Review of 1000 by aad de gids

1000 bears similarities with Joy. yet they are nevertheless very different. Launched respectively in 1972 and 1930 I believe to have read the incentive to launch these perfumes was the same. it had to be an exceptional perfume. the Advertisement for 1000 states that '[it is] so rare. and available to so few.... each flacon is registered'. for Joy in the Advertisement it was stated that '[it was] the costliest perfume in the world'. and a shared Advertisement for both stated the same. they were both 'the costliest'. According to Sergey Borisov, '[Patou] justified the rarity of the fragrance with the help of Osmanthus Absolute - according to legend, its production in China was then small, and its supply was enough to make only 1,000 bottles a year.' this is above all a refined and luxe floral perfume. Grasse Rose, Jasmine and the above mentioned Osmanthus Absolute form a sensitive Cœur. other florals used are the nervous Lily of the Valley, the equally ephemeral Violet and Geranium. an Apricot reinforces the already somptuous Osmanthus. then Patchouli, Sandelwood and Oak offer a solid forestrial bed whereupon all these Dramatic and precisely more Demure Floral characters can repose. for hours on end already rivulets of micro aerated whiffs send the finest flowery impressions. I always could buy as well '1000' as Joy easily. Dior and LVMH have done nothing to change that. this is a Dame Classique. I love her. (I will dissociatively, forever be a Joy-person.)