Chique

I haven't smelled this in YEARS ( it used to be in every branch of Boots ) and have never bothered with the Taylor of London one. I picked up a vintage bottle ( og bottle so assuming og formula ) and it was VERY familiar. However, NOT because I know avd love Coriandre or AP. I don't detect anywhere near as much coriander for that . Paloma, yes, more so but not exactly. Then, I clicked, it's Patou 1000 !! I get violet, oakmoss and patchouli. Lots of patchouli. There's even that slight petrol ( gasoline ) note you get from the violet in Fahrenheit . So, it's explains why it's closer to PP then AP ( and why someone mentioned AE - Aromatics Elixir, my other great love ) It's all about the patch and the petrol !! I think it's the same old story, noses are different BUT some are smelling the modern edition If it resembles Coriander I'm absolutely going to give it a go, too. It's just not the Chique I sprayed while trying on the Boots Seventeen lip glosses in 1979. EDIT: The coriander comes through more after a few hours ( and this as a GOOD few hours in it !) but it's still a lot more patch left. Now IF they've removed that.... I'll try the new version and see if the theory holds water. TTFN Ta Ta for Now..... Well, I did. I tried a more recent version . LOTS more coriander. Very much more similar to Coriandre . Whichever you buy, buy it, it's fabulous !! Boy were we able to get incredible perfumes for a few quid back in the 70's and 80's.

Wow, I wore it in the 70s, when I was a child along with Jontue and Charlie, but this was so much powerful, a spritz and you were good for all day and next morning the sheets smelled of it.Oakmoss with some stringent note (fruits? flowers?), in Brazil it was called Frenly, I had 1 bottles that lasted from 78 to 84.

i just adore chique perfume ,liv ein new zealand ,ho ww can i order and get some asap please advice

Absolutely my favourite perfume of all time. I am desperate to find it in Australia !!!

Very unusual fragrance that has old bones but could easily pass as the latest concoction from a niche expensive boutique perfumer. At first blast it is in beast mode and you have the overwhelming sensation of worn clothes, worn woollen clothes to be exact. Like old woollen scarves and jumpers that are hanging around at the back of the wardrobe which you unearth once a year from the mothballs and dried forgotten memories. Then comes the earthiness which borders on fleshiness, so you can smell the body of the wearer of the old woollens. If I haven't lost you yet and you are staying around for the second part, the heart of this mystery.. there is that pungent and sharp punch of the scent of a fully ripe and polleny lily head. There is something about lilies that smells as though they are on the verge of rotting, there is that sickly intensity of flower headiness crying out to the bees to fulfil its' own reproduction. So old woolens, flesh and lilies. If unusual 'experience' perfumes are your thing then this will be your ticket to this oddball ride (in the vein of Caboutine, Jontue, Eden) For most other people who want to smell something like 'normal' you will probably say 'bleurgggh'! And more than once.