Esprit d'Oscar
Oscar de la Renta · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2011
≈ $70 · 100ml · approx. retail
Esprit d'Oscar (2011), by Frank Voelkl and Ann Gottlieb, is a modern reinterpretation of the original 1977 Oscar, pairing bright citrus with a powdery iris-violet heart over musk, tonka and vetiver. It updates the house's debut with a softer, more contemporary structure.
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American · 16 in collection
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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Frank Voelkl is a German-born, New York-based senior perfumer at Firmenich (now dsm-firmenich) who trained at ISIPCA in France. He is best known for his long collaboration with Le Labo, most famously composing the cult unisex woody musk Santal 33.
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