Category Archives: Fragrances

Jersey

Nose: Jacques Polge

Notes according to Fragrantica: “Lavender, musk, vanille, tonal bean, wildflowers, grass, rose, and jasmine.”

Year: 2011

Warm, musky, Chanel lavender. It really is reminiscent of jersey fabric. I read somewhere that it’s dated. …I’m not sure I care. It’s just that good, in my opinion. In fact I’d say Chanel Jersey is one of my absolute favorite fragrances.

Into the drydown it’s more and more ambery and opulent and vanillic. And sad? Is it sad? It is it just extremely beautiful? …No. I love perfume and yet most drydowns don’t impress me. But I think the drydown for Jersey is unusually lovely.

I shall always have a bottle of this.

Longevity is possibly better than average. Sillage is average.

Quadrille

Notes according to Fragrantica: “Top notes are Plum, Peach and Lemon; middle notes are Cardamom, Cloves and Jasmine; base notes are Amber and Musk.”

Year: 1955

I smell the plum. I smell the lemon mixed with the cardamom and peach. Of course the clove. And amber and musk.

It’s…definitely a chypre. And I can see why someone loved it. But it’s not my style.

…Quadrille is very of its time. And it’s pleasant. Sexy maybe? Sexy in a discreet, quiet way.

Longevity and sillage are low to moderate.

It’s a quality, important, lovely work of olfactory art. But think this will be my only bottle.