L’eau d’Issey was my perfume circa 1992-1994, when I was still a virgin and hate-envying on Kate Moss with well-articulated jabs such as “I don’t get it.”
I recently purchased mens cool water for my son to get to know. I am not an expert but based on my experience with smelling calone directly and cool water, I believe it very probably — almost certainly, and I’m no expert — does contain calone and possibly some c8-10(?).
Calone = instant headache! There are very few smells that give me a visceral reaction. Calone is the only one that did it without any previously known exposure. New West was a nightmare!
I adore Diorella, Nicky Verfailles Grain de Sables & Chic de Cardin. All have that slightly overripe melon accord but my brain tells me it isn’t calone.
i love diorella - really want to smell the pre-reformulation version! calone's watermelon is decidedly not-fruity and cold. without things like butyrates (which provide the ripe/overripe, almost garbagey but ultimately lush aspect of fruity aromas) there is an uncanny effect, as though the nose is saying "don't trust a melon that doesn't rot"
I have a late 80s bottle & one from the noughties.
The 80s bottle is more citrus & certainly over ripe melon.
The more recent is sharper, less over ripe. Nearer to her brother Eau Sauvage. Interesting that Diorella was worn by both Margaret Thatcher & Diana, Princess of Wales.
Grain de Sables had more of that over ripeness & FM Parfum De Therese would be the current equivalent.
You’re bang on the money about the nose not trusting fruit that refuses to rot.
Is this what the song Watermelon Sugar was about?
L’eau d’Issey was my perfume circa 1992-1994, when I was still a virgin and hate-envying on Kate Moss with well-articulated jabs such as “I don’t get it.”
I hope you continue this series.
I don’t think cool water contains any calone (at least not the men’s version). Great post!
oh man, that would be wild! i've never seen a gcms report for the original, but it's 0.5% in "cool water woman"
I recently purchased mens cool water for my son to get to know. I am not an expert but based on my experience with smelling calone directly and cool water, I believe it very probably — almost certainly, and I’m no expert — does contain calone and possibly some c8-10(?).
Thank god you're writing again here.
Calone = instant headache! There are very few smells that give me a visceral reaction. Calone is the only one that did it without any previously known exposure. New West was a nightmare!
I adore Diorella, Nicky Verfailles Grain de Sables & Chic de Cardin. All have that slightly overripe melon accord but my brain tells me it isn’t calone.
i love diorella - really want to smell the pre-reformulation version! calone's watermelon is decidedly not-fruity and cold. without things like butyrates (which provide the ripe/overripe, almost garbagey but ultimately lush aspect of fruity aromas) there is an uncanny effect, as though the nose is saying "don't trust a melon that doesn't rot"
diorella's melon definitely rots, though!
fruit accords are very hard
I have a late 80s bottle & one from the noughties.
The 80s bottle is more citrus & certainly over ripe melon.
The more recent is sharper, less over ripe. Nearer to her brother Eau Sauvage. Interesting that Diorella was worn by both Margaret Thatcher & Diana, Princess of Wales.
Grain de Sables had more of that over ripeness & FM Parfum De Therese would be the current equivalent.
You’re bang on the money about the nose not trusting fruit that refuses to rot.