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rabinya6 – :
I wore this 45 years ago, when as a penniless college student waitress I would visit Mexico and buy it for about $40 for 100ml. I made another trip a few years later. This, Jungle Gardenia (the original) and Jovan ambergris were the fragrances that started my interest in perfume. My recollection of the notes of MS are slight. I do recall that it was the most elegant fragrance I had ever experienced. It is very difficult to find even on EBay. It was wonderful. I think it would be worth getting a decant before it disappears forever.
Vip163 – :
I have a vintage bottle of pdt, I don’t know what decade. It came in a plain box as it was meant for demonstration. It is a splash bottle with a black (bakelite?) screw cap, and a blue squeeze bulb atomizer was included but I don’t use it. I decanted into an atomizer. The label is green with gold lettering. I think the fragrance is remarkably well preserved. I don’t get citrus as much, but I do get the lavender mixed with clove/carnations, and the amber and other basenotes are sweet and delicious (not sweet like today’s sweet dessert scents). 8 might detect some civet there, but I’m not sure. There are some real animalics in here but they don’t hit you over the head. This composition has too much finesse for that. TaleofRose said “calmness and opulence” and that is how Moment Supreme is for me, too. I’m wearing it at home on a Friday with no place I have to be, but the scent evokes an opulent feeling. I’d love a bottle of the parfum some day.
nik4744 – :
The sweet opening fades very quickly. For me, the lavender and bergamot are barely there.
The clove and amber last a very long time and stay harmonious.
It’s a good perfume for wall and winter but feels out of place in spring/summer.
olqad0309 – :
Just got a vintage bottle of this today, half full and complete with the original box. Spent 30 minutes teasing out the glass stopper and then got my first sniff of this beautiful scent. As others have said, there’s not much citrus left, but there was a brief sharpness, possibly lavender. Then it evolved into a tantalizing mix that has lingered so far for six hours with no sign of fading. The amber obviously has tremendous staying power. This came along with another vintage bottle and I didn’t really know what to expect, but this has been a very pleasant discovery.
arimismabbelf – :
Hesperidic lavender opening followed by the gorgeous clove and carnation heart while the cozy amber and dirty musk drydown anchors the whole composition… a perfume with both calmness and opulence at the same time. Very long lasting. It is so beautiful and timeless. Just like Billie Holiday’s Autumn In New York, rich, languid with a touch of naughtiness, caressing you gently.
Vintage parfum review.
arma-ru – :
I was actually trying to figure out how I was gonna review this fragrance, since my bottle is around about from the 30s I believe based on the shape of the bottle. And for the most part when I first put it on it goes to that initial broken down top notes kind of scent and then it moves more into the middle notes, that first initial blasts can sometimes wreck havoc on my nose. I do get the geranium and a tiny bit of the lavender but none of the line which is not that surprising considering that citrus scents are usually the first to break down. Going back to my first sentence what finally made me decide to write this review is that the decant that I had made for my larger bottle actually broke in the bag that had put the decant in, instant review with bonus broken glass! This really is an amazing scent and I’m glad that I was able to get a bottle of it even though I had to fight to get it open, because it was a glass stopper. The heart notes are really what do it for me the mix of the cloves along with the rose really make it into such a beautiful scent that’s worth waiting getting through those damaged top notes to get to. I’m also happy to say that unlike some other Jasmine sense that I have recently tried, the jasmine in moments supreme is a very demure jasmine meaning that it doesn’t overwhelm everything else it just adds body to the rose and the cloves in the heart. The amber in the bass note is quite lovely as well sometimes amber can smell a little better on my skin but this remains smooth and just warmly scented. This is a classic worth tracking down, though I will say it is probably hard to find one that’s in pristine condition, I got lucky with someone who was selling off a relative’s perfume collection, and this person apparently kept this in great condition. If you can get a sample get one it’s worth it!
soldaevigor – :
Elena’s blog, Perfume Shrine, is brilliant. I bought a sample from scenterelle.com and fell in love with the clove and amber. It’s so ahead of its time just like his other fragrances. Supposedly the name is a metaphor for “le petit morte”.
Priorptut – :
I found these notes for Moment Suprême on the perfumeshrine.blogspot website: bergamot, lemon, neroli, mandarin, lavender, May rose, clove, ylang, lilac, jonquil, orris, vanilla, sandal, musk, honey, heliotrope, civet, moss, and benzoin.
Spaceman – :
a true gem! another great scent by jean patou and it’s one his best! so charming and we are unable to make scents like that nowdays!
oleg13580 – :
Soft, enveloping, unusually warm for a chypre, I agree that this is an oriental chypre, with cloves firmly anchoring the warm spicy heart. Opens with a lovely lavender, sweet and dry, a tranquil note that I find calming. The carnation is soft, balancing the bergamot, and leading into the rose and jasmine rich heart. Truly a lovely rose, of the heirloom variety, a white spicy rose, like Sombreuil. The lavender, rose and jasmine create a lovely floral accord. The clove keeps it spicy throughout,
The Drydown is exceptional, merging amber with rose, clove and a still present lavender. A subtle, gentle fragrance, appropriate for all settings and seasons.
maxim987690 – :
This relatively unknown Jean Patou fragrance, should be considered a classic by all means. So much attention has been given to Joy over the last few decades, that other fragrances from this line have somehow fallen under the radar. This shouldn’t be so.
Moment Supreme is beautiful, rich and smooth on the skin. It dances delicately between being a spicy floral and a dry chypre. It is not unlike Guerlain’s Jicky in its approach, however I find Moment Supreme much softer and more powdery.
The scent opened on my skin with a glorious blend of bergamot, jasmine and sweet, syrupy peach. Before long the lavender made a rather aromatic entrance, signalling that this fragrance was of an oriental nature. Moment Supreme is enough to make a statement, however it never comes across as being overdone or too loud. The balance is just right.
Moment Supreme somehow reminds me of Cruella de Vil; quirky, fashionable and sleek, but perhaps less evil. The smoky, incensey drydown conjures up the image of her puffing away with her gloved hand holding a long, red cigarette holder.
I’m not certain as to how old my sample is, or from what decade it was made, but what I do know, is that it still smells beautiful. The longevity is quite impressive too, however I assume it would last a lot longer in its fresher, newer self. Take that as a hint Jean Patou, but please bring it back with no major nor minor tweaks to the composition.
JakNicrecreve – :
I can’t imagine the dilemma faced by a sophisticated woman in 1929 when Moment Supreme and Joy were released at the same time. Joy’s praises are still widely sung but most have forgotten Moment Supreme, Joy’s spicier cousin.
I met Moment Supreme at an estate sale in a mostly empty bottle. (It was on my wrists before I was out of the car.) The perfume opened immediately with lavender and cloves; I couldn’t decide if it was soapy or sharp, like a sweet liqueur. After about ten minutes the rose and jasmine came up (the notes shared with Joy), settling back into a clove-infused floral richness. Since then I’ve alternately smelled musk and spices (I swear there’s ginger in here),whiffs of lavender and rose, and a delightful perfect balance of jasmine and musk. The difficulty of writing this review has come from the perfume’s constant shape shifting. I never did detect the bergamot, but citrus notes are the first to go and I’m not sure it was handled with much care.
I’ve been pleasantly shocked many times by big well-made perfumes (Piguet Bandit anyone?) but I’ve never understood intoxicating until now. The perfume stays close so the only way it can be appreciated by others is to get very close. This is the perfume Brigid O’Shaughnessy (Maltese Falcon) would have worn.
Sillage: very close
Lasts: fairly long so far
5/5