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Perfume

Carolina Herrera · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 1988

≈ $57 · approx. retail

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The house's original 1988 signature fragrance, a lush, sensual white-floral built on tuberose and jasmine over a mossy, musky animalic base; this catalogue entry likely refers to this founding Carolina Herrera eau de parfum.

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

SpringFallWinterDailyOfficeEvening

Perfumer

Carlos Benaim

American · 65 in collection

Veteran IFF master perfumer with decades of hits.

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Clement Gavarry

French · 15 in collection

Clement Gavarry is a Paris-born, New York-based perfumer and a fourth-generation member of a fragrance family (his father is perfumer Max Gavarry); trained at ISIPCA and at IFF's perfumery school, he is now a principal perfumer at dsm-firmenich known for polished designer compositions.

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