Eau de Lancaster
Lancaster (1977)

My affinity for les eaux is evident through the many that are in my collection: Eau de Rochas, Eau de Campagne, Eau de Courrège, Ô de Lancôme... they are often a melange of citrus and green notes, aromatic, exhilarating, if not ephemeral and diaphanous.

I ran into Eau de Lancaster, unassuming as I was browsing about, picked it up since it was affordable, gave it a go, and was pleasantly surprised that it didn't come off as a predictable or reductive. The jasmine and lily notes impart a certain provide a welcome contrast to the herbal lavender and green notes.

Hot July days are reserved for this kind of freshness.

I adore this type of classics. Ripe fruits, oakmoss, a tad of spicy rootiness, resins, sandalwoood and stuffy floral notes (with hints of animalics). This little review is for the classic Lancaster eau de concentree. Massive frames, furs, lusty old women, cultural associations and tapestries.... this is the ambience. A formal and slightly retró (vaguely potpourri) composition. A classic floral chyprè (a la Ungaro Diva or Ck Obsession) for a classy refined "posh" mature woman.