Estee Lauder Estee Super Eau de Parfum 50ml Spray

Estée Lauder Estée Super Eau de Parfum 50ml is a vintage-style aldehydic green-floral chypre, originally launched in 1968 as the second fragrance Estée Lauder personally championed. Composed by Bernard Chant and Betty Busse, it opens with a sparkling burst of aldehydes, lemon and bright fruit accents, blooms into a powdery floral heart of jasmine, rose, lily of the valley and orris root, and settles on a classical chypre base of oakmoss, sandalwood, styrax and cedar. The "Super" designation refers to the higher-concentration spray formulation, sold as a polished alternative to the lighter eau de parfum.

Fragrance notes

• Top: Aldehydes, Coriander, Lily, Ylang-Ylang, Tuberose, Lemon, Raspberry, Peach
• Heart: Honey, Carnation, Lily-of-the-Valley, Iris, Orris Root, Jasmine, Rose
• Base: Oakmoss, Sandalwood, Styrax, Cedar

Olfactory family: Aldehydic Floral Chypre  |  Launched: 1968

About Estée Lauder

Estée Lauder is the American beauty house founded in 1946 by Joseph and Estée Lauder, originally selling four skincare products to a small group of New York salons. The company pioneered modern department-store beauty retail and grew into a multi-brand portfolio that today includes Clinique, Tom Ford Beauty, Jo Malone London and MAC. Estée was the second fragrance to carry Mrs Lauder's own name and is widely considered one of her personal signatures alongside Youth-Dew and Private Collection.

Who it's for

Estée Super suits wearers drawn to vintage-style perfumery — full-bodied, floral, and unapologetically grown-up. It's an autumn-and-winter fragrance, ideal for evening wear, formal events, and any occasion that calls for old-school elegance. Collectors and fans of compositions like Chanel No. 5, Lanvin Arpège or Estée Lauder's own Private Collection will recognise the family resemblance.

How to use

1. Hold the bottle around 15 cm from the skin and spray onto pulse points — the inside of the wrists, behind the ears, and the base of the throat.
2. Apply more sparingly than a modern fresh fragrance; the aldehydes and oakmoss-rich drydown carry plenty of presence.
3. Allow the top notes a minute to settle before fastening jewellery or clothing — the aldehydic opening is at its most lively in the first few minutes.

Specifications

• Size: 50ml
• Concentration: Eau de Parfum (Super spray formulation)
• Gender: Women
• Brand: Estée Lauder
• Year: 1968
• Perfumers: Bernard Chant, Betty Busse

Frequently asked questions

How long does Estée Super last on the skin?
Longevity is well above average, typically 8+ hours, with strong sillage in the first two hours. The oakmoss-sandalwood base anchors the fragrance and gives it a long, soft drydown on both skin and clothing.

What does Estée smell like?
Sparkling and powdery — a vintage aldehydic-floral chypre. Aldehydes, lemon and a touch of fruit lift a jasmine-rose-lily-of-the-valley heart, with oakmoss, sandalwood and styrax giving it the warm, mossy underbelly of mid-twentieth-century perfumery.

Is Estée Super the same as the original Estée?
The juice is the same Estée fragrance launched in 1968. "Super" historically referred to a higher-concentration spray version Lauder produced, sitting between the standard parfum and the lighter eau de parfum. Both share the same green-aldehydic-floral DNA.