May 31, 2021 · 1:04 pm
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CHAMADE by GUERLAIN (1969)

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  1. Bibi Maizoon
    May 31, 2021 at 2:26 pm

    The first time I tried Chamade I thought they should have named it charade because it seemed like a whirlwind of phases. From the sharp, green hyacinth opening to the lush lilac & pink rose, then grassy galbanum, spicy clove, the almost dissonant Peru balsam & benzoin , and lastly you are left with powdery vanilla drydown- this fragrance was quite the shape-shifter. The upside down heart shaped bottle, symbolizing emotional overwhelm? cupid’s arrow? a teardrop? Such a gorgeously well thought out presentation & stunning composition. As they say, “That’s love!”

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  2. JulienFromDijon
    June 15, 2021 at 7:06 am

    As Jean Cocteau fiercely put it :
    “Sun!
    Change my odor, and my colour,
    the way you’ve changed Hyacinthus, into a flower” *

    P.S.: By serendipity, I’ve been reading about a banned hyacinth compound today, the bromostyrene.
    I’m no chemist or perfumer. But I was toying with the equivalent of wikipedia for fragrant compounds. And chewing some informations on my way. Turin quoted TheGoodScentCompany, and indeed its a goldmine.

    * From the poem Batterie.
    http://www.florilege.free.fr/florilege/cocteau/batterie.htm
    “Soleil (…),
    Change-moi d’odeur et de couleur
    comme tu as changé Hyacinthe en fleur”

    **
    http://www.thegoodscentscompany.com/search3.php?qName=bromostyrene&submit.x=0&submit.y=0

    Then I found that sort of wiki (quite indigestible, but free too)
    https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/4-bromostyrene#section=BioAssay-Results

    Then there was the IFRA (big bad villain, but gives shared knowledge to amateur indiscriminately)
    https://ifrafragrance.org/64af6632-a99a-46d6-ba14-514d845c2a48
    Answer : It was axed for sheer precaution principle, by lack of evidences.

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