From Oscar De La Renta, Oscar is a 1977 floral aldehyde EDT by perfumer Jean-Louis Sieuzac — the very first fragrance the Dominican-American fashion house ever released and one of the most enduring feminine classics in American perfume history, winner of the FiFi Award in 1978 and still in production nearly 50 years later, built around a peach, orange blossom, basil, coriander, galbanum, and gardenia opening, a ylang-ylang, jasmine, tuberose, rose, rosemary, lavender, and orchid heart, and an opoponax, carnation, patchouli, sandalwood, vetiver, and amber base that reviewers describe as a rich, powdery, deeply feminine white floral that smells like a lush garden at the height of summer. Peach, orange blossom, basil, coriander, galbanum, and gardenia open with a rich, lightly green, slightly fruity floralness — peach delivering a soft, velvety sweetness that gives the opening an immediately warm and inviting quality, orange blossom threading in a honeyed, classic feminine warmth, galbanum adding a sharp, slightly bitter greenness that prevents the opening from going purely sweet, and gardenia contributing a lush, creamy white floralness that sets the tone for everything that follows. Ylang-ylang, jasmine, tuberose, rose, rosemary, lavender, and orchid build one of the most layered and lush white floral hearts in classic fragrance history — tuberose delivering a rich, slightly heady creaminess that is the heart's most celebrated and prominent quality, jasmine adding a classic, deeply feminine warmth, rose threading in elegance, lavender contributing a clean, slightly herbal freshness that keeps the dense floral bouquet from going too heavy, and ylang-ylang adding an exotic, slightly tropical depth. Opoponax, carnation, patchouli, sandalwood, vetiver, and amber close with a warm, spiced, resinous finish — opoponax delivering a sweet, balsamic, slightly smoky warmth that gives the base real depth, carnation adding a warm, clove-like spiciness, and patchouli, sandalwood, and amber rounding the drydown into a rich, lasting, skin-close warmth. 5–7 hours, moderate projection. Best in fall and winter; the American feminine classic that has been a signature scent for millions of women across five decades.
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