Vintage Gardenia was released last year to celebrate the Jo Malone brand’s 10th anniversary. The fragrance notes include gardenia, tuberose, cardamom, incense, myrrh, and sandalwood.
Vintage Gardenia starts with, obviously, gardenia, but just as Chanel Gardenia starts true to its name and ends up mostly jasmine, so the Jo Malone version goes, but in this case tuberose is the main floral note. It is a big, lush, tuberose only for a very short time, after that, it is very restrained…
There is a short interview with Serge Lutens in the latest catalog from Barneys. Among other things, he links Santal Blanc to the smell of fresh bread from the bakeries in Lille where he was born, and when asked what fragrance he is wearing now, he replies:
I don’t often wear them but my favorites remain “Sa Majesté de Rose”, “Amber Sultan” et “Clair de Musc”. I constantly create new compositions and take note of their chemical reaction on my own skin…
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