Name: Un Air de Java Decleor
Brand: Decleor
Rating: 4.32 (19 reviews)

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Un Air de Java by Decleor is a woody-chypre fragrance for men. Launched in 2000, this composition was created by perfumer Pierre Bourdon. The top notes unfold with blackcurrant, mandarin, orange, lime and lemon; the heart reveals violet, jasmine and valley lily; while the base notes settle on oakmoss, musk and amber.

Josesan March 4, 2020

Decleor is an unknown classic: since 2000 they haven’t released anything new, having created only five fragrances in total. UN AIR DE JAVA is a rarity, a perfume seen but rarely worn. The brand was born in Paris in 1974 under the name Cléor, founded by Solange Dessimoulie as her golden key to natural beauty. In 1985 it became Decleor. Its philosophy was to move away from animal ingredients in favour of botanical essential oils. They went on to lead the way in aromatherapy, with many beauty institutes using their products, boasting a range of over fifty oils, mostly from Madagascar, 100% natural and sustainable. But economics moved on and the brand passed to Shiseido, who sold it to L’Oréal in 2012 along with Carita. My sample is from a 2000 product. I can’t guarantee it’s a woody chypre as the description claims, nor that it’s masculine; it’s unisex but leans towards feminine. I’d place it in the floral aromatic family, pure Hedione state. What about those citrus notes in the description? Well, it has a certain fresh acidity, but it’s not orange, lemon, tangerine or bergamot. It’s Hedione par excellence. That synthetic molecule that emulates a jasmine ester, discovered by Firmenich in 1971. Its scent is citrusy, musky, floral, jasmine-like, sweet and green. First used in Dior’s Eau Sauvage in 1966 by Edmond Roudnitska, it became essential for floral citrus scents, offering great performance. That is UN AIR DE JAVA: citrusy, floral, sweet, green with a woody base. The performance is excellent, unbeatable and almost magical, something unimaginable in a modern floral citrus. In 2000 few men dared wear this essence, and today, more open to unisex scents, they might find it lacking in pepper and ambroxan, which is all the rage. The scent is attractive, bordering on explicit artificiality, but without the need to overapply (hallelujah).

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Josesan March 4, 2020

Decleor is an unknown classic: since 2000 they haven’t released anything new, having created only five fragrances in total. UN AIR DE JAVA is a rarity, a perfume seen but rarely worn. The brand was born in Paris in 1974 under the name Cléor, founded by Solange Dessimoulie as her golden key to natural beauty. In 1985 it became Decleor. Its philosophy was to move away from animal ingredients in favour of botanical essential oils. They went on to lead the way in aromatherapy, with many beauty institutes using their products, boasting a range of over fifty oils, mostly from Madagascar, 100% natural and sustainable. But economics moved on and the brand passed to Shiseido, who sold it to L’Oréal in 2012 along with Carita. My sample is from a 2000 product. I can’t guarantee it’s a woody chypre as the description claims, nor that it’s masculine; it’s unisex but leans towards feminine. I’d place it in the floral aromatic family, pure Hedione state. What about those citrus notes in the description? Well, it has a certain fresh acidity, but it’s not orange, lemon, tangerine or bergamot. It’s Hedione par excellence. That synthetic molecule that emulates a jasmine ester, discovered by Firmenich in 1971. Its scent is citrusy, musky, floral, jasmine-like, sweet and green. First used in Dior’s Eau Sauvage in 1966 by Edmond Roudnitska, it became essential for floral citrus scents, offering great performance. That is UN AIR DE JAVA: citrusy, floral, sweet, green with a woody base. The performance is excellent, unbeatable and almost magical, something unimaginable in a modern floral citrus. In 2000 few men dared wear this essence, and today, more open to unisex scents, they might find it lacking in pepper and ambroxan, which is all the rage. The scent is attractive, bordering on explicit artificiality, but without the need to overapply (hallelujah).

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