Flash Back in New York is Olfactive Studio’s second fragrance, after Still Life in Rio, to choose a city and its architecture as inspiration. New York has a definite fragrance persona, even though it has, to my mind, shifted subtly over time. As it begins, Olfactive Studio Flash Back in New York mingles a striking mineral aroma, aqueous note and bittersweet melon rind with a waft of high-class perfume. I have a moment of startling, fleeting familiarity: a 1960s 5th Avenue, wet with snow, slush kicking around stockinged ankles, the golden beckon of store lights in the snowy gloom. But that retro quality quickly fades in favour of an assertive jacket leather note that moves forward, bringing with it some smoky birch tar and herbal aromas. In certain moments, Olfactive Studio Flash Back in New York is like a sense memory of an older New York: icicles glittering like tiny Chrysler buildings from store awnings, expensive perfume drifting from fur-stoled shoulders over the wilting garbage and cigarette butts of the sidewalks. The tonka bean, asphalt and violet feel like they belong to that time. But then, the middle takes over, and modish leather, craft whiskey, and cumin and sage aromas from a dozen fusion restaurants brings me to the New York of Vivienne Gucwa’s evocative photos

Thanks to the generosity of Olfactive Studio, we have a 100 ml bottle of Olfactive Studio Flashback in New York for one registered reader in the U.S., EU or Canada. The random winner is Marcus. Please email michelyn at Cafleurebon dawt com with Olfactive Studio Flashback in New York as your subject and your complete mailing and phone details by 3/29/2018 4 PM EDT. This is a deadline and no exceptions if you are late. A note to Olfactive Studio for their generosity would be appreciated in your email.

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