(probably) there’s plenty of spice in both the aromas and flavours. A wine of scale and still a baby – but now it’s an open one. Nearly 20 years old and probably not at its best for at least another 4 or 5 years – but a wine you can probably depend on for another 20 ...
In terms of Vivre, I don’t quite know how ravaged the bottle I got the other day is (the hyacinth notes have substantially gone ) but I can still feel that there is something quite distinctive about this perfume. It isn’t quite the usual soft floral aldehyde in the manner of Detchem...