Red Door
Elizabeth Arden · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 1989
≈ $40 · 100ml · approx. retail
Named for the red door of Arden's Fifth Avenue salon, this is a rich white-floral oriental built around tuberose, jasmine and honeyed rose over a warm amber-sandalwood base. Elizabeth Arden's best-known signature fragrance and a late-1980s bestseller.
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