Azurée Eau de Parfum By Estée Lauder

Azurée Eau de Parfum By Estée Lauder

Details:

• 2 fl. oz bottle
• Approximately 40% full
• Original formula, launched 1969
• Perfumer: Bernard Chant
• Ideal for collectors, vintage fragrance lovers, or display

Fragrance Notes:

• Top Notes: Aldehydes, Bergamot, Artemesia, Gardenia
• Middle Notes: Jasmine, Geranium, Cyclamen, Orris, Ylang-Ylang
• Base Notes: Leather, Patchouli, Oakmoss, Musk, Amber

In-Depth Summary

Azurée was launched by Estée Lauder in 1969, during one of the most creatively fertile periods in fine fragrance history. It was positioned as a sophisticated, unconventional feminine — a departure from the soft florals that dominated the era — and it delivered on that promise with a chypre-floral-animalic composition that remains one of the house’s most distinctive achievements.

The fragrance was created by Bernard Chant, a British perfumer whose work for Estée Lauder defined the house’s bold, architectural style in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Chant is also responsible for Aramis and Clinique Aromatic Elixir — compositions that share Azurée’s characteristic tension between elegance and raw material intensity.

Azurée opens with a crisp, aromatic brightness — bergamot and artemesia lifted by aldehydes, with gardenia adding an unexpected lushness. The floral heart is rich and layered, jasmine and ylang-ylang lending warmth and depth before the fragrance settles into a dry, mossy base of leather, oakmoss, and patchouli anchored by amber. It is a fragrance of contrasts: simultaneously cool and warm, austere and sensual, structured and alive.