nicholas calderone
Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.
The compositions
Lauder for Men
The opening arrives with citrus clarity—lemon edged by the green snap of galbanum and clary sage, touched with anise's faint licorice glint.
Lauder for Men Estée Lauder
Estée Lauder Lauder for Men opens with lemon, galbanum, clary sage, and anise — a bright, aromatic-herbal top that is crisp, slightly bitter, and entirely of its decade.
Lauren
Ralph Lauren's Lauren is one of those 1978 releases that understood exactly what fragrance was for.
Volupte
Volupté arrives in melon and freesia — a combination that was still novel in 1992, giving the opening a transparent freshness before osmanthus and mimosa add apricot-tea and powdery-floral notes.
Cashmere Mist Eau de Toilette
Cashmere Mist opens with a soft whisper of bergamot that dissolves almost instantly into something warmer and closer to skin.
Liz Claiborne
The original Liz Claiborne opens with a peachy brightness softened by lily and freesia—a fruity-floral handshake that defined accessible American elegance in the mid-eighties.