17 Nandan Road by Ulrich Lang – Undina’s Looking Glass

Hi Crew, 17 Nandan Road by Ulrich Lang is a decant given as a gift with purchase from First in Fragrance, Germany. While shipping perfume internationally was still easy to do, I used to get orders together from Aussie perfumistas and combined we’d get free shipping to OZ. I’d then send it all out to our Aussies. It was excellent. Those days are gone.

17 Nandan Road by Ulrich Lang 2018

Ulrich Lang gives these featured accords:
Top: Green Leaves, Bergamot, Sicilian Lemon
Heart: Osmanthus, Iris
Base: Cedar, Ambroxan, Musk

Sparkling green open, like a freshly cut branch. It’s sharp green and so refreshing. If you are green fragrance averse then 17 Nandan Road  will be your kryptonite. Bright green writ large and gorgeously. This fabulous open doesn’t fade quickly either, I get a lovely amount of time to enjoy it before the gentle encroach of a rooty iris that is cool and earthy. I’ve only been in the vicinity of a flowering osmanthus once and this version is shorn of all the animalic leatheriness but has a delightful peachy florally. A pollen dusted cross between jasmine and narcissus. Under all the green breath of a florists fridge.

Dry down seems to hit about 1.5-3 hours in, day dependent. It’s a soft focus woody iris with no hint of the zingy green opening. Competent and pretty, it rises above the median but becomes very low key skin scent by the 5 hour mark. You have to be very close to really notice it. Only your intimate partners, closest friends or kids will get a whiff. I’ve been going for a top up because the opening is so good, I wanted to relive it again and again.

Totally unisex. The first hour has moderate plus projection. Longevity is under the current common average. This can be a plus if a perfume droning on ad infinitum bores the crap out of you (as it often does me).

Isn 17 Nandan Road calling your name?
Portia xx