I thought it was too good an opportunity to spring for a surprise myself, so I bought a bottle for myself. The daughter was thrilled and bought a bottle for her Mom as a surprise. I ended up phoning the Shiseido boutique in Honolulu and discovered that they had Murasaki. Well, that was enough to pique my curiosity. Her daughter confided to me that Murasaki had been one of her favorite perfumes but that she had not been able to obtain any. I bought perfumes from a wonderful lady who owned a perfume shop in South Carolina. I absolutely love it, and discovered it by accident in the 90s. Murasaki is one of the few green floral fragrances still available anywhere at all. The whole scent has a velvet feeling, dark and elegant. The green notes here is not that obvious as in the new version, and there is no watery leaves smell. I think it shares the same character with the original Zen in a way. While the old version smells much more dense, even leathery and incensy though it's a floral in the core. The watery notes here is more like some grund plant leaves which I don't like. The new version is a typical "contemporary Japanese style" scent, light green floral, bit watery, with kind of zen-ish and minimal characters. The new&old versions share lots of notes, but rather have different characters. It's still in production in Japan, with a relatively low retail price - a 60ml splash edp bottle costs about 3500 yen (less than 40 dollars), and you could get it easily at the shiseido counter. Murasaki got lighter, less woody or mossy, and the deep purple bottle is replaced by the current clear glass with purple cap. Later in the 90s, Shiseido got lots of its scents reformulated and repackaged. 1980 might be the year it launched in North Amarica/Europe. it's among the several big hits Shiseido got in the 60s. Murasaki actually launched in 60s, in Japan only then.
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