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One more deep breath, right over the back of my hand. Elegant, clean. Clean, elegant. No matter how often I smell it, these two attributes come to mind. That may not seem like much. But sometimes it is precisely the reduction that has its appeal. At the first sprayer I met a beautiful musk cloud. The Chanel consultant explained that there are many different types of musk, finely woven together, which is why the fragrance also undergoes a quite large development. Musk always makes me think about Rodriguez perfumes. This one's got nothing to do with it. No, this one has a whole different DNA. Definitely Chanel. And indeed, there is a development from the first spray to the base note, albeit gentle and quiet. Because this does not make any statements here, at least not through a room-filling presence. This one's more of a noble restraint.

I'm still pondering what the fragrance reminds me of now that I've arrived at the base. No, it's not new scents pouring out towards me. The fragrance is not particularly flowery, not woody, and certainly not fruity. Rather creamy. A fragrance that looks beautiful, noble, valuable and above all clean. He radiates a calm elegance and being well-groomed. A fragrance that doesn't disturb. That sounds a bit boring now, but I mean it sincerely positive. Sometimes there are days (and there are more and more days) when I don't like strong, sophisticated perfumes. I like to scent myself, but I don't like to perfume myself. The overdose of perfume of my colleagues irritates me for a whole appointment. While we are talking about structures, processes and interfaces, I am always busy pushing away the room-filling scents from my nose and brain. The appointments in the early morning are quite bad, where everyone starts the day freshly sprayed... In my thoughts I will prescribe this fragrance - "1957" - to them in the future! ... and I can well imagine that this fragrance could well become one that I would use on those days when I want to go fragranced through everyday life (without getting bored wearing it!).

If I had to describe the fragrance in an equation, it would look like this in something like: "Dia Woman" + "Chanel No. 5 without aldehydes "+ a few drops of "Beige" = "1957"

A small splash of this golden yellow liquid on the back of my hand and I am amazed: I had feared baby powder (after some comments here), but light golden yellow powder with a touch of freshness (probably the Mandrine..I almost thought it was a lemon..) blows around my wrist, where sometime in the base a quite adult, serious note is added. Not babymama-like, not dandy, especially no granny scent. The fragrance continues to develop into fine powder, not dense and heavy, but bright and warm. A sweet honey note accompanies the tangerine powder. It makes the fragrance appear soft and modern.

Honey in perfume is usually very difficult for me. I'm sure I can think of a handful of perfumes that I can't stand. I like this honey very much (enormous that it is so small listed in the fragrance pyramid ..it seems so striking to me..).

A scent that dims many a cold winter day with a bright, warm glow. It's nice that he fell almost literally into my hands on the Guerlain shelf some time ago!

In 1913 Coco Chanel opened a hat and accessory boutique. For a long time she had noticed that the women even walked on the beach with hats and laced up in a corset, just as if they were in the city. For herself and her girlfriends, Chanel created a fashion that was sporty by the standards of the time, which surprised some people with its view of the streets. Chanel had hit the nerve of time. Her fashion with its own simple, natural elegance is in demand in the highest circles. You admired, asked, and bought.

What counts for Chanel are straightforwardness, comfort, natural freedom of movement - and at the same time the desire to seduce, so it says in some texts about Chanel. This made her a trendsetter: at a time when you only saw her foot shine through, her skirts let her ankle free. She has her hair cut off, deliberately exposes her face to the sun and wears trousers - revolutionary to scandalous for the time. Neither corset nor fish bone restrict the body in their fashion. And when fabrics became scarce shortly before World War I, legend has it that she buys up a stock of jersey. A stretchy knitted fabric (first produced on the island of the same name in the English Channel) which until then had been reserved exclusively for the production of male underwear. At Chanel it was used for the first time in outerwear. She made virtue out of necessity and people applauded.

And why am I writing all this? Because Jersey seems so fitting as a name for this perfume. He's everything Chanel embodied in her fashion. For me the epitome of natural, simple elegance. In fragrance notes spoken: an aromatic, finely spicy and powdery fragrance. On the Chanel website something is written about "he loses his burschikosität by a hint of vanilla". Burschikos I found Jersey as an eau de toilette with a herbaceous top note. Once these had been overcome, a bright, finely spiced, elegant fragrance became broad - long-lasting. And I know what I'm writing about. I broke an almost full 75 ml bottle. Not a drop could be saved. The bottle lay cleanly broken in two halves on the wooden floor. But the towel with which I mopped up the contents scented our apartment for months. Until my husband accidentally (or not accidentally) put the towel with all the other towels in the washing machine. After all, even if only once, the entire contents of the laundry drum smelled of Jersey.

Shortly thereafter the Eau de Parfum variant appeared. It seems to me that the initial tart herbaceous note of the eau de toilette has been shortened and the fragrance quickly lends this subtle, elegant aura, which I liked so much about the eau de toilette. I wear Jersey a lot. In all seasons. Also now at a good 30C and already so many days in a row that I think in the evening: "tomorrow but still another scent"..the thought is discarded as soon as I get a fine jersey breath in my nose the next morning. Just passing by yesterday's clothes is enough and I'm all over again. I am honestly amazed at the durability and Sillage. By perfume standards, I guess I'm what they call a little sprayer. Not more than 3-4 sprayers. And yet the next day I can still perceive the scent as I pass by yesterday's clothes.

Jersey's not a diva. Where some perfumes resemble a loud statement, jersey is more of an understatement - reserved and elegant. But by no means inconspicuous