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21 Rue Saint-Guillaume
The name on the bottle is an address, and Karl Lagerfeld 21 Rue Saint-Guillaume Eau de Parfum 60ml is the brand using it for a classically built floral rather than anything experimental.
Violet leaf opens it, which is a sharper, greener material than the flower and smells closer to a snapped stem than to anything sweet. Grapefruit and mandarin orange come in beneath it, the grapefruit bitter and the mandarin softer and rounder, so the first few minutes are crisp without being sour. Jasmine, rose and gardenia make up the middle and they are handled as a group rather than as soloists. Jasmine supplies the heady part, rose the fuller, slightly jammy body, and gardenia a creamy green edge that keeps the pair from reading old fashioned. It is a traditional arrangement and it is well done.
Sandalwood, musk and patchouli finish it. The sandalwood is smooth rather than milky, the patchouli adds an earthy weight that gives the flowers somewhere to sit, and the musk takes it to the skin. Nine materials, clear structure, and at eau de parfum strength it will run through a working day with modest projection after the first hour. It reads feminine, it is comfortable in any season, and the 60ml bottle suits someone who would rather not commit to a litre of anything. Dated 2020.
The brand carries the name of the German designer Karl Lagerfeld, who held the creative direction of Chloe and Fendi at the same time and took on Chanel in 1983. It is run from Amsterdam, and most of what it sells beyond womenswear and accessories, fragrance included, is made under licence. Lagerfeld, KL, KL Homme, Lagerfeld Photo and Sun Moon Stars are the best known scents to carry his name.
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