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fil – :
This vintage Avon frag opens big and dries down quickly.
Generally I’m not a big Avon fan, but Emprise is quite nice. The dry down is surprisingly quick, but the woody notes linger close to the skin. I wish the big opening notes stayed on longer.
Emprise is inexpensive but it doesn’t smell cheap. I’m not very familiar with Avon frags, but E. is a fine scent and very wearable. It’s clearly a vintage and yet it isn’t dated. A younger person could wear this frag just fine.
Emprise isn’t particularly feminine, I’d call it unisex. Something about it reminds me of Aliage by Estee Lauder. After a side by side test I prefer Emprise over the masculine Aliage.
89092822392 – :
Emprise Cologne Spray (1976) Avon
Discontinued but occasionally available through sellers on eBay where I found my bottle. They have a splash parfum bottle that is like a perfume oil and the cologne spray both are authentic vintages. Notes include top notes of citrus lemon and bergamot, middle notes of jasmine, carnation, lily of the valley and iris, base notes of oak moss sandalwood and amber. For all the talk of this fragrance being a dupe for Charlie by Revlon, I find this to be a ‘twin sister’, a beautiful chypre typical of the era in the mid 70’s, green floral, soapy, clean, amber, earthy and woodsy. Yes it does have a lot in common with Charlie but it has less notes and a lighter softer projection.
Upon the first spritz I get citruses courtesy of lemon and bergamot orange. Citric and fresh with aldehydes. Oranges swimming in aldehydes. This part of the fragrance is very much a day wear thing. Smells good after a shower or bath and it’s fresh and invigorating. It is reminiscent of other fresh citrus and aldehyde scents like 4711 Eau de Cologne but it has a green aromatic air and goes straight into the oak moss. I don’t get a lot of floral notes other than a carnation jasmine and iris. The lily of the valley that was so prominent in Charlie is minimalized. This is a powdery iris but bigger on carnation, surrounded in green leaves and stems. A prom night carnation corsage.
When dry the fragrance, though still ‘green’ herbal and lightly floral, it’s a plunge into the banned note of Evernia Prunastri as in oak moss. This is a beautiful classic green oak moss lichen scent. The same kind of moss you get out of similar perfumes from the 70’s like Aliage Estee Lauder and of course the aforementioned Charlie to which this fragrance has been compared. Though Charlie has more notes and has better volume and body, this is a fresh and delightful green soap ‘Irish spring’ clean skin aroma.
Perfect for after your shower and when you want to smell clean with a conservative outfit a suit or pant suit and skirt-suit. Yes very outdated and retro but wonderful. I also love the packaging and the box with the 70’s color scheme. One final note I think this is like a perfumed version of those 70’s Christmas trees. Very herbal and aromatic but subtle. I’m really into this perfume. Emprise is highly recommended for fans of vintage scents, Avon perfumes and Charlie Revlon. Such a chic 70’s green moss parfum.
Thank You
Fragrantica
&
EBay
From
Aurora McCandless
Федина Марина – :
I was 15 when I first used it. Having arrived in my perfume wardrobe after Charlie I used to regard Emprise as a poor carbon copy of its Revlon mate.
A few decades after that first impression, I can tell that thought was not totally right.
Charlie is Charlie and I won’t discuss it as it was one of my very first perfumed loves so – period.
Emprise was richer in oakmoss and carnation preserving an airiness that Charlie did not have.
Both were the emblem of a generation and both were witness to a moment in our life when we wanted not only to dream of what to do in our life, but most of all we wanted to build solid foundations for our life.
I did.
Also thanks to Emprise (and Charlie).
treyger – :
I bought this several years ago at a tag sale. The lemon/bergamot top notes appealed to me, but there was something in there(I suspect the carnation) that made me sneeze terribly so I gave it to my sister. Nice bottle!
Update: Recently I asked a man what he was wearing, that smelled so brisk and unusual, and he said he was using “an old Avon perfume my wife doesn’t wear anymore, Emprise”. So it could work as a male scent, too!
Вилл – :
This smells suspiciously like Charlie, and shares several of the same notes. Emprise has more carnation and oak moss to my nose, but I think Avon was copying Charlie when they came up with this one. It unmistakeably comes from the same era.
KRAKOZI – :
This has an Cold and Metallic Opening
consist of Lemon & Bergamot dries to an
spicy subtlety of carnation earthy orris
jasmine blooms with it’s androgynous scent
that are bit masculine and feminine and
the delicate Lily of the valley.
the drydown is the usual mossy mix in with
Sandalwood and the sweetness of amber.
70’s chic in a bottle i love the design
with it’s 70’s Futuristic Look and i also look the color very sexy like your in a Disco with orange lights around you
But Sadly this scent falls short to wow
me.