Vers le Jour (1925)
by Worth

I bought a modern edition set of 5 'love poem' perfumes all originally by the same Worth 'nose', cheap on Ebay. It's quite sweet because the perfume names make a little 'poem'.
I actually like the little glass bottles and find them quite kitsch!
Unfortunately though, THIS PERFUME IS TRULY AWFUL!
A screaming, fake, one note thing - wet something floral - ?narcissus. UGH.
Very very cheap smelling. Highly not recommended.

23rd February, 2011.

This is for the 2000 re-orchestration. Picked this up, out of curiosity, for a mere 99p off Ebay, and very much looked forward to giving it a try. What can I say? Ugly, cheap, little candlestick bottle in tawdry packaging. Tragic to think that this was originally housed in Lalique bottles that now fetch top dollar at auction.

Scent is tolerable and ineffably 'modern': hesperidic top notes, a sweet floral (maybe honeysuckle?) middle, and a soft musk base, redeemed by a fleeting waft of curled pencil sharpenings (sort-of-cedar). Decent sillage -- while it lasts. All in all, it's very light and bright; somewhat like an attenuated version of O Oui de Lancome. I'm still longing to smell the old 1920s stuff.

Overall, I'd give this 2.5/5 stars.

9th April, 2010.