Cuir De Russie by Chanel

Cuir de Russie (as it now exists) is surely the most polite and poetically romantic of leathers: though spicily antiseptic on opening, its fierce but fleeting severity is quickly eclipsed by a soft, sweet, flowery middle. Almost imperceptibly, twinkling aldehydes transport us through a bower of jasmine and rose, as dusty violet oscillates above a dry bed of powdery iris, taking our nose from cold climes to warm as the scentās balsamic bottom holds true