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Following Kevin’s review of Arquiste \u00c9l<\/a>, I’m here to report on its feminine counterpart, Ella. Like \u00c9l, Ella was inspired by Acapulco in the 1970s and was developed by perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux<\/a>. It was designed\u00a0to evoke “a sultry night of disco, plunging necklines and champagne-soaked skin” followed by a rendezvous on a “golden beach, under a silvery moon,” with notes of cannonball tree flower (curupita), angelica root, carrot seed, rose, jasmine, cardamom, buckwheat honey, amber, patchouli, civet, vetiver, cigarette smoke accord and “chypre accord.”<\/p>\n I’ve never been anywhere near Acapulco, and I don’t think I’ve ever worn a “plunging neckline,” but I do have some very early memories of the 1970s (in New Jersey and New York, anyway). And Ella brought me right back to those days: it reminds me of the fragrances that women \u2014 glamorous grown-ups! \u2014 were wearing before the mid-80s arrived and everyone began dousing themselves in Poison<\/a> and Giorgio.<\/p>\n Ella is actually difficult for me to describe, partly because of that “flashback” feeling\u00a0and partly because it’s so seamlessly\u00a0composed. It starts with a cool, aromatic layer of something like\u00a0juniper and a wisp of cigarette smoke. These notes seem to hover just above the others \u2014 a jasmine heart with a spicy aspect that’s enhanced by the cardamom, and a chypre base with a\u00a0sultry amber glow. It’s a\u00a0smooth transition\u00a0from airy sophistication to something warmer and a little naughtier.<\/p>\n Ella is less “big” and flashy than I expected; applied with a light hand, it could easily be worn in the daytime in cooler weather. I suspect that it would also bloom beautifully when worn on a warm, humid evening. It gives off\u00a0noticeable sillage\u00a0during its first hour or two, and it has excellent endurance on skin.<\/p>\n If I could travel back in time and experience the disco era as an adult, I’d take Ella with me and wear it\u00a0with a slinky\u00a0Halston dress and an Elsa Peretti necklace, and it would fit right in. (I’m streaming\u00a0a online radio station called “Disco Inferno” as I write this review, incidentally, just to set the mood.) Ella doesn’t fit me as naturally\u00a0as Arquiste’s\u00a0Aleksandr<\/a>\u00a0or No. 31<\/a>, but I enjoy it for a change of pace. I definitely recommend it to anyone who wants an olfactory throwback to that glittery heyday\u00a0of the 70s, whether or not you were there to live it\u00a0the first time around.<\/p>\n Arquiste Ella is available in 100 ml Eau de Parfum for $190.\u00a0For buying information, see the listing for Arquiste under Perfume Houses<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read the rest of this article »<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Following Kevin’s review of Arquiste \u00c9l<\/a>, I’m here to report on its feminine counterpart, Ella. Like \u00c9l, Ella was inspired by Acapulco in the 1970s and was developed by perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux<\/a>. It was designed to evoke “a sultry night of disco, plunging necklines and champagne-soaked skin” followed by a rendezvous on a “golden beach, under a silvery moon,” with notes of cannonball tree flower (curupita), angelica root, carrot seed, rose, jasmine, cardamom, buckwheat honey, amber, patchouli, civet, vetiver, cigarette smoke accord and “chypre accord.”<\/p>\n I’ve never been anywhere near Acapulco, and I don’t think I’ve ever worn a “plunging neckline,” but I do have some very early memories of the 1970s (in New Jersey and New York, anyway). And Ella brought me right back to those days: it reminds me of the fragrances that women \u2014 glamorous grown-ups! \u2014 were wearing before the mid-80s arrived and everyone began dousing themselves in Poison<\/a> and Giorgio…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2049,403],"class_list":{"0":"post-146368","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-perfume-talk","7":"tag-arquiste","8":"tag-rodrigo-flores-roux","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Arquiste](\"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ella-bots.jpg\")
<\/p>\nPossibly of interest<\/h2>\n
Xinu OroNardo ~ fragrance review<\/a><\/div>Arquiste Venice Rococo & Frederic Malle Heaven Can Wait ~ fragrance reviews<\/a><\/div>Yosh Sottile, Ginger Ciao & Omnistar ~ fragrance reviews<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n