1977 Oscar de la Renta is an Oriental Floral fragrance.
~~for women who like their perfume to be noticed~~
~~the tuberose, spices, and resins are deep, complex, and extremely well blended~~
~~Oscar de la Renta's Grand Dame; his first [and finest] parfum~~
~~akin to Coty's L'Origan and Guerlain's L'Heure Bleue~~
~~a fleshy, oily, diesel-like tuberose bomb, cloying and glamorous, with spicy carnations, rotting wood~~
Jean-Louis Sieuzac created the original 1977 fragrance in partnership with Milton Stern.
Original 1977 launch now discontinued.
Top Notes: ((Cloves)), Gardenia, Coriander, Orange Blossom, Basil, Galbanum, Bergamot, Peach
Middle Notes: Tuberose, Ylang-Ylang, Cyclamen, Lavender, Iris, Jasmine, Rosemary, Rose, Orchid
Base Notes: ((Carnation)), Myrrh, Sandalwood, Lavender, Amber, Opoponax, Vetiver, Musk, Patchouli, Coconut
On offer is an open-box, made in France, Oscar del la Renta 1977 parfum formulation, in a ½-ounce [15ml] splash bottle.
The following indicators point to 1984 as the date of manufacture:
Four-Digit Batch Number (43B0) as 4=1984 and 3=March.
Reference Number 1120 was used as early as the mid-1980s.
Textured box/embossed floral design with no UPC barcode, or PAO/recycling icons.
Ingredients List only specifies alcohol, fragrance.
Made in France versus the USA.
The ©1977 embossed on product bases/printed on retail boxes only refers to the year the bottle design was copyrighted.
The following review pertains to the original composition, prevalent throughout the 1980s and 1990s:
1977 Oscar de la Renta rests on a basic chord of carnation (the spicy constituent eugenol is a key component of the perfume), orris, violet (methyl ionone), orange blossom and ambreine, all ingredients in about equal measure but for the ionone (which is doubly dosaged compared to the rest). Jean Louis Sieuzac, the perfumer of Opium (YSL), Farenheit, Bel Ami and Dune (Dior), sure knew how to create excitement!
The floral heart is particularly complex in Oscar de la Renta: the jasmine core (resting on both hedione and Jessemal), with rose, hyacinth and ylang-ylang included as well, produce a particularly sweet floralcy. The tuberose fragrance note is the mule's kick; purposeful, corrupt, expansive, can't miss it. Accessorizing notes of heliotrope, coumarin (the tonka bean note), musk ketone, benzoin and opoponax give a resinous, powdery and sweetish character that veers both compositions into the floriental genre (In fact L'Origan can be claimed to have historically introduced the genre in the first place!). The heliotrope and "powder" with a contrasting top (anisic in L'Heure Bleue, spicy in Oscar) are the basis of the tension that is so compelling in the Guerlain perfume as well. It's not hard to see how both can be memorable.
The addition of Vertofix (woody note close to cedar) provides the woody background, with a small footnote of sandalwood and a mossy base reminiscent of the famous Mousse de Saxe "base" popularized by Caron. The powdery character is further reinforced through the resinous orris note and the mossiness. This contrasts with the fresh top note comprising citruses (orange, bergamot and mandarin), basil, linalool and a fruity accord.
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