Azurée Perfumed Cologne By Estée Lauder
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Azurée Perfumed Cologne By Estée Lauder
Details:
- Perfumed Cologne concentration
- 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. Positioned as a sophisticated, unconventional feminine, it delivered 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 before the fragrance settles into a dry, mossy base of leather, oakmoss, and patchouli anchored by amber. The Perfumed Cologne is a lighter, more wearable expression of Azurée — approachable without sacrificing any of the fragrance’s essential character.