Besame Cosmetics -  Decades of Fragrance: 1930

I purchased this as a blind buy with a Besame Cosmetics order.  I liked the sound of the notes and the rollerball (only way available) was cheap enough it was worth the risk.  This was a stellar purchase!  It's an amazing replica of a vintage 1930s scent.  

1930 opens with spicy fruity notes; the mandarin, cinnamon, and clarysage play well together with the mandarin and cinnamon being the most prominent of the three.  You can quickly smell the wafts of tobacco which is more of a cigarette tobacco than say a green tobacco, a pipe tobacco, or a cigar tobacco.  The florals are quite light in this juice with the lavender staying pretty much in the background.  1930 is rounded out with a slightly sweet woody musk.  The vanilla is not present as an independent note but instead give a gentle sweetness to the cedar and musk.  The totality of the notes and their presentation takes the wearer back in time to a 1930s speakeasy and the golden age of Hollywood.  This is a lovely fragrance that does transport you back to the sexy, yet somewhat untouchable, Dietrich...

1930 has a moderate projection and a wear time of roughly 9-10 hours on me. 

Top notes: mandarin, cinnamon, clarysage
Heart notes: tobacco, heliotrope, lavender
Base notes: vanilla, cedar wood, musks

Writer’s Note:  While not my favorite type of bottle, the rollerball is really convenient for travel. Fragrance is cruelty free.