Vers le Jour
Worth (1925)

Reform version.

Angelica, bergamot, red berries create a tart, bitter, greenish-weed-juice opening. Tart fruit in the middle, with some osmanthus and narcissus. Oh! And some peony. Deep whiffs reveal pineapple and watermelon notes. The bitterness wears off - mellows with a flower accord. Faint base of sandalwood. Not for me.

I bought a modern edition set of 5 'love poem' perfumes all originally by the same Worth 'nose', cheap on Ebay. It's quite sweet because the perfume names make a little 'poem'.
I actually like the little glass bottles and find them quite kitsch!
Unfortunately though, THIS PERFUME IS TRULY AWFUL!
A screaming, fake, one note thing - wet something floral - ?narcissus. UGH.
Very very cheap smelling. Highly not recommended.

This is for the 2000 re-orchestration. Picked this up, out of curiosity, for a mere 99p off Ebay, and very much looked forward to giving it a try. What can I say? Ugly, cheap, little candlestick bottle in tawdry packaging. Tragic to think that this was originally housed in Lalique bottles that now fetch top dollar at auction.Scent is tolerable and ineffably 'modern': hesperidic top notes, a sweet floral (maybe honeysuckle?) middle, and a soft musk base, redeemed by a fleeting waft of curled pencil sharpenings (sort-of-cedar). Decent sillage -- while it lasts. All in all, it's very light and bright; somewhat like an attenuated version of O Oui de Lancome. I'm still longing to smell the old 1920s stuff.Overall, I'd give this 2.5/5 stars.