Azurée by Estée Lauder

With Azuree I won’t be able to be fully impartial. Green, large eyes, with very long eyelashes that together give off one of those looks that at times can make it hard not to roll your eyes and at the same time remain absorbed as if it were a miracle. The young woman I’m talking about has one of the most beautiful faces I’ve ever seen: clear, with well-defined features, which together definitely combine to perfection. Best of all, she is charming in her manner and efficient in her work as an administrative assistant. She is surely not perfect but to my pride and dismay, I usually get nervous in her presence because to me she seems so. From time to time I see her for work where she earns her living and I have almost always noticed she wears perfume (Yes, the antenna that switches on by itself once you get into this little world of scents) but recently I noticed a new fragrance that added to my confusion when seeing her. Finally, when I asked her about it she told me it is Azuree, a gift from her mum. At that moment I did perceive a green ensemble in which it was relatively easy to detect vetiver but I couldn’t go further because the situation didn’t lend itself to it and I felt a bit embarrassed. I managed to get a sample that indeed recalls countryside smells but within a sober composition. I don’t perceive a simple opening nor a note that stands out above another and I like that a lot. It’s not easy to detect notes (Except the mentioned vetiver), I can’t find the rose anywhere but it does have a very well-crafted floral background but always behind the grass, fragrant and strong. It’s true that it has an earthy imprint that affirms the character of the fragrance. Projection and longevity quite good. It can indeed come across as a mature scent with character but which curiously I see as easy to wear without fuss or “femme fatale” mannerisms. Ok, I said I wasn’t going to be impartial for reasons you can guess but it’s true that personally I don’t see the need for that excessive posturing to know how to wear perfumes with character nor to be beautiful for everything to suit you. There are women approaching their 50s who with one or two inexpensive perfumes and a lot of attitude (The kind, not the disdainful kind) reaffirm you in thinking that there is beauty in all women and whoever can’t see it is missing out on a lot. In short, Azuree does deserve a try and I highly recommend it

Nothing more to add to LaDameDeNoir’s review. Azureé is simply a delicious chypre, textbook, old-school. The kind that, unfortunately, they don’t make any more. A green, herbal beauty in a bottle. Good longevity and more than acceptable sillage. If you like green chypres, don’t hesitate, go for it!!

Masterful and superb, powerful, earthy and forceful, it lasts for hours and hours on the skin. It would be in the style of Clinique’s Elixir… that kind of mature perfume with character that has the ability to affect your mood. A true relic from the house. Hopefully they don’t discontinue it!!

I won’t be impartial about Azuree. I remember a girl with enormous green eyes and lashes that take your breath away, with a sharp, perfect face, and she’s charming and efficient in her admin work. Sometimes I get nervous around her because she seems too beautiful. I see her around there almost always wearing perfume, and recently I noticed a new scent that made me even more nervous. When I asked her, she said it was Azuree, a gift from her mother. At that moment, I sensed a green accord where vetiver was noticeable, though the situation didn’t give me time to analyse it further and I felt a bit embarrassed. I managed to get a sample and indeed it smells of the countryside but with complex sobriety. It doesn’t have one note that stands out above the others, which I love; I don’t detect rose, but rather a very worked-up floral base that always sits behind the strong, fragrant grass. It has that earthy mark that gives it character. The projection and longevity are good. It’s a mature aroma, but curiously it wears well without making a fool of itself or being a femme fatale. Although I said I wouldn’t be impartial, I think there’s no need for that exaggerated posturing to wear a characterful perfume well or to be beautiful. There are women near fifty who, with cheap perfumes and lots of attitude, make you see that beauty is everywhere. It’s worth trying Azuree and I recommend it hugely.

Nothing more to add to LaDameDeNoir’s review. Azuree is simply a delicious chypre, one of the book classics, old school, the kind that is no longer made. A green and herbal beauty bottled. Good longevity and a more than acceptable sillage. If you like green chypres, don’t hesitate, go for it!