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MA Collection 143 Resin Hispano Suiza K6 Woody Franay |
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MA Collection 143 Resin 1938 Talbot Lago T150 Figoni |
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June 29th, 2008 — , Chypre, Fruity, Pineapple, Review, aldehydic, caline, colony, fragrance history, l'heure attendue, ma collection, patou, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
“The exotic image of the deepest jungle, lush vegetation, powerful spices borne over amethyst seas and strange girls in distant sun-kissed ports.” Thus is described Colony in the booklet which accompanies Patou’s Ma Collection.
In 1938, amid t…
Related StoresJune 27th, 2008 — , book review, fragrance history, hyacinth, lilac, ma collection, patou, vacances from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
This painting of Marc Chagall, Lovers in the Lilacs, has always striken me as the quintessential mark of an unanswered question which both love and flowers wear like a corona: how can the ephemeral be coaxed to last?
Lilacs especially live and die for …
June 25th, 2008 — , Review, divine folie, fragrance history, ma collection, normandie, patou from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
The Great Crash of 1929 brought the US on its knees. The glamorous lifestyle of those who vacationed to sunny places, yachting and swimming in the trendiest swimming-suits with stripes and bare midriffs after the Chaldée ideal wasn’t at an end, but …
Related StoresJune 25th, 2008 — , Review, cocktail, ma collection, moment supreme, patou from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
There are moments when one is forced to face their demons and try to tame those things one believes to be most antithetical to their nature. Lavender has for a long time eluded me as an aroma to be savored in perfumery, mostly due to its cliché status…
Related StoresJune 23rd, 2008 — , Review, chaldea, chaldee, ma collection, patou, tanning from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
In a roundabout way it was Coco Chanel, Patou’s main rival, that upon returning from vacation tanned as a sailor made sun-bathing fashionable and ultimately desirable inducing Patou to mastermind a fragrance, Chaldée, inspired by the new trend. Sun-…
Related StoresJune 22nd, 2008 — , Review, adieu sagesse, amour amour, fragrance history, ma collection, patou, que sais je from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
With poetic and mischievous names such as Adieu Sagesse (goodbye wisdom) or Divine Folie (divine folly) the twelve fragrances comprising Jean Patou’s “Ma Collection” pose their own little enigmas for the modern perfumphile to decipher. “Ma Coll…
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