70 Great Classics
I’ve been asked this more than once, and I’ve always avoided answering because it’s no sense throwing some random names without thinking about it properly. And it ended I thought a lot.
The list I’m posting in the next days contains 70 fragrances which, IMHO, is absolutely essential to know if you are interested to understand more of the world of perfumery.
I have intentionally excluded unavailable vintage ones, or available only at the Osmothèque (Paris), as well as artistic perfumes and too selective fragrances available only after complicated research, because I wanted the list to be used by anyone, more or less in any city. And it's the same reason why some great classics are missing, too: they made sense in their original formulation and maybe in the following ones but now the formula has been completely turned upside down, and the sense is lost. But I included others which still reflect a spark of the beauty of their former selves.
Originally, the list was to contain only 50 scents but I didn’t manage to narrow it that much: 70 seems like a lot, but still, believe me, it’s the bare minimum.
Some of you will agree with my list, someone else will think that I forgot something important (possible, so please write); others may notice “intruders” (... write about that, too!).
Please note that this isn’t the list of the 70 most beautiful things you can smell: it’s the list of those 70 that you really ought to know.
The image: Painting "Exciting perfumes by Mem" by Renè Magritte available here
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