Ysatis

a couple of weeks ago, for the first time since 1974 and so, in 50 years, I suddenly realized I could smell Aldehydes in Jean-Louis Scherrer (1979), in Hermès's Calèche (1961, 1990s exx) and suddenly I smelled a Bubbly, Buoying, Soapy, Fresh Laundry-like scent. for the first time I now know what all the other people are talking about. to me it imposes as a Perfume Note which escapes out of the flacon first, and with its' Dancing and Whirling at once form Hindrance as well as Reinforcement for the other Notes that are coming. I guess I always smelled them subconsciously, but it became suddenly ripped full into my consciousness, outside walking wearing Calèche. I find it an enhancement. and then now the same with Ysatis, a perfume which I 'denounced' in the 1980s comparing her to the Ultra Hookers of that time Giorgio, Poison, Obsession, Coco, Giorgio Beverly Hills Red, YSL Paris, Opium (1977), Knowing, Must de Cartier, Panthère (1986), Moschino Pdt et cetera. yet I also denounced Samsara and Amarige as finding them lovely perfumes but ... too light. I guess fourty years were needed for this water to stream under the bridge but I find all these perfumes Himmlisch, Heavenly, Célestiale. and I love Chypres as I do Ambers (since, still the best, Obsession). as the perfume also contains Civet and carry ánd Rose ánd Carnation at once, they are immediately (well not immediately) loved and bewilderdlely Longed for. then the perfumer is Dominique Ropion one of my, if not thé, favorite perfumers. I love excess. yet it stays true that in the first instance this perfume is very sophisticated and has a huge Portfolio of all these fabulous Flowers. Rose first with me. yet all the others I find also gorgeous. Ylang, Jasmine, Tuberose, Orange Flower, Carnation, Narcissus and Iris. with Oakmoss and Patchouli this becomes a Legendary Chypre. Galbanum lends that tatch bitterness but there is also Honey, Rum, Amber, Rosewood and Coconut. but all these notes are seamlessly blended also if this is a flacon from the 1990s-2000s. it is just this pleasure to have these perfumes within reach. I noted I hadn't yet reviewed this perfume then now some. with the utmost respect and the Soft Veils of Memory needed within these horrific times.