Review of Red Giorgio Beverly Hills by aad de gids

it is my goal to review the (infamous) 1980s perfumes as I was 23 years old when the decade begun, sniffed perfumes from off 1974, so I really lived that decade and later it proved to be my defining decade for what fabulous perfumes could be. when Giorgio Beverly Hills Red came out, I was thus 31 years old, these 'ages' remind me of my doings in the 1980s and may give additional information that these perfumes were sensed, experienced, lived, as they really were back then, because it is already more than fourty years ago. what I remember of Red (shall we from now on call the perfume) is that it was a smashing perfume, not only qua 'perfume' but nearly also physically. THIS perfume raced directly with full force into your nostrils and all the surroundings of your head and in fact, the room where you were at that moment. only later on I learned (in cleopatrasboudoir. blogspot.com) that Red was the appointed heir to Giorgio (1981) and defined the 1980s until the last minutes it was thriving. I learned from Grace Hummel (cleopatrasboudoir) that Red was meant to be the softer sister of Giorgio. it is known how Giorgio at first, but then also immediately Poison, Obsession, Coco, Must de Cartier, Knowing, KL Karl Lagerfeld, Boucheron and the earlier Opium and Estée Lauders Youth Dew (1953) and then still others made not only headlines, but their immense force caused the people to choose: YES or NO and of course it wasn't always 'yes'. in Airplanes, out of CinemaTheaters, Restaurants and other Gatherings Traffic Signs were made with just 'no Poison or Giorgio please'. that pretty much sums it up. now where Grace learned me that Red was intended to be the heir not only, but an aimed softer perfume rendition post Giorgio, that was new to me. I really remember Red coming out and I Immediately bought a (either 3oz or 3.4oz) bottle of [now it is called 'extraordinary eau de toilette' and in a 100mL bottle] but what I seem to remember is that it was, as Giorgio, called 'Extraordinary Cologne'. and that in any way stood equally up to an Eau de parfum as Giorgio had done. Red demanded a whole new space to characterise as perfume. Grace mentioned that for Red a category was chosen of 'Fleuriffe Chypre'. but it now would be exhaustively described as a Floral Oriental. yet they also used a new Technique to use the scent of some flowers in this perfume. 'Living Flowers Technology'. I suppose that is what they now call a 'photorealistic image of Tuberose and Rose.' Red had this specific, vivid, uplifting, radiant start due to (a kg) of Aldehydes with further a myriad of notes, as you also can see above. it was stated that 692 ingredients sat in each bottle (or jar) of Red. the first impression was all. it was an almost scathing, vibrant, sharp, invasive explosion of floral notes. hereby I have the feeling all other mentioned notes serve as second acts to all the flowers. Carnation, Bulgarian Rose, YlangYlang, Jasmine, Gardenia, Iris, Hyacinth, OrangeBlossom, Osmanthus, Lily of the Valley seem all instantly come to the fore. as if they had themselves pressed through a small tube and up on the end, flared out all at once. if Red was meant to be the 'quieter, more demure, softer, subtler' Sister of Giorgio, then that attempt failed brilliantly, flashingly and tremendously. this was also a perfume with Poise, Statement and Glamour. it was as big a commercial success as her older sister with hundreds of millions dollars revenue made in just months. I also found the packaging alluring: the box was red but with a purple swirl over it. (of course it was also glossy.) the flacon was an elongated rectangular form with a shift (I peeked), a Parallellogramme. the edges were indented and this gave the bottle tons of Pizzazz. these secundary factors didn't steal you away from what Red really was. her enduring sophistication and persevering strength was indeed 'extraordinary'. now this perfume came out of the Corporation Giorgio had meanwhile become. it was a multimillion dollar endeavour. Giorgio had been bought by Avon. for the decade thereafter that meant that their successes remained Archival and Futurologic. yet that Red wasn't really so 'soft' and 'secundary' proved the launch of a second Red. in 1996 Red2 was launched with Tatiana Patitz in the Advertisements. this was a softer rendition of Red. that I later learned that Tatiana Patitz had died, made the looking at these advertisements the more aching and seering. in the Advertisements for Red Paulina Porizkova was chosen who for a decade (I assume) was the Face of Estée Lauder. the statement with Red was all-telling: 'Wearing Red, Everything Else Pales'. the truly magic of Red lays in her living, vibrant, tinkling and tickling, almost Champagne like but then with loads of Wodka in it, Opening. her Presentist and Floriental Demand of spaces. it was truly a 1980s perfume and I do so understand that people don't like these hookers. because how magical it is that after the Opulence and Sw