Halston Couture (1988)
by Halston

Monster projection & crazy longevity are the hallmarks of this 1980s classic. Halston Couture EDP demands the right woman to wear it ... and I don't think I'm her. Halston Couture EDP wears me, rather than the other way around. So much so that I over-sprayed it in my office, and the scent lingered for over a week. If you can't find frags that last, you might try this one. It'll last. You can trust me, the janitor, and every one who works on my floor at the office!

Halston Couture just doesn't love me back. It's quite indolic, poopy in fact, and also dewy. There are no top notes or florals. No rose. :( HC is all about the base, which is predominantly moss on me with some patch & amber. I'm pretty sure the top notes have burned off this. I have tried to love HC with a light hand, with dabbing cotton, and with layering Tea Rose. All #FAIL.

UPDATE - I have a teeny, tiny bit of vintage EL Knowing in parfum form, concentrated with the top notes gone. That is what Halston Couture smells like to me. HC is definitely old school chypre.

NOTE TO SELF - Stop trying to love old-school chypres. They are not into you. Hopefully someone will love my bottle of HC more than I.

26th March, 2011.

This is an interesting 80s-style scent. It is similar to Halston by Halston, but it has another perfume grafted onto it. It is a mildly green chypre with a rose/amber/patchouli oriental squeezed into the same bottle. Surprisingly it’s not a train wreck. It’s full of that more-more 80s style, but the rich amber connects the two genres and maintains just enough tension to keep things from getting out of focus. If you want a better constructed chypre/oriental hybrid, try Lancome’s reissued Sikkim.

30th November, 2010. (Last Edited: 17th February, 2011.)

Great vintage style chypre, w/rose flavor. 1st try- Light, dusty & soft, rose-tinged floral chypre, a little violet too. 2nd try- too musty & dry, not appealing even tho rose. 3rd try on hot day was elegant dry powdery, rose and a little sweet.

21st May, 2007.

This was the first perfume I bought for myself, and it was kind of a bad choice for a teenager. It's a very strong and sultry scent. The oak moss makes for a very strong woodsy base note, I'm guessing. Then there's some kind of amber in it, and they fight raucously together. I wasn't nearly old enough to wear this perfume, but as I got older, it was definitely something I could wear in the evenings. It changes on my skin, becoming more intense and actually kind of makes me dizzy.

I know they don't make this anymore, and that's a shame. It is a very different scent from the the other Halston perfumes. Halston Couture is the only one that came with a sterling silver top.

3rd September, 2006.