Phéromone

this is one of the Great Chypres of the 1970s. along with Estée Lauder's Aliage, Estée, Azurée (if from the 1960s), Balmain's Ivoire, Y from Yves Saint Laurent (1964) and Rive Gauche and Chanel's No19 from 1971, Cristalle from 1974 and Dior's Diorama, Diorissimo and Diorelle (all from the 1960s). (we do not forget the famous Madame Rochas, Miss Dior, No5 which fits this bill partly along with Calèche d'Hermès 1951.) the main Characteristics are a lot of Oakmoss, a lot of Green Notes, perhaps Bitter notes, some meodowy Herbs or even Medicinal Aromatic Herbs, Coumarinic Traits, and (for the ladies' versions) a bunch of Flowers. quite a Bunch that is. derived from the idea that this gives an image from the botanical diversity of Cyprus plus the Flowery Forces of Mediterranean Isles (Capri) this is already an older genre. toward the 1980s one notices already the forecast of the infamous (but fabulous) Hooker Perfumes of the 1980s which all went loose... yet with Phéromone of Marilyn Miglin we already have quite a nose full of noble and if considered 'common' then still noble Ingredients. it starts for a long time with Green, Bitter and Aromatic Notes with the Oakmoss (still and luckily not considered allergenic) throwing her Mossy Threads through the perfume fully. it gives an austere and Chique Demeanour. to this the Iris contributes fully and a metallic Touch is definitely to sense. Spices and Aromatic Herbs lend a piquancy which is already beheld in the perfume's name: 'Phéromone', being 'the Hormone of Sexual Attraction'. then, you even had Pheromone-enhanced perfumes with Androstenol, at first sight a masculin pheromone yet present also in women regulating menstruation and also acting as pheromone in general. an 'engineered' Androstenol was suppleted to certain perfumes (Jovan Andron) because it also has the scent of Musk. it is never scientifically proven to be effective. Marilyn Miglin's perfume Phéromone delivers its sexiness in Name and Ingredients. but speaking of it this sidepath had to be clarified. so there is an Initial Firewall of Spices and Herbs (Mint, Rosemary), Green Notes (apparently in other versions also the Bitter Galbanum) and here the Palm leaf, Stemmy and Leafy events in the opening, plus an Oakmoss on Steroids, this perfume leaves no one unmoved. the Flowers Enter with Dancing Moves: Lotus, Ylang, Jasmine, Rose, Iris, Orange Blossom. then the outright Woodiness of the perfume comes forward making it a Strong Perfume with Joiallerie of Iron. Woody Notes, Patchouli, Oakmoss (which was palpable and sneezable all along), Sandelwood. and if any of the notes would be downright Sexy it would be the Wodka, not sparsely used. this has become a legendary perfume, along with her offsprings. later we learned that the husband of Marolyn Miglin, a Beverly Hills Socialite, was murdered by the same psychotic psychopath who killed Gianni Versace, André Cunnanan (I didn't peered but that must be the spelling). I just wanted to give some Circumferential Specifics about the 'During the Making of' this perfume and two Decades later.