“Headstrong” or “stubborn” is not the first thing that comes to mind when I contemplate on my mother’s personality. Yet it was the formidable, petulant perfume thus named, Cabochard, that had won her heart and ~along with Dioressence~ became her insignia. The Grecian-inspired fluted designs of Madame Grès which were cut directly on the body would have suited the Dorian drama of her beauty. Her
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Lament for a Fragrance in Sepia
February 20th, 2008 — Review, Vintage, bernand chant, cabochard, guy robert, leather series, madame gres, quinoline, reformulation, review from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Leather Series 9: leather scents of the 50s
February 7th, 2008 — 1950s, Balenciaga, Balmain, Fashion, cabochard, doblis, jolie madame, leather series from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
After the ravages of WWII, which brought real emancipation to women through their en masse contribution to the workforce and the uniformity of vote throughout the western world, people were now free to revert to more conservative models of life. In that regard, fashion and its cultural sensibilities that pertain to fragrances followed suit. Women craved glamour and style after the privasions of
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The Dior Chypres series ~Diorling: fragrance review
November 7th, 2007 — Bandit, Chypre, Leather, cabochard, christian dior, dior series, diorama, diorling, paul vacher from helg @ Perfume Shrine
If Diorama is synonymous to a classical goddess, then Dioling is fit for a dark Rennaisance angel. This supremely elegant leather chypre that saw the light of the day in 1963 is one of the rare beauties that have such smooth contours, so velvety a shee…
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Chypre series 5: chronology and the zeitgeist
October 8th, 2007 — 19, Bandit, Chanel, Coty, Estee Lauder, Guerlain, cabochard, caleche, charlie, chronology, chypre series, diorella, edmond roudnitska, femme, ma griffe, miss dior, picasso, saint phalle, zeitgeist from helg @ Perfume Shrine
It has long been my opinion that fragrances do not merely reflect their makers’ vision or the desire to attain beauty and harmony through an ethereal means such as the fume of a precious liquid. They are routinely shaped by the circumstances that defin…
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