I’m a sucker for fancy packaging, whether it’s for soap, talcum powder, home fragrance or perfume. Oriza L. Legrand presents its collection in beautiful retro packaging, but as we all know, what’s on the inside of wrappings often does not do justice to the marketing/design work. With Oriza L. Legrand…it does.

Horizon

perfumer Hugo Lambert, (original formula released in 1925); listed notes of bitter orange, tangerine, dried rose, cognac, tobacco, cocoa, almond, oak, benzoin, vanilla, honey, leather, patchouli, amber; 100 ml Eau de Parfum, $165

Horizon is an amber-y, “orange-scented” patchouli fragrance — its opening notes remind me of Seville orange syrup and chinotto (citrus myrtifolia) mixed with patchouli…

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