Acaciosa (1929)
by Caron

The top note is a high acidic (yes pungent) floral which i cannot name but can only say that it is not accaciosa i know. This high bright floral note brings out different kind of lily like flowers to my mind but how hard i try i cannot put it somewhere. The middle note is composed of two faces switching on; one is an iris (and a kind of jasmine) kind misty floral quite different than the bright very first note, and the other face is the cute joyful cloves note which is also found in bellodgia and royal bain de caron and the old coke of my childhood and the funny victoria secret lotion called love spell and some champagnes... That counterpointing notes makes this fragrance very artistic and successful.

This is described as a pungent floral fragrance on the Caron website. It contains jasmine without a doubt and rose too. It lasts forever and the drydown is ambery and deep.

It's one of my favorites and I've yet to smell anything like it.

It is still being sold at Caron by the way.

Delightful, with grand, glycerine-weight sillage, Acaciosa proves there is at least one Caron which can put a smile on my face. I haven't been able to isolate the rumored pineapple note, instead having been distracted by a full-bodied jasmine that put me in a Montale-Jasmin-Full state of mind (that's a compliment!).

Just as Guerlain fragrances bear a Guerlinade quality, I think Acaciosa smells representative of a Caronesque aura (and vintage florals in general). Of course, after heaping rare praise, I also have to mention that Acaciosa is supposed to be a discontinued fragrance. As of October 2006, it can still be purchased from Caron.