Azuree Legacy

I can only offer a fairly ignorant opinion on this as, unfortunately, I have yet to smell the original. I've been exploring more and more (70s, 80s and 90s-era) Estee Lauder frags for the past few months, and they're so often very impressive. Azuree Legacy is no exception, though I'd have to smell the original before coming to a fully-formed opinion. Azuree Legacy smells just as the notes would have you expect, but the complexity of the notes makes this a hard thing to do by imagination alone. The opening is light and airy with a non-acidic bergamot and basil opening, but backed by spice with a good (but not excessive) dose of cumin to back it up. It makes me laugh, as Frederic Malle always said that, if he could have one frag in his collection which he never did, it would be Feminite du Bois - and the resemblance here in the spicy opening is hard to deny. Lying beneath this spicy, citrusy opening is a very gentle leather chypre base, with a detectable resinous note from the oakmoss. This gives me an image of a suede glove which is probably too good for wearing out, but is nevertheless being dragged around the woods in the countryside, gripping bunches of wild herbs and faintly scuffed with fresh forest floor. Supremely elegant and soft, sans any raunchy animalics, it gives a relaxed vernal impression. Price is probably a little too high for me, as it's definitely a shy frag with maybe 5 hours of longevity and modest projection on my skin.

I'm quite sure that IFF kept Bernard Chant's formula for Frederic Malle and Anne Flipo to refer to. Though many people will definitely be put off by the huge top note of cumin. But wait! Do you remember the magic Jean-Michel Duriez showed in the extinct wonder Seine Amoureuse (2017)? Indeed, Azuree Legacy is the true heir to his magical trick. The overt spice has a quality of grinding powder that makes a wonderful bridge between the dark-brown leather and the dry woody background. Considering the Mediterranean summer heat of the beach, the dry air around dry herbs, the sunscreen and warm skin... the addition of spice is quite a bit of decadent sensuality. The finish falls into a Mitsouko bottom base, deep and legitimate. Azuree Legacy is undoubtedly a bold piece of art, whose boldness might even belong to an artisanal perfume, but at the same time it has an elitist touch of finish and subtle details. One of the most nostalgic things about Azuree Legacy is that when you keep a subtle distance from it, the original Azuree becomes its double shadows. In my opinion, Azurée Legacy could be renamed as Azurée - Hot Evening.

I'm on my third day of trying the Legacy collection from the Discovery Coffret available from the EL website. I cannot stand and am crying over Legacy Knowing, I was surprised how much I liked Estee Legacy and now on day three I try Azuree Legacy which I am fully expecting to smell like cumin and BO, so not too hopeful. I've been wearing it since early this morning and have applied three times from the little sample and it's now been 12 hours. I cannot believe it but I am in love with this. It doesn't stay on me that long-I'd say I put more on every 4 hours, but tiny sprays from the sample. I just want to keep smelling it! I love it from the second I put it on and then through all stages of dry down until it is faded. No cumin for me though there is spice. I cook a lot so I'm very familiar with cumin and I'm not getting that. I am at a loss as to how to describe it other than fresh spicy-such a beautiful blend. I agree with 1guy1dog3cats. It's magical.

Azurée Legacy is probably the Legacy collection perfume most recognizable to its original version. But, as mentioned already below, it’s very similar to, and almost indistinguishable from, the non-Legacy Azurée that’s already available. If anything, this feels a bit airier, as though Azurée has been given room to breathe. A great perfume, but given its steep pricing, I’d stick to OG Azurée for now. ETA: So now I’m noticing that Azurée Legacy has become significantly spicier than the original version. It’s magical. I *might* just actually shell out the $$$ to get my hands on a bottle (typed as my credit card weeps)!

Very green herbal scent with ripe melony sweetness that in conjunction with moss makes this perfume unique. Sometimes it reminds me fresh cut artemisia, sometimes I feel fresh aldehydes. Absolute unisex, but this fragrance will give a man a more relaxed appearance, while for a woman, it will create a more businesslike and focused look."