212
Carolina Herrera · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 1997
≈ $75 · 100ml · approx. retail
A clean, optimistic white-floral built on orange blossom and an airy bouquet of gardenia, jasmine and lily. The original 212 was conceived as the scent of young, urban New York and dries down to soft musk and sandalwood.
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Spanish · 53 in collection
Alberto Morillas is a Spanish master perfumer at dsm-firmenich who joined Firmenich in 1970 and has shaped thousands of fragrances over his career. He is one of the most prolific noses in modern perfumery and also runs his own house, Mizensir.
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Ann Gottlieb is an American fragrance developer and consultant, founder of Ann Gottlieb Associates, who learned the craft under Estée Lauder and describes herself as a marketer with a very good nose. A Fragrance Foundation Hall of Famer, she has guided the creation of countless blockbuster scents rather than compounding them herself.
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