Had been one of my favorites since the late 80's.

I purchased a 1980 vial of this from Vintage Decants because I wanted to revisit this 70's coveted perfume. I have a more sophisticated nose than I did in the 80's so I was curious to find out how I felt about it now. I found this fragrance to be very heavy on the oak moss (I can't usually identify the various notes too well, but being that have have many oaks that are mossy in our gardens, it was an easy one to find) and as it opened I thought it had a dirty type of woody smell that was trying to be grungy on purpose. After the dry down I liked it slightly better as it relaxed into a cleaner scent with some florals on the side. To me Rive Gauche smells of old, OLD money, it's loud in a way like Faye Dunaway playing Joan Crawford in Mommy Dearest. I tend to be very influenced by the shape and color(s) of the fragrance bottles, and I so wanted to connect with Rive Gauche because I adore the look of the striped metal canister, and I wanted to 'feel' the blue that matches the 70's Porsche called 'Pastel Blue'. But it didn't help bolster my affection. I'm very grateful to have boarded the time machine to enjoy this fragrance of the past, but it will remain in my drawer as a piece of history only to be whiffed again for a few minutes before washing it off.