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Madame Grès’s first perfumes

Le 13 février 2008 à 11:29 sur 1000fragrances

Throughout her long career in fashion (from 1930's to 1980's) Madame Grès was often compared with a sculptor. Her long draped or pleated dresses resembled with ancient Greek sculptures, Indian statues or even Japanese drawings. During the first part of her career, the fashion house was named (...)

Guerlain : White Rose, Ode, Ambre

Le 8 février 2008 à 9:32 sur 1000fragrances

White rose is listed in Guerlain catalogue as a perfume created in the 19th century. The perfume that I sampled was from 20th century but seemed as picked some hours before, in a fresh English garden. It is a very simple perfume in the tradition of old flower extrait. It contains rose oil, (...)

Chanel : Ivoire and No 46

Le 7 février 2008 à 18:19 sur 1000fragrances

Ivoire (1932) Ivoire is one perfume that should be available today for all the vintage perfume lovers. It is an unknown and unspoken jewel. In the early 30's it was quite popular or at least considered important. Before smelling it I was able to find some short reviews in German magazines from (...)

Chanel - Sycomore (vintage)

Le 7 février 2008 à 11:16 sur 1000fragrances

For the Chanel Haute Couture show, the famous guests & celebs have received as a gift a box with Chanel Exclusives, that has recently been seen on e-bay. One of the perfumes (and the biggest surprise) was Sycomore but few were maybe aware of this rare and precious perfume. I did not smell yet (...)

The rarest Chanel vintage

Le 6 février 2008 à 18:58 sur 1000fragrances

Today we associate Chanel name with the little black dress, with modern art (cubism), black-white-beige and everything that is supposed to speak about abstraction. The history of No5 says that she wanted a perfume different that the smell of a garden, and by that opposed to what must have been (...)

Chanel Magnolia (1929)

Le 6 février 2008 à 11:24 sur 1000fragrances

This very rare perfume died too young as a delicate flower and many years I had doubts about it. I found references about it in some obscure German trade magazines were it was presented among other recent French launches. Recently I smelled it (in a rather bad health) but I was able to figure (...)

Chanel : Rouge, Beige, Bleu

Le 5 février 2008 à 10:36 sur 1000fragrances

The following Chanel perfumes, even rarer, I smelled them quite a long time ago. I'm not sure if they were produced or given as a gift and I had troubles to understand their commercial history. So, I will do a very short description just to give a rough idea. They were all created around 1930 (...)

L’Heure Bleue, Fol Arome, Pois de Senteur

Le 4 février 2008 à 18:32 sur 1000fragrances

The main facets of L'Heure bleue are: orange flower (with methyl anthranilate), violet-orris, spicy, sweet & balsamic (heliotrope), woody (sandalwood) + some characteristic aspect (aromatic, rose, musky). It is a very complex perfume that has almost all the shades of the rainbow, from citrus to (...)

Disclaimer : Vintage reviews

Le 4 février 2008 à 18:30 sur 1000fragrances

This week I will focus on different vintage and very rare fragrances. Before reading I would like to make some considerations. Reviewing a very rare historical perfume has its own "risks". Most of my reviews are based on perfumes I smelled several times and that I've described already in my (...)

Chanel movie in 1921

Le 3 février 2008 à 13:13 sur 1000fragrances

In 1921 Coco Chanel, in the south of France was the star of a movie. Here, a photo with a russian countess during the set. I have never been able to find if this rare piece stille exists somewhere. Was she speaking about her new fragrance? Was this an unusual campaign? It's hard to know because (...)