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Bergamot
Lavender
Orange
Petitgrain
Heart Notes
Geranium
Orange blossom
Rose
Ylang-ylang
Base Notes
Musk
Patchouli
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Notes07/08/2020
Taurus1967
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Taurus1967
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No. 127 lives
For a long time I thought about whether I should really tell how I got my copy. But since every fragrance purchase has its own little story, I don't want to withhold this one. About a year ago, I discovered a three-quarter full bottle of Floris No. 127 at a flea market with a, let's say, mature woman who was just selling some valuable household items. It was early in the morning - so there wasn't much going on yet and the flawless bottle wasn't standing in the blazing July sun - and after a short test I was able to call the fragrance my own for just eight euros.
Actually, I was toying with the idea of either selling it at a profit or exchanging it for another valuable perfume. But in the course of time I had to sniff the sprayer again and again and finally came to the decision to keep it and use it the following summer.
The current summer 2020 is now different as usual and planned, but I still enjoy my No. 127, which recently convinced me to use it myself with this concentrated top note of tart orange, petitgrain and bergamot with that typical English lavender touch. Beautifully classic and valuable, as if you were drinking your Earl Grey on a summer's day in a shady spot in the garden.
All around, lavender, rose geranium and ylang-ylang are in bloom, their scent carried by a refreshing breeze that subtly wafts into the nose.
A little later the fruit impressions fade away, but what remains is this noble, soapy presence with a touch of patchouli.
The fascinating thing about No. 127 is this simultaneous refreshment of the spirits with orange and petitgrain as well as the calming effect of the softly soapy lavender-rose-ylang-ylang combination. Especially in this quality and intensity without appearing overexcited. Even if the projection goes down again relatively quickly, the shelf life remains loose at 8 hours.
Now one could of course ask oneself how authentic the current version is compared to 1890, a good 130 years ago. I do think they have reformulated it quite a bit, but the eau de toilette still looks as classic as it does contemporary. There's no question about it: a lively fragrance for gentlemen, but one that seems more suitable for more mature semesters with a sense of nostalgia and poetry.
Actually, I was toying with the idea of either selling it at a profit or exchanging it for another valuable perfume. But in the course of time I had to sniff the sprayer again and again and finally came to the decision to keep it and use it the following summer.
The current summer 2020 is now different as usual and planned, but I still enjoy my No. 127, which recently convinced me to use it myself with this concentrated top note of tart orange, petitgrain and bergamot with that typical English lavender touch. Beautifully classic and valuable, as if you were drinking your Earl Grey on a summer's day in a shady spot in the garden.
All around, lavender, rose geranium and ylang-ylang are in bloom, their scent carried by a refreshing breeze that subtly wafts into the nose.
A little later the fruit impressions fade away, but what remains is this noble, soapy presence with a touch of patchouli.
The fascinating thing about No. 127 is this simultaneous refreshment of the spirits with orange and petitgrain as well as the calming effect of the softly soapy lavender-rose-ylang-ylang combination. Especially in this quality and intensity without appearing overexcited. Even if the projection goes down again relatively quickly, the shelf life remains loose at 8 hours.
Now one could of course ask oneself how authentic the current version is compared to 1890, a good 130 years ago. I do think they have reformulated it quite a bit, but the eau de toilette still looks as classic as it does contemporary. There's no question about it: a lively fragrance for gentlemen, but one that seems more suitable for more mature semesters with a sense of nostalgia and poetry.
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