WHAT I SMELL: Chanel 1957 opens with a bright and sparkling warmed bergamot that is quickly met with a soft and slightly creamy iris tinged with citrus. It’s so pretty, rather ethereal and incredibly inviting. In short time the perfume begins to powder and grow, but without giving up it’s soft demeanor. The perfume seems to radiate around an inch off of the skin where it feels as if you’re snuggling your nose up against the soft fur of the underbelly of a kitten. The florals are sweetened in the lightest of ways on top of a tempered wood and the musk is lush and full without suffocating all other aspects of this soft and pretty dream of a perfume. 1957 is probably one of the prettiest perfumes in the Chanel collection of fragrances, albeit rather linear in development. It’s perfectly uncomplicated and I love it.
From the Chanel website:
In 1957, Coco Chanel was rewarded for her world-renowned talent and audacity to seize, reinvent and magnify rare materials. The 1957 fragrance embodies this spirit, which is signature to the heart of every CHANEL creation.
A sensual accord of white musk is delicately fashioned with floral notes of bergamot, iris and neroli, woody notes of cedar, powdery accents and a hint of honey. A luminous scent, a statement to the timeless style of CHANEL.
WHAT IT SMELLS LIKE TO ME: Audrey Hepburn in “Funny Face” 1957.
THREE WORDS THAT DESCRIBE 1957: delightful, easy, happy
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT 1957: CaFleureBon, Chemist in the Bottle, The Black Narcissus
BOTTOM LINE: 1957 is another Chanel that is so wonderfully beautiful in its’ simplicity and for it ease of wear. And even though the name is 1957, there’s something timeless about this beauty of a perfume. There really is an art to making a perfume so ethereally uncomplicated, yet refined.
- Bone Rating: 4.5 out of possible 5 bones
- Scent: Aromatic
- Nose: Olivier Polge
- Classification: Leans feminine
- Expense: $250 for 2.5 oz. eau de parfum
WHAT I SMELL: Jersey’s opening consists of a soft, cottony lipstick tinged lavender that is soon met with a warmed, lightly brown sugared and caramelized vanilla. The vanilla isn’t heavy nor overly sweet, and as such it’s the perfect companion for the powdery lavender that resides on top of it. At this juncture, Jersey feels as if it’s made from cotton which has been milled and then folded into a bottle. As the perfume continues to develop, the lavender and vanilla begin to add a bit of cream that softens the perfume and turns it from the muslin towards a lightly sweet lotion. And basically that’s it; Jersey is a simple…no make that…Jersey is a simply beautiful perfume.
WHAT IT SMELLS LIKE TO ME: Dreamy lavendered cottoned clouds.
WHAT I SMELL: 31 Rue Cambon goes on cool with a peppered bergamot that’s fizzy, but fixed within the pepper. The florals come quickly with a beautifully creamy and waxy ylang-ylang. The perfume seems to exist in the middle; not too light and not too heavy, but riding this really easy wave of florals that as time goes on becomes accented with tinges of the pepper. But that soon dissipates and the perfume moves completely to the creamy. Here, 31 Rue Cambon is incredibly pretty as the ylang-ylang gives a bit of leeway to allow for the rose to come forward. And here they sit in harmony with each other in the most beautiful of ways. After some time, the perfume moves to a cool iris and begins to powder and expand and sweeten just so slightly giving the perfume a light lipstick vibe. Not too far after, a patchouli makes a lightly sharpened entrance and the perfume becomes more woody and edgy. There’s also just the lightest of leather that appears as the perfume becomes drier and more rooted in the straw. Looking at what I just wrote, it seems 31 Rue Cambon makes quite the journey, when in fact it’s all so seamless that it really just glides along with incredible ease.
WHAT IT SMELLS LIKE TO ME: A handmade henequen purse. Classy in a laid back kind of way.
The Scented Hound 