Celadon

I used to wear this back in the late 70s when it first came out. It was my favorite of the collection. I went through a couple of bottles of it because I loved it so much. It had such a clean, fresh, outdoorsy quality to it with the abundance of the green notes & just gorgeous aldehydes in the top! The florals were soft, like a bouquet, the rose in it was soft & powdery. I was doing nursing at the time & my patients were always complimenting it. It wasn't a sickeningly sweet floral at all. Such a perfectly balanced blend of notes. But the galbanum, woody notes that smelled so pronounced & so pleasant, with such a soft musk base!!! It was florally green but it had a dryness to it that I liked. It was strong, had great sillage. Sad to see a used vintage bottle on ebay going for $200 but if I had the money to burn, I would love to have it just for old times' sake. 'Wish Lauder would bring it back. I liked it better than White Linen. A hidden treasure from it's era. 'Seems like there were ads that showed exotic hanging gardens, supposed to be like the old wonder of Babylon's famed hanging gardens. It was a stunner!

This is a Ultimate Lauder classic to me, I love it due to it's current rarity, it is soft almost a powdery underscore with a headiness of the late 70's....Reminds me some of Revlon's Scoundrel....Celadon,a Lost treasure has a true staying power siliage..but not too intrusive....

The Forgotten Green Fragrance. Celadon is part of the New Romantics collection from Estee Lauder, released in 1978 alongside White Linen and Pavilion. I suspect Celadon was also created by one of IFF's perfumers, though unfortunately it isn't mentioned in American Legends. Celadon is not a complex perfume. Beyond white flowers, the few elements include aldehydes, galbanum, rose, and musk. The musk blends into the soapy aldehyde base, softening galbanum's crisp green notes while embracing the elegant powdery floral character. It evokes peas and spring gardens—clean, gentle, fresh, and sweet. In terms of character, Celadon is a fairly standard green fragrance. I believe its place within the green fragrance family is closer to Chanel N°19 (both possess a powdery quality) than to Balmain Vent Vert or Estee Lauder Private Collection.

Surprise! When I first smelled White Linen, it seemed to me that it was a very bare fragrance, lacking something. Today I appreciate it for it's own spare, pungent qualities - while glorying in the fact that my intial impression was spot on! Sadly, Celadon looks like the Green Queen, one that would have made my heart sing..... I wish that companies today would more willingly present trios of fragrances with the intent to combine. The middle east need not be alone in utilizing this concept - one that eastern marketing should have seized ages ago! One current offering comes to mind that has a similar advertising concept. Jovan Intense OUD (marketed almost exclusively in the middle east ) was recently released with a rose and an amber companion - making a legitimate trio! While I have only tested the one, I am certain that their quality is excellent for the price range. They have just become available for the US market at Fragrancenet.com, and receiving my bottle of Jovan Intense Oud has made me very happy indeed! These is, of course, no SCENT comparison between this lovely 70's trio and Jovan's oud, amber, and rose. But it is a concept well worth investigating further, as western noses seldom realize the full potential of fragrance combinations.