Wind Song Prince Matchabelli 1952 Cologne

Wind Song (Cologne) by Prince Matchabelli

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Wind Song (Cologne) (Prince Matchabelli)

7.6 / 10 69 Ratings

A popular perfume by Prince Matchabelli for women, released in 1952. The scent is floral-spicy. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Floral

Spicy

Chypre

Woody

Green

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Lemon

Bergamot

Coriander

Orange leaf

Tarragon

Mandarin orange

Neroli

Heart Notes

Clove

Rosewood

Jasmine

Orris root

Rose

Ylang-ylang

Carnation

Base Notes

Benzoin

Musk

Vetiver

Amber

Cedar

Sandalwood

Ratings

Scent

7.669 Ratings

Longevity

7.758 Ratings

Sillage

7.356 Ratings

Bottle

6.349 Ratings

Submitted by Antoine, last update on 05.05.2024.

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Reviews

7 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/20/2019

5
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Leimbacher
421 Reviews

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Leimbacher

Top Review 9

On the loops of battle

Another inherited vintage bottle - another fine fragrance. Although none of my absolute favorites. Nevertheless "Wind Song" is a noble drop in this classic, not yet reformulated version!

"Wind Song" has the same notch as many other women's fragrances of its time - only with a clear concentration on the (spice) carnation. So if you can't get them, you can look somewhere else. There are still enough green-classical chyprealternatives. "Wind Song" has a great name and a fitting choice. It seems airy, high quality, melodic and melancholic. From another time and very intense, profound, easy to carry yet. The bitter cloves form an excellent alliance with green spices, powdery flowers and soapy musk undertones. Again there are traces of "L'Air du Temps", but where are they not? At least with women's fragrances from the past. "Wind Song" is a soapy-fine evergreen with a tendency to "over-feel". Otherwise it's very clean, well balanced and classically impressive. One hears that it, if it can still be got at all, has meanwhile been reformulated broken - which makes this decades-old original in my collection even more precious.

Flacon: thick, unwieldy, okay - at least mine.
Sillage: makes hardly any prisoners and accelerates quickly. But there are bigger crushers from back then
Durability: you don't have to worry about such small classics. "Wind Song" is no exception. 9-12 hours.

Conclusion: a bright, classic chypre. Carnative and nice. Soapy and sunny. High quality and sturdy

04/23/2024

10
Pricing 8
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent

Greenfan1701
65 Reviews

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Greenfan1701

Very helpful Review 11

Not only for women

It arrived today, which is perfect for this windy, unfriendly and cold weather, I thought, so I sprayed it on.
Another rather "old-fashioned" fragrance (in a positive sense, because I like that) and an eau de cologne that is not light-footed, but has a lot of power.

As so often, the whole thing starts with bergamot or perhaps lemon, or both?
Once again, everything that makes a typical floral chypre is beautifully combined here. Hesperidic top notes, floral heart, I smell, of course, jasmine (it's usually there), iris and a little bit of a pale dog rose, very elegant and a little bit floating.
The soapy notes are also present, but I don't mind them, because I like them, and the carnation is also very beautiful and nose-flattering.
And the end is warm and woody with cedar or sandalwood.
If you expect something sweet here, I have to disappoint you, for me this is an unsweet floral chypre, they were just made that way back then!
Before I started testing, I wrote down what I smelled and was very close. But of course I had to read up on exactly what was inside.

It's just that these good old fragrances usually contain such notes, so it's no big surprise here, but I think that this EdC is another addition to my collection of what many call "granny fragrances".
And it could also appeal to gentlemen if they have something unsweet in mind, I mean in the fragrance sense.

03/06/2015

5
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Briarthorn
91 Reviews

Briarthorn

Very helpful Review 4

I was really surprised.

This scent opens very soapy with a serious citrus zing from the Bergamont, mandarin, and lemon. There is a hint of greenness too, from the orange leaf maybe. It's a bit sharp and almost too soapy but you can sense the spices and creamy bouquet hiding under the citrus punch.

After about thirty minutes the extreme soapiness fades away with the citrus opening and we are left with a very lovely heart. There are two very distinct things going on here. A spicy side and a creamy floral side. The spices are beautiful blend of the coriander, cloves and carnation. The carnation lending a nice peppery bite to it. The other side of this is the creamy bouquet. Jasmine, and Ylang-ylang with a bit of sweetness from the tarragon and amber. It truly is lovely. There is a smooth creaminess that prevents the florals from being sharp and clashing with the peppery spices. I believe this creaminess is from the benzoin, sandalwood, and amber. I didn't get any rose.

The dry down is less floral and more of the spice side of the heart. Cloves, coriander and peppery carnation. It's also a little powdery from the orris root and there's a pop of musk and creamy amber and sandalwood.

This is a truly classic and beautiful scent. It has the complexity and ability to evolve on the skin that you would expect from a high end niche perfume house. I cannot believe I paid so little for it. It's cheap but smells luxurious. The sillage is nice and personal. Not too loud but someone standing next to you will smell it. Over all it lasted about 10 hours on me but was a skin scent after about 6.

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11/03/2013

5
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 7
Scent

Sorceress
213 Reviews

Sorceress

Helpful Review 5

Vintage Soapiness Gives Way To Magical Spices

Wind Song begins with a blast of citrus notes that rather quickly fades into soapiness for a few hours. If you stick around say five hours or so, the delightful cloves and spices kick in. And then the magic begins. Prince Matchabelli's fragrances stick it out for the long haul and always have, surprising you each and every turn of the way.
It's like taking a road trip on a winding, curving highway along a mountain. You're driving to the top and it's exciting because you know when you get there the view is fabulous. In the meantime, the road twists and turns and it careens in different directions. You have no idea where this fragrance is going, but you know at the end there is a treasure. The end is worth the while.
This is a perfume that lingers from when it was made-the early 1950's. Perhaps it has chosen to stay there when we see images of perfumes and the women that might represent them. I think of Ethel of "I Love Lucy" who might have chosen this perfume because Fred would have bought it for her. And she would have worn it simply because she owned it and it smelled good to her for that era.
But for those of us who sit and compare perfume after perfume, dissect them, yes, this is quite vintage and different.
Although its notes are many, they mix to create a familiar scent immediately that seems to put off many. You can call it powder, or a fancy soap wrapped in a soap dish, and it seems to have that effect on many. It's called soapiness, and it's found in many vintage fragrances. And for women of that era, women that could not afford expensive perfumes, women who lived the American Dream who shopped Main Street department stores and drugstores, Wind Song was theirs. They knew it had potential. They knew the desirability of Prince Matchabelli perfumes. And if you wait for the dry down, you'll see it too. You'll find the cloves and spices mesmerizing their way in hours later.
Prince Matchabelli perfumes are magical in their own way. They never cease to amaze me. You just have to give them time to develop and mature on your skin to appreciate their capacity.

06/12/2016

5
Bottle 5
Sillage 5
Longevity 7
Scent

Oriane
134 Reviews

Oriane

Helpful Review 2

Nice Dupe for L'Air du Temps

This review is for the early 1970s vintage formulation.

Top Notes: Coriander, Orange Leaf, Mandarin Orange, Tarragon, Neroli, Bergamot, Lemon.

Heart Notes: Cloves, Carnation, Orris Root, Jasmine, Ylang-Ylang, Rose, Brazilian Rosewood.

Base Notes: Sandalwood, Amber, Musk, Benzoin, Vetiver, Cedar.

I have not worn Wind Song in decades, and I have no idea what the current formulation smells like, but I remember Wind Song as a nice dupe of Nina Ricci L'Air du Temps, which is not to say there was anything wrong with Wind Song, but I think L'Air du Temps EdP is much nicer with better projection and sillage. If you like one, you will probably like the other. Both are soft, very feminine florals. I still wear L'Air du Temps EdP because it is elegant and delicious with the freshest carnation note I have ever smelt.

I recall Wind Song's telly commercials with as much fondness as I do those of L'Air du Temps. Wind Song's vintage bottle was lovely, but it would be hard to top L'air du Temp's double dove bottle.

Fragrance: 6/10
Projection: 4/10
Sillage: 4/10
Longevity: 4/10

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