"distinctive charm" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you are describing something that has a unique style or appeal that stands out. For example, "The old-fashioned café had a distinctive charm that made it so popular."
It is the honoring of their very ephemerality that gives his work its distinctive charm.
Each rediscovered song has the distinctive charm and understated intensity that made Porter famous.
Related with the distinctive charm of the profoundly influential maestro of St John, they are a delight to read.
All 26 characters are rendered by Michael Emberley with distinctive charm, using watercolor and pencil to move the action along fluidly from scene to scene.
Hunt, at his best, in some essays and his Autobiography (1850; in part a rewriting of Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries, 1828), has a distinctive charm.
The breezy summers originally attracted families from Buenos Aires and Montevideo who built the beachside chalets that give Punta del Este its distinctive charm.
Its distinctive charms lie in its unusual combination of genres.
Though not necessarily extravagant, these in-store restaurants offer distinctive charms.
That doesn't mean that "Fiorello!" is without distinctive charms, starting with its bevy of buoyant songs by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, who would go on to the greater glory of "Fiddler on the Roof".
(If hearsay is to be believed, Virginia Woolf conducted her affair with Vita Sackville-West here; in any case, the miniature proscenium arch and grubby red velvet certainly exude a distinctive illicit charm).
Though you may have to make some aesthetic sacrifices when working with a very small budget, you can also find reasonably priced stoves from the 1950s or 1960s that have a distinctive retro charm.
