Hi All,
I need your help.
Since 1971, I have been searching for a fragrance that the sister of my boyfriend wore in high school. Don't be disturbed by the "high school" reference, please. While I admit that I was sniffing it as a teenager through my teen-agery novice nose, it was beautiful and I can not get it out of mind no matter how hard I try... after all of this time. Sheesh!
I AM BEGGING!!!! I need your collective wisdom and noses to help me.
I can tell you this... after all of this time, 38 years so far, the closest I have come is, of all things, Bobbi Brown "Almost Bare". Estee Lauder "Pleasures Exotic" is a close second. Jo Malone "Nectarine Blossom and Honey Cologne" is NOT it, but has a piece of its character. L'Artisan "Ananas Fizz" also has a piece of what I am looking for. GRRRRR! I cannot belive I cannot figure this one out. It was so very lovely I can't even think about the fact that it may no longer be available. Given these fragrance references, I think it may not have been a real complicated fragrance... but it was the beginning of my fragrance love, so it may have actually been more complicated than I can recall.
This fragrance was produced pre 1971 and, at that time, was not available in the US. It was available only in France. Her family came from serious money so I am guessing it wasn't anything cheap. Probably from a Big Name House, but that's only a guess. It was a floral, for sure. It may have had some fruit attached. It had incredible sillage but was never heavy or heady. No one ever disliked it. Pure, floral, clean, greener than sweet... but still a little sweet. The family lived in Hawaii although were not Hawai'n. I believe that her Grandmother, who lived most of her life in Hawaii, found this fragrance for her grand daughter as a memory scent of the Island. They were both "old souls" so I am pretty sure this was not a fly-by-night fragrance. She gave her grand daughter a new bottle of it every year and her grand daughter loved it!.
I was taught (ugh) to never ask the name of a fragrance someone was wearing. I was told it was rude. None the less, one day I was rude and asked, but only once, what the fragrance was. I swear she said "Jeevawnshee". After being rude, I didn't have the guts to ask, "What did you say?" Eventually, I understood that she may have said, "Givenchy". But she also could have said "Fidji"! (BTW, it is not "Fidji" or any Givenchy that I have smelled so far.)
Just so you know, I would like to think I smell most florals very well but when I put Creed Spring Flowers to my nose I smell nothing. I don't mean I don't smell just a little of this and that... I smell NOTHING. I am clearly lacking a "sense" or two.
So.... anyone have a clue???
Thank you. :-)))
I need your help.
Since 1971, I have been searching for a fragrance that the sister of my boyfriend wore in high school. Don't be disturbed by the "high school" reference, please. While I admit that I was sniffing it as a teenager through my teen-agery novice nose, it was beautiful and I can not get it out of mind no matter how hard I try... after all of this time. Sheesh!
I AM BEGGING!!!! I need your collective wisdom and noses to help me.
I can tell you this... after all of this time, 38 years so far, the closest I have come is, of all things, Bobbi Brown "Almost Bare". Estee Lauder "Pleasures Exotic" is a close second. Jo Malone "Nectarine Blossom and Honey Cologne" is NOT it, but has a piece of its character. L'Artisan "Ananas Fizz" also has a piece of what I am looking for. GRRRRR! I cannot belive I cannot figure this one out. It was so very lovely I can't even think about the fact that it may no longer be available. Given these fragrance references, I think it may not have been a real complicated fragrance... but it was the beginning of my fragrance love, so it may have actually been more complicated than I can recall.
This fragrance was produced pre 1971 and, at that time, was not available in the US. It was available only in France. Her family came from serious money so I am guessing it wasn't anything cheap. Probably from a Big Name House, but that's only a guess. It was a floral, for sure. It may have had some fruit attached. It had incredible sillage but was never heavy or heady. No one ever disliked it. Pure, floral, clean, greener than sweet... but still a little sweet. The family lived in Hawaii although were not Hawai'n. I believe that her Grandmother, who lived most of her life in Hawaii, found this fragrance for her grand daughter as a memory scent of the Island. They were both "old souls" so I am pretty sure this was not a fly-by-night fragrance. She gave her grand daughter a new bottle of it every year and her grand daughter loved it!.
I was taught (ugh) to never ask the name of a fragrance someone was wearing. I was told it was rude. None the less, one day I was rude and asked, but only once, what the fragrance was. I swear she said "Jeevawnshee". After being rude, I didn't have the guts to ask, "What did you say?" Eventually, I understood that she may have said, "Givenchy". But she also could have said "Fidji"! (BTW, it is not "Fidji" or any Givenchy that I have smelled so far.)
Just so you know, I would like to think I smell most florals very well but when I put Creed Spring Flowers to my nose I smell nothing. I don't mean I don't smell just a little of this and that... I smell NOTHING. I am clearly lacking a "sense" or two.
So.... anyone have a clue???
Thank you. :-)))
