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aleks528 – :
l have this in the vintage perfume version, and I’m going to try my best to describe this. The notes are very well blended in this, but when I first apply it, I get mostly fizzy, old school citrusy top notes. It doesn’t mention aldehydes in the notes, but that’s the vibe I get (I have a vintage bottle, and I think it’s the citruses being a little “off” with time, and not actual aldehydes). Once that fades, you get this old school/ vintage (but not dated), soapy, with a hint of spice kind of a smell. This scent is very era- specific for me too. I know the scent came out earlier, but I must have had many school teachers, and most likely knew other women who wore this in the late 70s, because it reminds me of my teachers in Elementary school when I first started.
Late 70s, that was before the surge of powerhouses that came out in the 80s and later, so the scent choices weren’t that varied yet, a fraction of what they are now. So if you were around in the time period, chances are, you knew many women who smelled like this, and for me it smells like that specific era, before all of those other perfumes came on the scene. It smells like 1970s Elementary school teachers, stay at home moms who made peanut butter & fluff sandwiches when their kids friends came over, and random nice ladies at the grocery store. Such a clean, pretty scent. I don’t find it to be all that floral, I have a hard time detecting specific floral notes actually, (besides maybe the carnation?), and the base notes give it some depth. Truly lady-like and pretty, I love this one.
dergach – :
I wear this in autumn – although it is good in any time of year. I remember how we wore it in high school and looked like elegant young ladies wafting down the hall. We were not wallflowers;we had all the dates. It is well blended, good silage, and all around timeless Classic. Long may it live! I missed the Xmas specials on this as celebrity frags dominate right now, but I am sure when the novelty wears off with that, this amazing cologne will be back center stage.
invaderrrr – :
Wind Song is a beautiful floral, powdery, spicy perfume, which to me is NOT at all ‘old-ladyish’. It’s very lady-like perfume, which in my mind shows taste, elegance and feminine maturity of the highest order. I adore it. My husband, all my friends and acquaintances, and even children compliment me on it. I’m forever being told I smell heavenly! It’s strong and lasts so well. It’s gorgeous!!!
mohlapiy – :
WIND SONG
PRINCE MATCHABELLI
GROUP: FLORAL CHYPRE
NOTES CORIANDER ORANGE TARRAGON NEROLI BERGAMOT CARNATION CLOVES ORRIS JASMINE YLANG YLANG ROSE PALISANDER ROSEWOOD SANDALWOOD AMBER MUSK BENZOIN VETIVER CEDAR WOOD
SILLAGE MODERATE RADIATES WITHIN ARM LENGTH
LONGEVITY VERY LONG LASTING 7 TO 12 HOURS
REMINDS ME OF: L’AIR DU TEMPS NINA RICCI
I’m not even going to do the typical comparison to L’air Du Temps thing. Wind Song in it’s vintage form, a cologne bottle shaped like a crown, arrived in 1953 during the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. It is a fragrance of flowers and spices, a chypre, or floral chypre. I like this category of perfume the most. A natural neroli and orange opens the fragrance. This is an orange grove type of scent. I love the neroli. The fragrance becomes floral with carnation and rose. I would say that the carnation is stronger and it’s green colored. If you know what a prom carnation smells like this is that formal gown with a carnation pinned onto it kind of smell. Formal, elegant, classy, floral. The jasmine is also present to my nose as well as the ylang. Beautifully floral. But the fragrance turns into spices. Oh, it has coriander and tarragon, some vetiver, making it a distinct chypre scent. The spices give the carnation an extra kick. The flowers are darker all of a sudden. It’s smokier and woodsier, decidedly unisex or masculine but that’s not a bad thing. I only mean that by today’s standards that this is not a girly girl body mist. This is a real perfume, made up of hardcore classic ingredients in perfumery of the Golden Age. It lacks aldehydes but it makes up for it in it’s spicy aromatic body. My grandmother had the crown bottle but she used this up as she always wore it to weddings. I now have the empty bottle but I also wear the new reformulation of Wind Song and both scents are not the same. Wind Song had a slight leather and musk that the new one lacks. The new one is good but it’s more wearable and softer, despite it’s spices. This is the real deal if you want to experience vintage perfumery at it’s best: flowers, woods, spices and a touch of musk. It’s not quite an Oriental but definitely a chypre not far from the same class as Bandit (without as much leather). Regal, glamorous, and bold, a fragrance for queens.
volchok.jr – :
This is a review for Prince Matchabelli’s Wind Song 1953 Vintage Splash Bottle Shaped Like British Crown Jewels St Edward’s Crown. Ok so my grandmother, God rest her soul, owned this fragrance and loved it so much it became her signature scent. After she passed away, my mother inherited this among many other possessions. This fragrance is still on display at my parents’ home in Charleston South Carolina right next to a framed portrait of my grandma Rosemary. This is her perfume. Her scent. I will write a review for the reformulation newer version later. I think of this as a very powerful royal cologne. The splash bottle was shaped like the British Crown used for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who was crowned that same year of 1953, on June the 2nd. My grandmother used to say that while they were never clear about making this fragrance especially for that day, there was no coincidence this fragrance in the crown shaped bottle was around during that time. It’s an old fashioned very strong unisex woman’s cologne for formal occasions. It’s a spicy floral. It opens with citruses and neroli and it’s just like L’Air du Temps by Nina Ricci when it starts. My mother wore L’Air a lot and it was her wedding day perfume, plus I wear L’Air now so I know how similar this perfume and L’Air can be. The same floral scents of carnation and ylang ylang and white flowers are similar to L’Air. But the flowers in Wind song turn spicier and bolder whereas L’Air flowers become soap. The scent of tarragon, coriander and additional spices plus woods create the effect that you’re wearing something Oriental. It smells like a spice shop. It’s not bad but definitely old lady ish and from a bygone era when women wore perfumes that would announce themselves before the woman even walked into a room. I can smell this on Queen Elizabeth II herself, but on that wedding day she would not have been wearing it. This is more a fragrance for her age today. This is way too strong for anyone under 60. I think even women in their 50’s would find this a bit too much. It’s a perfume that is dear to me because of my grandmother. I love the bottle and it’s very hard to find. I feel lucky every time I see the bottle at my family home in Charleston. Rest in Peace Grandma. I love you.
zanik – :
This is my second review for this perfume, but I can’t help it, I’m soooo in love with this perfume! I want to make it clear this is for the current version of this perfume; I own the vintage and current. In current, I have the perfume, body spray, and dusting powder. I fell in love with this fragrance last year when, for years, I would turn my nose in disgust; mainly I found out my great aunt Libby wore this and I wasn’t about to wear the same fragrance as a GREAT Aunt. Well she certainly knew something I didn’t at the time…IDK if my nose changed or matured but after a while I recognized this was a unique and lovely fragrance that no one else I knew wore; what ultimately pushed me over the edge to buy it was a found out that this was supposedly Patsy Cline’s signature scent,so of course I had to get it since she’s my all-time favorite female vocalist. I find that this is floral, and very fresh/clean on my skin. I especially love combining April Showers Sugar Vanilla lotion (which is $1 at Dollar Tree) with the body powder straight from the shower, and it somehow works together. My husband always compliments me, and I’ve received compliments from a few people with Wind Son. This scent isn’t by any means sexy or seductive(well, depending on the person, I suppose…), but if you’re looking for a cuddly, floral, powdery scent, a scent that sends you back to a time when ladies wore perfumes to smell lady-like, wore crinoline-petticoats, left a lot to the imagination instead of having everything hanging out, and when couples actually “courted,” I would recommend this 100%!BTW I’m 27 so I have never experienced that Era that is long gone but not forgotten, but wouldn’t it be fun!?