Alliage (1972)
by Estée Lauder

Just a very odd observation: my mom loves this, but it cannot be found in our country. Once when she tried, of all things, Obsession in a shop, she kept being reminded of Alliage! There has to be some similarities in the mixes. My suggestion for an Alliage dupe, therefore? Sheer Obsession, if you can still find it. Weird but true!
And yes, Alliage is quite green, but not as green as many, many other such scents. Actually quite a complicated scent, to my nose, and very unique.

Alliage could serve as my reference green floral (or floral green), not because it’s the best one out there, or even because it’s my favorite (L’Eau de Ryokuei? Chamade? No. 19, anyone?) but because it embodies the crisp white flower and bitter galbanum accord in its simplest and most essential manner. It’s also one of the most potent of its breed, so that its archetypical green floral heart is hard to miss if you’re in the same room. To my own nose, Alliage is a bit too hard in texture, a bit too blatant in its structure, and more than a bit too loud to be broadcasting such a simple message. That said, Alliage will get the job done for anyone who wants a brisk, clean no-nonsense green floral perfume. I think it’s just as appropriate on a man as on a woman, though with the wallop it packs, I’d advise the men to go easy on the application.

I really love this stuff. It's the perfect thing to wear in the summer heat, as it emits the loveliest cool green freshness, while still retaining plenty of that Estee Lauder elegance. My mother wore this in the 70's and it was far more bitter and strong, but the reformulation has a softer drydown, I think, which makes it easier to wear. Yeah, I'll admit it took me a while to get into this. I thought it was just way too green, too dry. But this is the olfactory equivalent of lying on a cool green grass lawn on a thin cotton quilt. You know how good the ground smells when you bury your nose in it? I wish more people would give this a chance. I live in a very hot climate and the popular sweet stuff everyone wears is just not appropriate and can get nauseating.

This was the first perfume I ever bought, at about age 16 (I'm dating myself here!). I wasn't the type of girl people expected to be wearing perfume (which was much less common among young people back then) and I think I wore it at home more than to school or out at night! I can still just call the scent to mind-- not sure I'd still like it.

estee´lauder has created some outstanding and fabulous fragrances like jhl for men, estee lauder for men, youth dew etc.alliage is a fresh, very green, intense and very aromatic scent.it may bother you because the opening is very strong and intense and very powerful-the drydown more comfortable-that is to say within the time you will feel more pleased with the scent but it may disturb you because it is very intense.a very well done scent but i miss a smoother and softer part or what is it?as it has been said it can become stinky and it can bother you but this is a personal opinion.in conclusion-freh,green,intense edt for an active,powerful person-unisex scent!and you will recognise it!this is an original and really good fragrance!

I have real mixed feelings here. The peach and jasmine combined with pine are not good at all. It starts out just plain stinky for me. However, after the drydown - about 20-30 minutes after - I'm loving the vetiver & oakmoss combo! The greens really melt down to a mild essence that is outdoor fresh. This fragrance is very unisex - in fact, I think I might prefer it on a man!!!