estée Lauder do a great job of staying true to their original formulas, and keeping high-quality perfume affordable. I hope this won't be discontinued in favour of Frédéric Malle's revisited version (significantly higher in price), but I might get a bottle just in case while I can. Underrated excellence. 5/5.

Azurée strikes me as a distinctly European fragrance, despite its New World provenance. Lauder’s oeuvre is filled with cheerful and openly friendly (“American”) scents like White Linen and Beyond Paradise; Azurée doesn’t aim to please so easily. It’s one of those rare perfumes that feels like it has its own personality and temperament, indifferent to the whims of its wearer. It’s bold and unique in a sea of sameness; there’s certainly nothing else like it on the mainstream fragrance counter, unless you include the current Cabochard - all bones, no flesh - or Lauder’s own Aramis. A similarly mouth-puckering leather chypre, Aramis admittedly feels stark in comparison to the more lush Azurée, but the family resemblance is undeniable. With its robust character, earthy depth, and aversion to pleasing the crowd, Azurée feels like fragrance as body armor. I wear it when I want to feel confident and devil-may-care, or when I just need inspiration to pull myself together and get things done. (I don’t know if Katherine Hepburn ever wore Azurée, but it strikes me as something right up her alley.) It’s a “backup bottle” scent, to me - both affordable and the kind of proper retro perfume that feels like the result of a glitch in the matrix. How can this kind of thing exist in 2022? If you love a dry chypre that smells like a chypre should, Azurée is a must. [Edit: Despite its potency - or perhaps because of it - this is one of those chypres that arguably suits warm weather better than cold. The heat dissolves some of oakmoss’s inherent mustiness, leaving behind a sharp, sun-baked bitterness that cuts right though a doggy summer day. The citruses and florals have more bounce, and the rich leathery drydown feels even sultrier, while remaining crisp and breathable. Don’t write this one off before you experiment with it in different climates.]

A sweet little chypre. I'm still not sure what sunlight is supposed to smell like, exactly, but this does smell like the great outdoors. I get a lot of moss and vetiver, with a little brightness from the opening citrus and basil. The rose and jasmine seem to come out more during the drydown, but they never dominate over the sweet grassy and mossy accords. Overall, Azurée is in the same general family as EL's Private Collection, vintage Miss Dior, Miss Balmain, Clinique's Aromatics Elixir, and Avon's Unforgettable. Azurée smells to me like sweet hay, clover, moss, grass, and some unobtrusive but recognizable rose and jasmine. I find this crisp and pretty, in a slightly wild way. It doesn't smell remotely azure to me (except maybe in a vaguely Mallarmé way); to me it smells more like shades of green and gold, with some chestnut and bark-brown here and there. This is the perfume you should wear if have elected to roll around in a fallow field or a hayloft with a sexy day laborer. But it also works just fine if you're just sitting in your office, in November, on a cold but sunny day, and you're thinking wistfully about the Côte d'Azur. Update: Even though the leather isn't listed as a note anymore, I can still smell it, as a soft suede accord blending with the mosses. This might be a reformulation and perhaps a bit of a compromise of Ms. Lauder's austere original, but make no mistake: this is still very recognizably Azurée. I'm sure the oakmoss notes are synthetic, but they smell every bit as convincing to me as their now-illegal compounds in my vintage chypres (EL PC, Avon's Unforgettable).

I blind bought this latest version of Azuree last year, and it is probably the bitterest green in my collection. I didn't appreciate it until today as I am hunkered down in cool air conditioning, hiding from our almost unliveable heat and humidity in the 2020 Australian summer. With the shutters closed to keep out the heat and sun, I feel as though I am living like a mole, deep underground, surrounded by Moses and lichens, earth and damp - It has wormwood as a note after all! Azuree fits my mood to be sequestered in a comfortable place inside, but still in touch with nature. This version of Azuree has absolutely nothing to do with the description of the original by Mrs Lauder as quoted in the Fragrantica notes above (and indeed is still being used on the EL official site to describe this 2019 Azuree - they really need to have a word with their marketing department). Maybe in the late 60's Azuree smelled of the Mediterranean, and was a sunny fragrance. Take a look for yourself at the notes here in the 2019 version. Oak moss (or whatever is used these days to recreate it) is big, dark and dank here, the florals fairly subsumed by the herbals and woods, and aldehydes are completely gone. This is unquestionably a bitter herbal green and leans more towards the Aromatic Woody family I think. So, in short, don't blind buy this if you believe the official description of this Azuree, and want a sunny fragrance, but if you love bitter woody green fragrances, or something of the Aromatics Elixir ilk, do give the latest Azuree a sniff. it is brilliant, heady stuff.

This is so nice, I can smell it in my bedroom three hours after spraying it. The top citrus notes in this reformulation smells very similar to a lime fragrance oil that I used too use for candle making. It's a really comforting type of citrus, (not a screechy citrus) so nostalgic... This is one of the best chypres currently on the market I wonder what would happen if I mixed this with the 2019 reformulation of Cabochard edp. I bet that would be interesting. Maybe the aldehydes from Cabochard will pump it up a notch. We'll see!! EDIT- I was sitting in the living room when my best friend walked into her kitchen from the outdoors, and she said she could immediately smell me when she came in, and she was a good 15 to 20 feet away from me. I will forever have this in my collection. EDIT EDIT- I wore this in 100°F sunblazing weather at the pride festival, and I could still smell it when I got home. This is the only chypre I own that sticks too my skin in the extreme heat. I think this would work very well in almost any climate type.

I have a sample from the new bottle and from what I can smell, the notes are faithful to the original. Not that abbreviation above. I didn't have the pleasure of trying it sooner, these oldies are getting harder to find every day. At least they are still in production. Azuree is still quite the powerhouse, probably tamer and flatter than before. The real thing would probably blow my mind... I see it as more flamboyant, sunny version of the darker, broody even, Cabochard. Cabochard is like a businesswoman or a supermodel that is to busy to smile, appears cold and inaccessible while Azuree is her younger sister with girl next door charm. Azuree is more relaxed, less demanding but still cut from the same cloth. Great posture and substance. I can't believe this was created as a vacation perfume. Apparently, wearing girdles was still quite common at the time. And I can only imagine what the body care was like. Fabulous.

I've been looking for Azuree for months and I finally found one in the new 2019 release formulation. Superb! A dry, bitter, green chypre clearly belonging to the charmed circle of famous kick-ass legends - Cabochard, Bandit, de Scherrer, Silences - all of which I love. They're all a bit different from each other but they have the same effect on me. My lungs fill with sharp, green, faintly floral green and I am instantly in amongst the whispering verdure of wild nature, delighting in dappled light and velvety moss and silvery lichen on big sweeping branches with birds and insects and burgeoning life surrounding me. Azuree brings me closer to my animalic, sensory core and gives me a break from the celebral, disconnected aspects of e-life. It's such a pleasure to breathe this stuff in and feel myself relax. A treasure in a bottle. Haiku of the day the scent of nature green velvet moss and lichen sensory relief

I first smelled this scent years ago when it was commonly sold in the bottle with the octagonal collar and thought it smelled great, but I recently bought the scent in this new style bottle. I am happy to report that it's still spectacular! A unisex leather/oakmoss scent, the box suggests that it has honest-to-goodness real evernia prunastri (oakmoss) in it - and don't it smell great! Scrubby, leathery and rich. It smells like a real perfume from a better era; I don't know how to state it other than that. Yes, there is some citrus at the very beginning, but it dries away quickly. The House of Lauder has done a commendable job of maintaining this scent. The more I smell it on me, the more I like it. And boy, does it last! Great stuff! ---------------- Update six months later: This stuff is absolutely wonderful. Oakmoss, lovely, lovely oakmoss. Real oakmoss. I think I like it more than ever.

My Azurée arrived today. A full bottle blind buy based on reviews here. People ask, how is this Côte d'Azur at all? Oh, but it is. Have patience in the first 30 min, while it seems to dangerously veer into Youth Dew country (oh, no!). And then, little by little the smoky, camphorous curtain lifts and you find yourself standing on gorse, broom and heather covered rocky hill. The sun is hot on your back but the air is fresh and arid. The iodine and salt in it tell you that bright blue sea is not far, just over the hilltop. It's a coastal cousin of Farouch. And that makes me happy. One tiny spray on the wrist lasts on me some 4 hours. P.S. Oh, and that iodine scent, that's Spanish lavender, cantueso, typical of any Mediterranean hill and mountain https://theoriginalgarden.com/es/p/plantas/flores/flores-vivaces/lavandula-stoechas-cantueso

wWOWw! This fragrance is absolutely STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL! Man? Estee Lauder sure does make some amazing Chypres!! My all time favorite Knowing, Lauder for Men and now this Azuree??! Fantastic! Now, Azuree remimds me of an Elevated, rou.der, smoother and more potent Grès by Cabochard, but again, on a whole other level! Where Grès is more leathery/smokey, Azuree is greener with a more prominent Oak.oss note. The Patchouly is that dense but CLEAN Patchouli like in Knowing. Perfectly Unisex and as a man, I wear both Knowing and will also be wearing Azuree with ZERO problems. Qnyhow, if ya'll like your classic Chypress, man or woman, you MUST get Azuree in your collections! A 9 outta 10, Green, super long lasting, dense yet clean Chypre! STELLAR!

One of my favorite fragrances! A gorgeous chypre classic. This earthy, woody scent is worth its weight in gold. Azurée is a timeless fragrance. One whiff of the oakmoss, vetiver, amber, patchouli, and basil and you're transported to the Côte d'Azur. With top notes of Basil, Jasmine, and Citrus, middle notes of Vetiver, and Rose, and base notes of Patchouli, Oakmoss, and Amber, you get a "sunny", earthy feel. It's a little like crossing Guerlain's Aqua Allegoria Mandarine Basilic with Youth Dew. It's good to keep one on your dressing table for days when you need a little sunshine in a bottle. :) Azurée by Estee Lauder is a timeless, gorgeous fragrance, A decent substitute is Cabochard by Gres.

Sad, how the only "acceptable" scent profile for women these days seems to be sickeningly sweet fruitchuli or some sort of dessert. Anything else is deemed masculine and men want to take over it. We mustn't accept that. Girls, don't let male opinions keep you from experiencing and owning gorgeous aromatic scents like Azuree, that were created FOR women BY women. There's no need to diminish ourselves or limit our taste to only pink and sweet things. edit. I wrote this as a reply to a comment that has now been removed. It said that this is very much a masculine scent and that the writer basically can't imagine a woman pulling it off. Just mentioning this so you can put my writing into context.

For me, Azuree is just what the doctor ordered. Sunny, green, earthy and aromatic. Not too sweet, not too tangy. I can simply inhale it and feel invigorated! But there's more than that, some rather unusual qualities. One can smell the citrus trees and the earth beneath them, some smoke and a hint of chlorine from a swimming pool. Some kind of cleaning product to wash floors with...fresh laundry hanging on the line. Where is this place? Smells like a beautiful vacation.

The newer formulation is unsurprisingly lighter but takes no prisoners in its presentation of mossy woods and leather. Azurée is a pungent elixir that takes you on a journey. I live by the Mediterranean and can see the inspiration for Azurée; the citrus and bergamot make it difficult to miss. But it’s the oakmoss and patch that catapult it to another dimension that is darker and more introspective than the sea and sand vibe.

Weirdly I get compliments from men when I wear this?! From blokes in their 60s to ones in their 20s which I find surprising. It reminds me of cabochard but less hard leather and a bit greener. I'm not sure its what I think of as Mediterranean but I love it and I'm so glad fragrances like this are still around and still strong, Estee Lauder is a real favourite for this and still great quality!

I am not a big fan of chypre and not a big fan of "vintage" smelling perfumes. Having said that, i have to admit i fell in love with Azuree. It's gorgeous, it's the definition of chypre for me: dry(as opposed to sweet), intoxicating, bold, elegant. And the longevity is enormous! Two sprays and a whole day in the city in hot weather and i could smell it all the time. This is a power scent.

RICH, Deep, Green , Earthy and Magicalx . Absolutely in Love😍, it make me feel i’m in my beloved country Spain in summer time. Smells like home. One spray and last ages on you, and on your clothes. I’d like to try the vintage one but i’m sure still smells the same. Masterpiece please don’t discontinue this treasure 😍

2024 - this is every bit as good as the original Azuree I've had in the past. It lasts for ever - and gets more comments than any other perfume I've used. It is absolute magic. Please Estee Lauder, don't discontinue this masterpiece.

Imádom! Tölgymoha, kis citrus, föld, rózsa (alig), borostyán... Tartós, lengedez egész nap. Minden évszakban megállja a helyét, de az őszi napsugár még tudja fokozni a hatást!

I just can’t get enough of it. It’s so strong and spicy. Delicious! Not for the basics!

This is a scent of its own. Very strong and long-lasting. I blind bought it by reading descriptions and notes, thankfully only a half used bottle. One reason I bought it was that it contains both vetiver and amber and I had only recently discovered my new absolute favourite Bois 1920 Vetiver Ambrato which has these same notes, already by the name. And I was curious, what were the scents in the past. Why is leather not mentioned in the notes? I don't really like leather as a note, it's too distinguished and bold but it certainly smells as one of the components. The colour of the scent is deceptive, possibly wrong. It should be rouge or grey to reflect the liquid's character. But I'm not really a specialist in this field, maybe there are others like this and for some reason they are also considered yellow. Official text mentions light, sunlit, golden. What? It looks like the colour has been taken from that description then, not from the scent. This scent happens to be one of those which I smell again and again and... Not very often but... I don't really understand what happens. In a sense, it's a time travel to a world I've never been to. (Just like what happened when I used to listen to The Orb's and FSOL's music 25 years ago.) I feel like I'm smelling a leather jacket that's been staying and been used a lot in a garage to take care of a car (diesel, gasoline, whatnot). And it's definitely a 70's jacket, possibly white, partly red, also with a few red leather stripes on sleeves. I guess this scent would help cover the other smells of the garage well by just being similar but giving additional perfume quality. Having smelt few samples from Amouage, I think this is similar to one of those. A scent which puts the person on a time and space travel immediately, possibly for hours. It is a complex one. So I also doubt the list of notes which is too short. I didn't feel any rose or jasmine here even before I got my partial anosmia, or I already had it when I first smelt it, who knows... But those notes are a good idea to layer this with. I'm not sure I actually like it but I kind of enjoy it. I can't imagine a situation where I would wear it when being with other people. Some say they would use it for self confidence but for me, if I would wear it for that purpose, that would be self confidence driven to the level of insanity, to do bad things. If I'd ever get in contact with somebody I don't know beforehand and would talk to that person for some reason and would feel he or she is wearing this, I would be very suspicious about the whole situation. I'd possibly want to escape immediately. It could also be used, as one reviewer mentioned it was used, by some lesbians because this scent would give a strong masculine aura -- at least I think so because it reminds me garage smell. On the other hand, if a "wrong" person wears this, whoever it is, it could actually work as a prank: either in public transport or with somebody special to be pranked (wife to husband: "Smell this, I just found it and it's going to be my everyday scent from now on"). I'm afraid if this was sold among prank stuff in a prank shop, it would fit fine there. But it can be taken quite seriously at the same time, it all depends on the person wearing it and what is the situation. As it is often said in reviews, it is not for everybody. I've read some reviews which give me an impression of a scent quite well as I've found out later by either having it or having a sample of it. But this one here... This is so different and unexpected. But very interesting indeed. If there's somebody who feels this scent is only slightly too much, try DS&Durga's Cowboy Grass (possibly much more expensive) -- that's similar but in a sense more polite and more herbal, less mossy. Another two politer versions are Estee Lauder Aromatics Elixir and Bois 1920 Come la Luna. To the other direction when thinking of capturing attention, I think Theodoros Kalotinis 1989 is worth to try, although it's somewhat less similar, less complex and loses the initial hit quicker. One more thing: I like the bottle! It looks a little bit oldish, but very stylish, stripes on the sides. And I like the colour, despite of the smell, it is very beautiful yellow. My bottle's batch code is A39, whatever producing time it refers to.

I have Azuree in the new rectangular bottle. I don't understand why Fragrantica lists this perfume's launch date as 2019. I worked in cosmetics at a Macy's from 2016-2018 and Estee Lauder's line of classics in the new rectangular bottles was already around. Anyhow. Azuree to me registers as a leather scent. Ralph Lauren Polo is actually what comes to mind as Azuree's masculine counterpart. It's dry and mossy and yes, a bit "harsh" as others have mentioned. In the days I've worn Azuree, I don't think I've ever detected a sweet note. I'm sniffing what's left on my inner arm after 9 hours of wear time and nope - Azuree still won't give up any floral, citrus, or sweet amber/patchouli notes. Just dry moss in shades of dark green and dark gray. How often are modern perfumes still going strong 9 hours later though? I'm not waxing poetic the way I do in some perfume reviews, but I do like Azuree. I just find it to be a cold, rebellious fragrance. A woman who would rather be crossing mountains on her Ducati than warming her skin at the seaside. What’s interesting is I’ve asked two people to smell Azuree on ME on days I’ve worn it and they both described it as “light.” That just leaves me scratching my head. I'll have to wear Azuree on a hot day outdoors to see if my nose will ever tease out any Mediterranean sunshine.

Brace yourself, because Azurée opens with a bang! Punchy, acidic citrus hits you first like the olfactory equivalent of biting right into a slice of tart, juicy lemon. This quickly takes a backseat to the dry, earthy, oakmossy greenness in all its glory, somehow conjuring simultaneous images of romps in the grass and walks through the forest. Camphorous patchouli dances in and out and lends itself so well to the rest of the composition. The further this dries down, the more I’m enjoying its zesty verdancy. I’m not picking up on the florals, but I don’t need to — it smells great regardless. Let me wear this more and see if I can’t turn this “like” into a “love”...

Estee Lauder Azurée (originally launched in 1969) - herbal leather - Nobody talks so much about #bernardchant ‘s green leather chypre, but it’s so distinct and well-crafted. Starts with sparkling aldehydes, Bergamot, Basil, and an intense herbal note of Artemisia. Then, it transitions with its floral heart: Rose, Jasmine, Iris, ylang-ylang, on a leather chypre-base. The leather isn’t birch tar-like or smokey, but reminds me of a well-worn jacket left in the woods - moss, leaves and earth wrapping around it.

I have only this new version and I bought it because I love earthy, green, leather fragrances and it was compared to all my favourite fragrances Silences Jacomo, Cabochard Gres, Jean-Louis Scherrer Jean-Louis Scherrer, Bandit Robert Piguet. And I must say that this one is my least favourite of them. There is one note which is quite disturbing a bit synthetic, which is irritating for me. So I wear it very rarely. I like it but it is not love.

This smells like photographs of Patti Smith in the 70s. Bold, leather jackets, power, energy.

Had high expectations for this I’m not a sweet tooth when it comes to fragrances I mean I can appreciate salty - aromatic- fougere- everything else except white florals that is but for some reason this one was a little too bitter for my own taste The cologne citrus opening was very good and I wished if it lasted a while longer After the citruses calm down the bitterness hits hard and it stays bitter to the end of the day Performance is very good All I wanted was less bitterness and more either soapiness or sweetness it would’ve changed my whole experience A dramatic pass with a heavy heart

1st try: Unfortunately, it smells very similiar to Cabochard... a little bit more floral. Matronly. Its a nope for me. Same as Paloma Picasso, apply and then wait, cause is very strong. It will soften after an hour. 2nd try: After the first sprays, it smells different, more herbal, like a forest, moss, I like it more since it distance it self a bit from Cabochard, evolves on the skin more fresher and less cigarret smell. 3er try: Is like a combination of Silences and Cabochard but lighter and more flowery. It won me down, in the end. Still not sure in which event should I wear it...

Herbal One Man, Caractère — most likely no need to reach for vintage to understand this DNA. Like an old French Lover, Blue Bottle #1, and so on.

horrible indolic stench amplified by the patchouli and oakmoss. i recoiled smelling this

Update 3/31/20: I just received an older bottle of Azuree "Pure Fragrance Spray" manufactured in 2006. When smelling the 2006 bottle and the new version side by side, it's clear they are different. The newer version has been updated with more modern aromachemicals. Some users may not even notice the difference, because current Azuree does still smell a lot like it's old self. Whether the reformulation occurred when the bottle changed in 2015 or even back when the old bottles were still being sold, I cannot say for sure. ORIGINAL REVIEW: The older bottle style with the metal "saddle" on the shoulder of the bottle was still being sold on the Estee Lauder website in December of 2014. And the new bottle style appeared on the site in very early in 2015. I used the Wayback Machine to determine when the bottle change happened. I acknowledge a change in bottle...But I'm not so sure there was a change in the scent itself during this time. What I smelled at Macy's the other day (they often keep the Azuree tester behind the counter -- ask for it) does not smell different to me than what I remember spritzing from a tester in 2011 with the old bottle style. So I'm not prepared to say that the new bottle = new scent. However, the scent of Azuree DID change quite a bit from what was around in the late 60s/70s. Azuree started in 1969 as a bath and body line - the spray fragrance was only one component. I own a bottle of the very earliest Azuree Cologne Concentrate Spray, from when it was first released -- the white 3 oz rubberized mist with the abstract logo splashed freely across the bottle, several years before the logo was encased in a soft square shape. Comparing this earliest Azuree fragrance to the modern, there are differences. There was a different musk used then, a very strong, skanky musk which became very prominent about an hour into the drydown. I personally didn't care much for it, and I'm glad it's gone. But, that specific musk went bye-bye a long time ago: probably a nitro-musk that was banned in around 1980. I'm pleased that it's gone, but it's one of the main differences between old Azuree and modern. And real oakmoss was present of course in old Azuree, and we all know real, natural oakmoss is long gone. However the oakmoss derivatives that are used today still make their presence felt and smell like the real stuff: 12 hours after spritzing the modern stuff, all that's left on my arm is the smell of oakmoss. It smells just like the two vials I have of real oakmoss absolute, with its slight wintergreen facet. And perhaps some dark animalics, like civet or castoreum, have been removed or replaced with modern equivalents. But I'm not certain if they were ever in the mix, or if it was just that old musk that was responsible for the rough animalic effect in the oldest version. The old stuff from the 70s was just more dirty/dank/skanky/animalic than what's available today. It's viewed as a perfume tragedy if you love that sort of thing, but I personally don't care for it all that much, and am happy with the bright citrus/leather chypre that is in production in modern times. Azuree is still recognizably the same fragrance, despite the changes with musks and moss. IMO, it still smells great, considering the ingredient restrictions that have occurred in modern times, and it's still a very strong, projecting, long-lasting perfume. So my advice is...go to your nearest Macy's and ask the Estee Lauder person for the tester of Azuree...and give it a whirl! It just might be the exact same scent that's been in production before they changed the bottle.

Azurée is a masterpiece of perfumery. Few houses are making new fragrances like this but thankfully Estée Lauder keeps selling this beautiful perfume. It's very complex, the notes listed on this entry are only a glimpse of what it contains, so see the entry for the first edition in the original bottle for the full breakdown. I cannot stress enough that this is a proper perfume, one is tempted to say "they don't make 'em like this anymore" but fortunately for those of us who know about Azurée, they do! This has a very strong sillage and is quite long-lasting. It's an amazing value, if this was a new fragrance from a niche perfume house it would cost at least twice the price. Azurée is earthy, confident, and bold. I receive compliments on this from both men and women, and given the trend towards androgynous dressing I believe this fragrance is absolutely due for a come back. It would suit any gender, though it definitely appeals to those of us who love "masculine" styles and scents. Is the formula the exact same as it was in 1969? Undoubtable not, as it's likely been changed to meet regulatory requirements. But my partner is quite sure that this is the fragrance that his lesbian grandmother wore in the 1970s, he recognized it immediately so it cannot have changed too much. This really is one of the greats, when I wear it I feel so confident, like the best version of myself.

Refer to the original Azure for notes, the ones on this post are a shortened version of what is really going on in this complex fragrance, no matter which bottle or year. With just one spray: first a real blast of aromatic citrus (bergamot), very Mediterranean, very chypre, which lasts no more than 15 minutes. Then the real Azuree comes forth, a dark and earthy green herbal fragrance, like a tumble in hay and wild herbs and white flowers, quite medicinal and apothecary like, due to the artemisia, but very sunny. So unlike the rest of the chypres I own, except for the first citrus blast, which tells me this is more of a herbal green fragrance. Potent sillage, spray lightly. Then about an hour and a half later the drydown, softening, sweeter roses and wild flowers, the herbal character on an earthy/mossy base still lingering for a couple of hours more. Then, finally, moss and rose and a touch of bergamot, for hours on end. Quite fascinating, like a green aromatic cocktail of differing notes that keep coming at you. Not a crowd pleaser, it will definitely keep you out of your headspace. In my opinion, it stays unisex throughout. Days later I open my wardrobe and the classic chypre blend still emerges, gorgeous, serene.

Just because a fragrance isn't sweet and doesn't smell like dessert doesn't mean it's for a man. If that's what you think, you are not a sophisticated fragrance lover. Why are you wasting everyone's time? Of course, if you're a man and love a good chypre then do what makes you happy. I can't imagine what a chypre on a gentleman smells like but it could be quite interesting. This is a gorgeous and aromatic leather chypre originally created for women. The master perfumer, Bernard Chant, took his stunning composition for Cabochard and turned up the warmth 10 years later. From what I understand, it's still possible to get a flacon of Azure made with real oakmoss. Azure doesn't play. It is French perfumery at a high level. Intense, loud, animalic, herbal and green, yet warm and enveloping. Extremely feminine. IYKYK Monsieur Chant knows how to do an elegant leather chypre. Absolutely brilliant for those that love perfume and not just vanilla. Go buy a candle if you want vanilla. Bake some cookies. Leave real fragrance to those of us that don't think TikTok is the place to learn about perfume.

Patti Smith in the 70's!? No wonder I like it :) I'm a vintage collector, but after one look at the prices for this one, I couldn't take it haha! So this is the bottle I own, which it appears will soon be discontinued too. So glad I have it. When I first smelled it, couldn't quite grasp how this was inspired by a summer in the Riviera. They just lived differently in the 70's I guess! BUT. Now I get it. Maybe because the bottle sat for a while? Compared to other mossy green, aromatic scents that I know of from the era, this one is much more citrusy. It's not quite the Neroli Portonfino class of summer scents we know today. It is much drier and almost leathery. It's big, but it's not wearing me, so to speak. It also lacks that kind of weird, momentary sour sort of note that I feel a lot of the Estee Lauder repackages in this bottle have (Cinnabar for sure, Spellbound, kinda). I'm not even going to bother with the vintage. Better not to know what I'm missing if I'm satisfied with this one. Go out and get this while you still can. I hear the *higher end* versions of these are a letdown.

Immediately shoots to my top 5. Fantastic fragrance and amazing reformulation and relaunch of a beloved classic. I have had 3 recent reformations that embittered me. This is corrective! I get the resiny earthy notes right in the citrusy top. Amouage Figment is similar but more complex with a long evolution and narrative. Azurée is more linear. Dirty, sexy, camphorous, and golden impact best worn outside on a sunny day. The artemisia does speak of Absinthe and there is something of temperate forests and squat rocky mountains in this. I think of the Jura and a 18thC Maison de plaisance. Absinthe poured into thick old goblets, on a rusting table, on a dusty patio, in a scruffy garden of gravel paths and Madame Bravy hybrid tea roses by Guillot. A simple, single-jet circular fountain of 100yo moss-covered concrete, surrounded by ferns. Or a hippy anointed in pure hippy oils, in his cottage herb garden outside Woodstock in the Catskills. I can't picture an appropriate evening occasion for this scent. C'est du l'art de la parfumerie. It's gorgeous, but it's not soigné.

OK---I have to admit, I haven't smelled this new Azuree---but the original was one of the first Lauder fragrances I ever wore--(My mother was a Youth Dew fan, but I really hated that scent at the time.) I bought my first bottle of Azuree at the Kauffman's in downtown Pittsburgh, when I was living in the freshman dorms at Point Park College in 1971. I got a Free Gift with purchase--(Lauder had kind of invented that marketing ploy back then)that included a travel size of Aliage, which I also bought, later that year! This scent does smell "golden"--that was the perfect word for it--and it had the AWESOME staying power and silage of Lauder fragrances of the 70's and 80's--I did get lots of compliments on it and the bottle lasted a long time. Azuree back than reminded me a lot of both Norell, also a silage monster with similar notes, and the Lauder men's scent , Aramis, which is more butch but shares a lot of notes with this scent. I hope this re-launch is true to the original!

Just got a full bottle sealed via a blind buy for about $50.00 . It starts out sweet then turns a bit more green / herbal and bitter. ( I get "flower shop" on the top opening notes for about 20 minutes -so the development phase has some nice twists to it) . This is UNISEX for those who trust me ! (I am a dude who likes MENS and LADIES fragrances- I am TRANS*FRAGRANCE). This is a cousin to all the "reminds me of" section above. THIS IS PRETTY STRONG STUFF! 4 sprays = all day. Well; so far. Azuree has that "cigarette on clothes the next day" vibe for those (like me) that have fond feelings for the smell of cigarettes (and yes; hard leather shoes fresh outta the shoebox) in a sophisticated way. Others BEWARE. LOL. Vintage vibes for sure! Azuree sure does not smell like it was created in 2019 ! My "like" will turn into "love" after I test drive Azuree in public AND in front of actual people that I know.

Such a treasure. still cannot believe I got it in discounter for $30, it shared the shelf with JLo and Rihanna fragrances, insane. Vintage vibe chypre. Deep, earthy. it's like smelling flowers through the filter of vetiver and earth, dark but still on the festive side. Vintage vibe, but still smells contemporary. I don't really connect it with marketing description: to me, it's not about the sunny sun at all. It doesn't bring a feeling of being doomed, but there's nothing light or easygoing. Occasion wise to me it's for the moment when I want to feel confident and classy. In drydown it goes sweeter, more resinous, ambery. Darkness switches with warmth and sunset heat. Borscht rating for people: 7/10 Borscht rating for herself: 9.8/10

Unusual and wonderful. Group it with our favourite reformulated chypres, this one with a summer Italian cologne blast on top. It benefits by the addition of even more citrus, to get to the sunbaked original concept. A nectary kind of sweet citrus, brings out the lush possibilities of Azurée. As is, the leather and moss push it to the strict Cabochard and Aramis. That said, I did recently luck upon a giant bottle of vintage Aramis which is sweeter and kinder in its vintage form than current Aramis. During the pandemic, the new Cabochard EDT and EDP was often found for under 15 euros and I think that was the tremendous bargain among these close cousin fragrances.

This formulation of Azurée is spicy sweet and I smell fruit that is not citrus at the top. Melon? Peach? OK perhaps it's a nectary orange-lime. At least it's a VERY warm chypre, with excellent longevity in this formulation. The online grey market price is Euro 50-60 for the 50ml and it's out of stock in many retail outlets and some Estée sites (France, Switzerland), perhaps awaiting the soon to come reformulation many times more expensive. In other words, the current one is a good value. I suppose Azurée must be a treasured chypre by many chypre lovers because it is so sunny and easy to wear. Completely unisex. Get it while you can.

Stuff like "Girls, don't let male opinions keep you" comments below really is no less sexist than the other way around. People get to have opinions. Stop pointing out gender as a qualifier to have one or not. People can have opinions regardless of either gender. You can have opinions about cats; are you a cat? It is incredibly childish and off-putting behavior on both ends. This Fragrance is for everyone. The notes lean more traditionally masculine. It smells wonderful. Wear what you want.

i have not smelled the old formula Azuree. But I received my new purchase Azuree and all I can say is absolutely stunning. Extremely mesmerizing. This is truly a work of art. So full of warmth, sunny, its magic. I love this so much. I'm glad its still around. Not easy to find on line. Im glad there is a dedicated Estee Lauder store I can get it from. This one works so well with my chemistry. Must always have it

Didn’t think I’d see people arguing that fragrances are decidedly feminine or masculine on a perfume lovers website. Didn’t we all learn that the first commercial fragrances were genderless in our very first readings on perfume? That being said, I adore Azuree and all the other green powerful perfumes in this family, even though apparently I’m not supposed to.

Citrusy, green leather that can be worn equally well by a man or a woman. I feel Estee Lauder did pretty well with the current formulation, though the old bottle was incomparable. Does it smell similar to Bandit Supreme? Yes. Le Sillage Blanc? Yes, but not so bitter. Cabochard? Not really. Leather Jardin? Certainly not.

The fact that this, and Cabochard for that matter, have more feminine votes than masculine votes in the gender ratings on this page is simply a testimate to how gullible some people are to marketing. Look at the accords. This is masculine. It may be marketed to women, but the scent profile is decidedly masculine.

Has someone purchased this bottle recently in 2024 and can you please tell me if the performance is as good as previous years 2019 to 2023 ? Thanks Edit: Received bottle from Estee 2024/ Tested once on back of hand. Seems decent performance. Need a full wearing. Smells is fine. I like it.

So much citrus. Longevity lasts for days. It’s nice and very bright. In a cypress with citrus way. I’m curious what the original leather note did to complete this fragrance in the previous formula. I need to give this warmer weather to fully appreciate the “sunshine” in this formula.

This is so ugly yet charming and unforgettable. Bitter, green, sharp, sad and then bright, classic, chypre, fresh. Now I know what a love/hate relationship is. In the end, I let Azure go.