02/27/2021
Rossiniopera
37 Reviews
Rossiniopera
1
A lost little beauty
This came to me in a set of three small bottles of Paul Boyer perfumes, most likely from the 1940's and sadly not in their best shape. At first sniff, I believed that Haute Mode was ruined - it smelled of mouldy basement with only the contours of a floral bouquet, once probably delightfully fresh and bright, but not so much anymore.
I decided to clean the dirty, sticky bottle and let it air a bit, as sometimes this helps. And I'm happy to say that when I tested it again, it had definitely improved. I could smell a sweet, soft, summery mix of beautiful flowers, mostly I think rose, jasmine and lilac, and probably others too that were hiding underneath. There's a warm base with probably a little musk and sandalwood. Gives me the feeling of a sunny, old-fashioned garden on a peaceful, lazy summer's day, with nothing to do, nothing to disturb you, all you can hear is the wind in the trees and the bees in the air....
It's similar in feeling as the slightly more known Bienaimé Fleurs d'Eté, which I also own, but my Haute Mode is sadly not so well-kept that I am really able to compare them in detail. The basement smell still comes creeping in after a few minutes, I wasn't able to air it all out (not yet anyway...), but at least I now get a much better impression of this long forgotten perfume. It has been standing on my night table for a couple of weeks, giving off lovely little wafts of summer freshness, the way it was interpreted 70-80 years ago.
All I can say is when it comes to perfume, they certainly knew what they were doing back then.
I decided to clean the dirty, sticky bottle and let it air a bit, as sometimes this helps. And I'm happy to say that when I tested it again, it had definitely improved. I could smell a sweet, soft, summery mix of beautiful flowers, mostly I think rose, jasmine and lilac, and probably others too that were hiding underneath. There's a warm base with probably a little musk and sandalwood. Gives me the feeling of a sunny, old-fashioned garden on a peaceful, lazy summer's day, with nothing to do, nothing to disturb you, all you can hear is the wind in the trees and the bees in the air....
It's similar in feeling as the slightly more known Bienaimé Fleurs d'Eté, which I also own, but my Haute Mode is sadly not so well-kept that I am really able to compare them in detail. The basement smell still comes creeping in after a few minutes, I wasn't able to air it all out (not yet anyway...), but at least I now get a much better impression of this long forgotten perfume. It has been standing on my night table for a couple of weeks, giving off lovely little wafts of summer freshness, the way it was interpreted 70-80 years ago.
All I can say is when it comes to perfume, they certainly knew what they were doing back then.
