12/26/2023
MrsGuerlain
288 Reviews
MrsGuerlain
1
Fascinating…? Not really
There is something exciting about finding an old perfume, that I do not know, in good condition. I found this many years ago, in a box where the red velvet lid had been removed maybe one or two times and where the perfume had never been opened. I was lucky to find it in a second hand shop and I bought it without knowing how it smelled, since it had been put in a sealed bag. It was priced next to nothing. The lady in the shop told me it came from a home, that had been emptied by grand children of a deceased woman. Therefore I guess it is quite old, probably from the 60s.
The scent starts out green-fresh. Bergamot and lemon. Soon a lovely flower note appears, supposedly lily-of-the-valley or magnolia. It stays like this for three hours, and it has no base. This is not a scent with lots of notes, but it smells just as fresh as I suppose it did from the beginning. I have a full bottle so I guess I was the first to open it. Even the box is like new.
As far as I know, Fascinare means “to fascinate”. I am not sure if the name suits the scent. There is nothing fascinating about it. It is a decent flowery perfume, that can be worn on many occasions. It will not fascinate anyone around, I suppose. But the story about how it ended up on the perfume shelf - or maybe in the back of the closet - by the deceased woman is interesting. Why did she not use it? Who gave it to her? That part is fascinating.
168/365
The scent starts out green-fresh. Bergamot and lemon. Soon a lovely flower note appears, supposedly lily-of-the-valley or magnolia. It stays like this for three hours, and it has no base. This is not a scent with lots of notes, but it smells just as fresh as I suppose it did from the beginning. I have a full bottle so I guess I was the first to open it. Even the box is like new.
As far as I know, Fascinare means “to fascinate”. I am not sure if the name suits the scent. There is nothing fascinating about it. It is a decent flowery perfume, that can be worn on many occasions. It will not fascinate anyone around, I suppose. But the story about how it ended up on the perfume shelf - or maybe in the back of the closet - by the deceased woman is interesting. Why did she not use it? Who gave it to her? That part is fascinating.
168/365
