Description
The French house of Rance 1795 presented two new fragrances expected on the market in January 2015, which belong to the Imperial collection. Men’s fragrance Heroique represents the spirit of the man who wants to leave the trace. The spark of his success is depicted in notes of the composition. Women’s edition Hortense is dedicated to daughter of Queen Josephine from her first marriage – mother of future Napoleon III. Jeanne Sandra Rance wanted to “express the honor to Napoleon, who contributed to the history of Rance, giving it a great significance”.
Women’s fragrance HORTENSE is inspired by beauty, seduction and intelligence of Hortense, daughter to Marquis Alexandre de Beauharnais and Rose Tascher de la Pageri, later known as Josephine. She had light blue eyes and blond wavy hair and liked to perfume it with Dutch floral fragrances and spices of the East, which she adored. Late on, she became the Queen of Holland and she won people’s hearts by simplicity and grace. In 1810 Jean Rance name done of his fragrances after her, interpreting her taste and celebrating her beauty and herself. Sandra Rance wanted that the collection Rance 1795 presents a fragrance dedicated to her, created in contemporary way, leaving a breath of old times. Opening of the composition blends luminous grapefruit with cardamom and pepper, depicting her love of spices. Floral choir of roses blended with cinnamon and incense bring a breath of the East, while cedar, mahogany and vanilla characterize a precious scent in the base.
Women’s version Hortense arrives as 50 and 100ml Eau de Parfum.
plooto241 – :
I love the opening of this fragrance it draws me in just like Latetia Millisime did! I find this fragrance to be a tad bit softer and perfect for the days that you don’t want to radiate to loudly. This worked well for me in the daytime and probably more suitable in the sprin in my opinion, but really we wear what we want when we want
profilmans – :
not sweet, but spicy & citrusy, i can clearly smell the cinnamon, really lovely!
sillage and longevity: moderate.
super1penguin – :
really nice feminine blend but I wish it had more sillage or longevity…
Zenja21322009 – :
Wow this one is amazing. I love warm spicy and the bergamot really lifts it up with a blast of aromatic citrus. Definitely fb worthy!
r6661 – :
I was not so sure about the category of this frag put here as Oriental Floral. I thought it should be in the Oriental Spicy family instead, and refering to my sample card, I found the words “Spicy Oriental”.
The scent is a sort of fresh, dusty, a bit sour (with bergamot), and screechy cardamom, accompanied by some woody nuances of black pepper, cedar and mahagony. It’s quite rough for some minutes and then warmth of vanilla, rose and cinnamon softens it a bit. Cinnamon especially becomes prominent after half an hour and makes it smell like a cinnamon gum (Reminding me of Trident Cinnomon-Flavored gurms). But all in all, it’s a rough and dry, a bit masculine, spicy scent. It lacks the potency and charm of the other scents in Rance line IMO. I even like Rance Le Roi -which is a warm-spicy scent with powdery flowers- better than this one.
Longevity and sillage are moderate on my skin.