Private Collection Jasmin White Moss

If Private Collection Jasmine White Moss heralds the future of chypres in the post-oakmoss era, you may count on me to sound the trumpet, light the fireworks, lift up the banner and lead the parade. PCJWM is absolutely, positively drop-dead GORGEOUS. Granted, I am predisposed to like any combination of jasmine, bergamot, galbanum and ylang ylang, and I'm at the edge of swooning in pleasure when they're simultaneously warmed by violet and sharpened by vetiver; but add oakmoss and I fall in love and tumble right over into lust. So here I am, all dreamy-eyed, surrounded by a long-lasting sweet mist of violets, incense and moss. There's no leather here whatsoever, but the mood created somehow brings to mind the softness of suede - a pair of gloves in a coat pocket scented by a perfumed lace-trimmed handkerchief. PCJWM vibrates like harp strings and takes me back to the way my garden sang with a complex dewy and woody freshness in the early morning springtime in Seattle some years ago. No one note pushes to the forefront like a diva claiming the stage for her solo; instead the whole choir huddles together with a hushed intake of breath before lifting their voices to sound the glorious harmony found in the notes of a Hallelujah Chorus. I've plumbed my scent memory for a similar fragrance and the closest I can come is Scherrer de Scherrer, a 1979 classic, but SdeS has more bitterness, is duskier and is perhaps full-dark compared to PCJWM's early morning brightness. And SdeS has true oakmoss in her formulation whereas Mme. Lauder's granddaughter has taken her grandmother's 1980's recipe and opened the door to the oakmoss-free future with something called "white moss mist". This mysterious ingredient gives me hope that chypres will not become extinct but will instead evolve into more complex creatures. If you love Diorissimo, especially the vintage, you will love PCJWM. Also lifts my senses in the same bright, sunny, moist, spring-time, green way as original Cristalle edt.

In my experience Estée Lauder's private collection fragrances that I have tried have been HUGE fragrances with so much oomph and lasting power, that I found them completely overwhelming. I had a bottle of Gardenia and Tuberose that I just could not wear because it was so overpowering on me even though I love both tuberose and gardenia. I gave that bottle away. Therefore, it was with much trepidation that, based on the reviews here, I bought Jasmine and White Moss. I shouldn't have worried so! Of all the Estée scents, this one is the most soft and delicate. The first spray is a spray of fresh white flowers laced with rather a sharp green note. On me this fades very quickly, to be replaced by a soft, shimmering white floral with a bit of mossy earth blended in. I find I cannot detect any jasmine, but a completely artistic blend of the softest white flowers. The moss added gives the fragrance almost a warm cozy feeling. The dry down phase doesn't change much from the middle notes, it just keeps mellowing out and spreading the flowers and moss thinner and thinner. On me this is now a perfect skin scent. In fact, of all the Lauder's I have tried, and I have practically tried them all! this one is the only one that I find not to be a fragrance bomb! I adore this fragrance and look forward to wearing it often this spring and summer! Sillage I found to be moderate during the opening, fading to soft during the middle notes and dry down. Longevity is, on me is also moderate, lasting 4-6 hours.

I get a whiff of my early twenties when I wear this. It's like an instant teleportation down the memory lane. And that's because it smells like an exact replica of Cristalle, eau de toilette, circa 1989. I remember letting my precious, almost brand new, 50ml bottle fall on the bathroom floor and shatter into pieces (a very traumatic event for the cash strapped student/budding perfumista I was at the time). The scent that pervaded the whole apartment for a couple of weeks has remained indelibly printed in my limbic brain. Collection Privee Jasmine White Moss smells exactly like this. Interestingly enough, I went and smelled the newer iteration of Cristalle: on my skin, the eau de toilette now has a plastic watermelony scent, and the and eau de parfum is simply sweet, cheap and fake. So I am very happy to have discovered the Private Collection, Jasmine and White Moss. My skin loves chypre and moss... It just becomes soft, close to the skin and enveloping. The jasmine is there too, but it is subdued. I detect some wood, maybe vetiver, and possibly a hint of orange blossom. Longevity is amazing and it is a close to the skin kind of smell -- which I like. That said, it is a very different kind of perfume from the usual offerings, and I definitely understand it may not work with other people's tastes and chemistries.

you have to sniff it a zillion times to detect the notes for they are perfectly well-blended and that's rare in the perfume world nowadays as for the scent, i -for one- adore jasmine and violets, patchouli and Ylang-Ylang are sexy and comforting consecutively and i love how they smell but the latter has a very light scent that it almost needs to be alone to be appreciated -i have a Ylang-Ylang shower gel that smells heavenly great; so to my dismay, i didn't detect it in the frag it has so many woody notes to my delight, and vetiver, can't stress on how much i love vetiver, yepiiiiiiiiiie!! on my skin, no sweetness whatsoever, just green dark (weird combination? but that's how it is) floral fume, at some point, it reminded me so much of Bvlgari Jasmin noir, but the moss in this frag is a wonderful treat ^^ this one is not for the weak-hearted, it's not sweet, floral, yummy, green apple stuff... it's for the chypre, green, dark sexy and pleasantly strong fumes lovers, i simply adore it <3 the longevity is impressive by the way, i expected it to be more impressive though, a couple of hours more won't hurt but i can't complain with a scent like that, this is a unique frag and the sillage is out of this world

I swear this is a copycat of a legendary oakmoss monster: Chanel's Cristalle. I am a Chanel lover, and when comparing the two perfumes side-by-side, Chanel stands out as being more complex, better crafted, and more beautiful all around. Both perfumes smell a lot like a linden-scented French soap. Although I do love Chanel, I would honestly purchase this perfume over Cristalle because the sillage and projection are far superior. Contrary to what other reviewers have said, it surprises me that this perfume was built around jasmine because I really didn't feel the jasmine was prominent. I live in an area where jasmine is bountiful during the summer. I catch strong whiffs of it constantly. If I didn't know anything about this perfume, you would not be able to convince me that there was jasmine in it. The white moss takes center stage.

I was sent a sample of this gorgeous stuff: Oh my! I smell so good! When I lived in the UK I had lovely jasmine climbing up a trellis, and that is the strong singing scent I recognised after the first spritz. The scent broadened and I detected the violet and African Orange--but oh! what really makes it is when the balance of the bergamot, galbanum, vetiver and Estee Lauder's special white moss, (developed to replace oak moss) chime in. It's not too sweet: it's perfectly balanced. The pure clarity of the green notes shines through and compliments the heavenly jasmine. It is still freezing here and there is nothing like a brisk walk in the icy cold to bring out a scent. Glorious, glorious-- a slice of sun in the snow! Now I must start saving for a real bottle... Edited to add: lovely staying power, too.

This scent has the honor of being my very first chypre. Usually I use orientals, floral orieentals specifically, or woody florals. I went to Estée Lauder to buy PC Tuberose Gardenia, and since I was there I also tried Jasmin White Moss. It might have been the temperature (it was around 33 degrees C in Budapest yesterday), but Jasmin White Moss just smelled wonderful to me (and Tuberose Gardenia just too overwhelming). I did not smell anything unpleasant that I usually associate with chypres, just a nice, clean and cool scent, mild jasmin, bergamot, then it switched to really smooth vetiver and moss. It is a long-lasing scent, I could still smell it on my wrist this morning after spraying it on around 6PM yesterday. All in all, a very pleasant surprise. :-)

I don't like jasmine-dominated scents too much - but funnily enough - this one does not seem to be governed by the white flower - in spite of its name. Just received my second bottle of the Eau de Parfum, because it has become one of my absolute favourites. It's elegant, well-balanced, fresh and seems like a mix of my beloved Diorella and the crisp, elegant Christalle by Chanel! You may not find this too exciting, but I for my part are delighted with the staying-power, high quality and sheer beauty of this "Private Collection" fragrance, which I prefer to many other recent perfumes and which is the best Estee Lauder has produced in years!

I am so happy that everybody here agrees on that. THIS IS A SERIOUSLY GOOD PERFUME. All that herbal complexity that is mastered so well that in the end it feels simple as clean air, that alpine purity of dark green leaves. And then you smell the earthiness. The wet ground. The resins and the vetiver take you to a place where no tricks and charms are needed. This to me, is peace of mind bottled. I think that mostly "Estee" or even "Knowing" that I also love, share this calming foresty feeling, but this one is more gentle and citric. So, no flowery ribbons. No sweetness. Oakmoss like (sigh) oh, moss.

Fine, sparkling scent with unexpected intensity. It smells like a tropical, damp garden in which the jasmine together with the orange grows. In perfume the development of jasmine and moss is the most prominent. Because the blooming jasmine can be a "deadly weapon", I am extremely pleased that, unlike the other two fragrances from the Private Collection series, it is atypical, mild to slightly "translucent". Beautiful and wearable at the same time. Thanks to this scent I look forward to rain and misty weather, in such days it smells absolutely irresistible ...

My mother and one of my best friends wear this wonderful scent. It lingers a lot, and spreads a delicious flower blast at the atmosphere... Scent - 10/10 Sillage - 10/10 Longevity - 10/10 Hope they never discontinue this.

This is a wonderful stuff, and smells like a bunch of flowers in the middle of a grass carpet. Despite beeing composed by flowers, this is a very strong fragrance that LASTS DAYS on skin and clothes. BRAVO!!!!!

o how much i vant this beauthy!!extrem good luxury well done like a cristal if a cristal can be smelled .

A gem! Beauty! I only have the 30 ml but still i love it!!!!!!!

it smells...expencive! i love it....

I love chypre fragrances especially the more fruity ones. I found the floral ones a bit heavy /heady and the contrast between the green- sharp- moss notes and the heavy white florals doesn’t work well with my nose. However, I found Jasmine White Moss quite appealing and well composed. There are few modern chypre from Chanel and Dior that I really dislike. All the new regulations and restrictions affected the quality of many perfumes but I think the impact on the chypre family is more than evident. It is unfortunate. There are few trends that try "to play by the rule” and invent new combinations that would replace the old ones, however the new compositions lack balance (in my opinion Miss Dior Cherie and Chance Eau Fraiche are un example). I found the old constructions very smooth and hard to read (aprox 70% of a chypre composition I can’t really point down to individual notes as they are very well blended). Basically, in many new composition the notes are screaming, playing individual themes with obvious disaccord and no elegance. I remember the chypre fragrances were consider “chic”, “intellectual”, refined, elegant, etc. Enough of the past. Jasmine white moss is an exception from this pattern. I understand it is hard to respect the regulations and find replacing notes for the banned oils...but that makes or breaks a “master nose”. Estee Lauder managed to get this composition right. It still starts strong with separate notes: bergamot, jasmine, galbanum, moss (a special kind, newly created), and vetiver. Lots of noise. But in 15 min everything starts singing the same song: “ I am lovely”. It is difficult to bring harmony in a chypre, but this is it, the jasmine starts blooming (probably with help from the other floral notes that are less obvious), and stays fresh with orange –bergamot accords and green with a sharp bite (violet, orris, vetiver, moss). After one hour the sharper tones become mellower, the moss is more assertive and the jasmine (a clean and smooth one) reigns the earthy –sweet dry down (patchouli, vetiver, ylang-ylang,). Surprisingly the bergamot/orange flower notes will stay until the end, sheer and fresh. Beautiful, refreshing, non-indolic jasmine chypre, very easy to wear. 8.2/10 BTW, maybe somebody from fragrantica has time to correct the notes... at least to replace the oakmoss ...

The first thing that struck me upon application was MANDARIN. More fruity than citrus. There is a bit of mandarin/orange flower going on here for a long time. The very pretty jasmine shows up in the heart. The drydown is very nice, kind of creamy/nutty, kind of sandalwoody type thing. Medium sillage, a little goes a long way, nice changes in the scent along the way, and good lasting power. Okay, that being said, if I had to nail this down blind I would pin it as a fruity floral. For me the orange-jasmine is just the most dominant feature. Now, among many the 'fruity floral' thing leaves a bad taste on one's mouth, as it conjures many a sicky-sweet celebuscent aimed at teenagers. This is a tastefully done fruity floral, with fruits that are simply their fruity selves, and not sugared syrupy fruit holograms. The florals are very pretty, and smooth, and rich. There is a gasp of the 'white moss' accord toward the drydown but I don't find it too much. I like this very much, and I am happy to wear it, but truthfully when I want an oakmossy chypre floral I will reach for Aromatics Elixir or some or the sort. I find the idea of constantly having to 'clean up' types of scents annoying. This is hardly a deep woody mossy scent. It is fruits, florals, and an inoffensive drydown. I guess what I am saying is that JWM is a totally sanitized perfume that will never offend anyone. Part of my love of old time scents like AE is that they are almost 3D in their composition, while things like a 'modern' chype floral has no comparable personality. Regardless, I do like this scent for what it is. The jasmine is really beautiful.

Upon spraying Jasmine White Moss, I can immediately smell an earthy combo of moss, galbanum and bergamot. The bergamot shimmers and sparkles despite being rendered quite dry because of the moss. The salty aspect of the moss is present, but the scent feels very smooth and lightweight. Sweet white floral gradually permeates the earthy moss, resulting a melon-like succulence. I'm unable to perceive it as jasmine per se, and it smells more like gardenia to me when it becomes slightly oily, even a bit buttery after about 2 hours. The moss and the sweet floral eventually melt together after about 4 hours. The sweet yet airy floral smoothens and lifts the earthy moss, while the later one harnesses the sweetness with its dry, woody texture in return, forming an elegant skin scent sometimes reminiscent of fuzzy peach skin. The sillage is relatively soft and the longevity is around 9 hours. Jasmine White Moss feels very classic to me, and it gives out a timeless grace and elegance. I really appreciate that the moss retains a significant presence throughout the while development, yet the fragrance manages to maintain a certain spaciousness and brightness. If you happen to be like me, who is learning to appreciate chypre, I think it would make a lovely starter.

Estee Lauder Private Collection JASMINE WHITE MOSS is a rich and compelling jasmine creation which I can heartily recommend to all and only jasmine lovers. To be perfectly frank, I am somewhat surprised at how nice this is, in part because of the name--I think that I was expecting some sort of indolic agent of suffocation. In fact, this is a complex and subtle composition comprising high-quality components skillfully combined. I love, love, love the jasmine here, and it is complemented well by equally appealing moss and galbanum notes, thanks to which the longevity is quite good. I sense that these ELPC edps veer closer to the perfume category than the edt, for the essences seem natural yet the staying power is nonetheless great, even with only light application. I like JASMINE WHITE MOSS so much that it's going on my wish list, despite my mild aversion to the pretentious "private collection" concept. "Just the scent, Ma'am!" (-:

The first spray of this perfume gave me a wonderful rush of white flowers, not particularly, to my nose, jasmine, actually closer to gardenia. I could also detect the galbanum and the ylang-ylang, giving it a lovely creamy feel. I did not get any moss or citrus at all. After about 2 hours, I had a second spray, and then I could smell the lovely woody, slightly musty vetiver and moss blending beautifully with the white florals. About an hour after this, I could suddenly smell the citrus, bergamot and mandarin, quite strongly. I enjoyed every phase of the journey, but in different ways. I found the sillage to be quite strong initially, but more of a skin scent in the dry-down. Sadly, I only had one sample of this intriguing perfume, so we have not really been able to get on intimate terms. I shall have to get more samples: I feel this is a scent to build a relationship with, not just a single date.