Бахчисарайский фонтан (The Fountain of Bakhchisaray) by Северное сияние
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A Shadowed Rose, Tobacco and Amber From the Fifties Бахчисарайский фонтан (The Fountain of Bakhchisaray) by Северное сияние is a fragrance for women dating from the 1950s. It belongs to an era when perfumes favoured depth and contrast over lightness. Vanilla softness and leather are lifted by bergamot with an herbal edge, leading to a floral heart centred on rose,…
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About Бахчисарайский фонтан (The Fountain of Bakhchisaray)
A Shadowed Rose, Tobacco and Amber From the Fifties
Бахчисарайский фонтан (The Fountain of Bakhchisaray) by Северное сияние is a fragrance for women dating from the 1950s. It belongs to an era when perfumes favoured depth and contrast over lightness.
Vanilla softness and leather are lifted by bergamot with an herbal edge, leading to a floral heart centred on rose, tobacco flower, iris and jasmine.
At the top are vanilla, leather, bergamot and oregano. The bergamot lends momentary brightness, then oregano introduces a herbaceous dryness that tempers the vanilla and brings the leather accord into focus.
The middle stage features rose, tobacco, tobacco flower, iris and jasmine. Here the rose is deep and velvety, set against arid tobacco, with iris contributing a powdery veil and jasmine a paler floral counterpoint.
The base combines patchouli, amber, labdanum and cedar. Earthy patchouli and balsamic labdanum lend weight to the amber, whilst cedar keeps the trail dry and woody.
Accords of amber, patchouli, woods, roses, white flowers, powder, earth, warm spice, vanilla and tobacco sum up its temper: warm, enveloping and faintly austere, with a distinctly 1950s sense of drama.
With an average of 3.88 out of 5 across 17 ratings, it is best approached as a period piece. Its appeal rests in that melancholy, literary atmosphere suggested by its name.
It will suit women drawn to vintage perfumery, shadowed roses, tobacco and amber-woody depths, particularly those who favour rich evening wear with character.
In the end, Бахчисарайский фонтан stands as an unusual relic of Fifties perfumery: romantic, earthy and ambery, to be savoured as atmosphere and narrative rather than as a modern sheer scent.
Spices Musk, amber and animalic Green, herbal and fougère Flowers White flowers Woods and mosses Resins and balsams
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Character
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