Vintage Shanghai Perfume by Lentheric 1.75 oz Cologne 1960s Formula Discontinued Scent.
No box.
The bottle is full. The perfume is old but still smells good and is wearable. The perfume is very old and no longer fresh. This perfume is about 50-60 years old and will absolutely NOT smell like it originally did all those years ago. Perfume DOES age. Perfumes over 3-10 years start to lose their freshness and may start to smell like alcohol as the perfume degrades. The older the perfume, the less it may smell like what you may remember. If you are looking to buy fresh smelling perfume, you may not want to buy vintage or antique.
Shanghai was originally named Coeur de Paris and was launched in 1911. It was a floral bouquet perfume. Cœur de Paris was renamed Shanghai starting in 1934. There are no published notes for this composition so I am using this bottle to tell you what it smells like. This is a beautiful perfume, very powdery and soapy with the amber and aldehydes, I also think I detect bee pollen. The perfume at first smells aldehydic, citric, a cross between Avon's Skin So Soft and Old Spice, geranium and lavender shine through. It lasts fairly long, spicy and herbal on a warm, woody base.
On paper, the perfume is extremely mossy, with only a short breath of the retailer flowers, I feel that only on the skin does the super sweet gardenia and tuberose blend become very apparent and much more enjoyable.
Top notes: aldehydes, bergamot, cinnamon, clove, citronella
Middle notes: carnation, jasmine, Bulgarian rose, geranium, lavender
Base notes: frankincense, cedarwood, tonka, vetiver, oak moss, myrrh, benzoin, amber, musk, sandalwood
Product code: Vintage Shanghai Perfume by Lentheric 1.75 oz Cologne 1960s Formula Discontinued Scent retailer