En Avion Caron for women

I tested the oil perfume, and it is much better then edt or edp. In my opinion it is less sharp, and you smell only the beautiful notes, not the alcohol part which can be very disturbing.

No, no, no! Can't wait to scrub this sample from my wrist! I have the reformulated EdT version, so can't comment on the original, but to me this smells just like the inside of airplane, so perhaps it's named correctly. Just that this plane is full of leaking fuel, cheap soap and none-too-clean bathrooms! Never again. Maybe my sample has "gone off" in some way, but this is making me feel literally sick and I'll never try it again.

-Parfum Review-

Caron is the Leather Queen!

Spicey ,dark, earthy, very oriental, strong stuff!

En Avion is a beautfiful scent...so warm and complex,

When I wear En Avion I get images of my trip to Kauai, so that is what I’ll draw on.

The opening reminds me of the white ginger shea butter I bought there. It is sweet, fat and oily and seems to rest on a slow moving flow of spicy, dark nectar. (If you've plucked the yellow ginger flowers there you'll know what this reminds me of)

Around the one hour mark the heat cranks up, and this is when you’ll get the popping sensation of carnation. (I really love this note, it’s so energetic to me!)

At three hours it dries out a bit and becomes more woody and resinous. In the end it fades into something smooth, calm and glassy; and the sweetness returns, but at this point it’s more subtle.

This opens optimistic, transitions to acceptance, and finishes with serenity. One of my favorite Carons, I can't live without this one.

This review is for a previously unopened bottle of 1930s Extrait, in a 60ml bottle with less than 10% evaporation. It was sealed within a cardboard box and an inner sarcophagus of balsa wood. Despite its secure storage over the years, this perfume still boasts the signature "vintage" characteristics of dark color and faded top notes.

Although it hasn't been mentioned by others, I get an incredible hot, green, dry note right up front-likely the combination of carnation's clove note and the unmentioned galbanum which I suspect is in here. About 15 minutes in, some rose dances at the perimeter, but is quickly overcome by by a pervasive powdery jasmine, aldehydic in nature. This forms a heady floral heart, which was likely rendered more sprightly by the orange blossom when it was intact many years ago.

While I definitely feel the amber and musk (or whatever animal fixative was used), I do not get the birch tar I like so much in older leathers. The base is warm moss with cedar spice, but not animalic. I think the aldehydic carnation and jasmine play a much larger role here than has been attributed to them.

There is a metallic note that I have noticed in many vintage perfumes, particularly Tabac Blond (50s extrait). In the past, I have attributed it to metal stoppers corrupting the perfumes over the years. In this case, however, the stopper was glass, so that doesn't explain things. Likely it is some mineral from one of the natural substances in this old parfum. This is nothing I have ever detected in a curent fragrance.

....off to nap, will report on the base later tonight!

I had this one in the mid '80's, and purchased a new bottle by calling the Caron boutique in New York. In my opinion, it is all there-- I do not sense anything missing from the 80's version, which I purchased at the old I. Magnin Caron boutique-- which was lovely and truly missed. This classic fragrance is delicious, refined and truly lifts the mood. Like all Carons, the sillage is subtle and warm. A wonderful gift for a young person about to embark on an adventure . . .

Yet another Caron scent that has suffered from reformulationitis, but is still beautiful in its present state, if not as grand as it was in its original "skin." The orange note in my version of the scent has a fleshy, honeyed feel to it -- not a juicy orange, but instead an orange that has been slightly tempered by heat, light, and age. The floral and spice drydown is unexpectedly pretty.