Ivoire
Ivoire de Balmain
Balmain 1980 Parfum

Version from 1980

Ivoire (1980) / Ivoire de Balmain (Parfum) by Balmain

Bottle Design Pierre Dinand

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Ivoire (1980) / Ivoire de Balmain (Parfum) (Balmain)

8.1 / 10 19 Ratings

Ivoire (1980) is a popular perfume by Balmain for women and was released in 1980. The scent is floral-chypreartig. The longevity is above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.

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Main accords

Floral

Chypre

Woody

Green

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Aldehydes

Bergamot

Asafoetida

Chamomile

Mandarin orange

Tagetes

Violet

Artemisia

Lemon

Heart Notes

Orris root

Lily of the valley

Narcissus

Ylang-ylang

Carnation

Jasmine

Neroli

Nutmeg

Turkish rose

Cinnamon

Pepper

Base Notes

Oakmoss

Sandalwood

Amber

Musk

Tonka bean

Vanilla

Vetiver

Frankincense

Patchouli

Raspberry

Perfumer

Michel Hy

Ratings

Scent

8.119 Ratings

Longevity

8.616 Ratings

Sillage

7.715 Ratings

Bottle

7.618 Ratings

Submitted by Sniffer, last update on 07.03.2024.

Variant of the fragrance concentration

This is a variant of the perfume Ivoire (1980) / Ivoire de Balmain (Eau de Toilette) by Balmain, which differs in concentration.

Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/29/2021

Marfa72
2 Reviews

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Marfa72

9

My First Scent Experience....

My parents had taken me to an exhibition opening. I was about 10 years old. A visitor wore this perfume. Intense, sweetly spicy. I was enchanted and followed this woman. I had never experienced such intense fragrance savoring before. My mother was ashamed of me. It's not proper to sniff people....... anyway, I begged her to ask for me what perfume it was.... this longing.... finally she asked it for me and later I got it. Unfortunately, it is no longer available. I still have a small remnant of the eau de toilettes, but it has unfortunately tipped. I had no success on e-bay either. The late watered down ones I also own are only remotely similar. The only one still remotely present in my collection is the LÉau de Ivoire de Balmain.... to this day, it still won't let me go. I would love to have a perfumer who could recreate it again....

09/11/2018

8
Pricing 7
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Minigolf
309 Reviews

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Minigolf

Very helpful Review 12

The finest mossy soap opera

Such a "noble firecracker" from the early 80s points to a colourful time. "Madonna's" first hits, Blondie, New Wave... a suitable fragrance should also be available.
Formerly New Wave, today vintage, but still as beguiling as ever.
"Ivoire" perfume has so many great ingredients, you don't know where to sniff first. Prelude aldehyde, spicy, floral, almost confusing, like a whirling beat.
Then the "soap opera" appears, almost like expensive fine soap smelled back then, I remember "cappus" soap, which was only available in special drugstores, finely spicy, floral, foaming and almost as long on the skin as a good EdT.
Or "Roger & Gallet", I don't know which, but just as seductive in the fragrance.
And only then the "fund" of the fragrance, when the middle note is supplemented by a few fragrance building blocks. The marvellous moss, which with sandalwood enters a liasion dangerous for smell addicts, quiet smoke in the background, with "earthy" grasses, with fine bitter aftertaste.
And this soap moss vintage fits back in time, exactly, in the 2010s, time for "New Wave" and individuality.