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Wednesday, July 3, 2019

L'Ambreine c1906

L'Ambreine by Coty: launched in 1906.




Fragrance Composition:


So what does it smell like? it is classified as an oriental fragrance for women.
  • Top notes: bergamot, labdanum, cinnamon, carnation
  • Middle notes: heliotrope, rose, orris, opoponax, olibanum, patchouli, violet, jasmine
  • Base notes: labdanum, Ambreine, ambergris, vanilla, tonka bean, vetiver, civet, musk, oakmoss, sandalwood, styrax, musk ambrette, benzoin, cedar, cistus, vetiver

François Coty used the "ambreine" accord from the chemist Samuelson in his composition of L'Ambreine, it was then used for L'Ambre Antique two years later. The "ambreine" accord has notes of bergamot, vanillin (or ethyl vanillin), coumarin, and civet, usually with woodsy patchouli and sandalwood, rose notes, labdanum, vetiveryl acetate, heliotropin, and nitromusks as additional base notes.



Arts and Decoration, 1926:
"The contrasting moods of brunette women, swiftly changing or strangely tranquil, mysterious or ardent, are reflected with delicate intensity in Chypre, Styx or Ambreine."


In the 1920s and 1930s, it was customary for perfume companies to introduce the idea that women of certain complexion or hair color would be better suited to particular perfumes. Incidentally, perfumers said, blondes should wear light perfume, brunettes, heavy Oriental perfumes.  

  • For Blondes: Paris, L'Aimant, L'Effleurt, La Rose Jacqueminot & L'Or.
  • For Brunettes: L'Aimant, L'Origan, Emeraude, Chypre, Ambréine, Fougeraie au Crépuscule, or Styx.
  • For Red-Haired Women: Emeraude, Paris, L'Origan, L'Ambre Antique, Iris & Cyclamen.



Other perfumers advised women to seek out perfume based on their personalities or moods rather than their looks. These marketing techniques worked and thousands of bottles of perfume were purchased, probably by those who needed to buy gifts for others or were unsure of what perfumes to wear.

  • For the Woman of Sunny Joyous Type: L'Effleurt, Muguet & Violette.
  • For the Woman of the Dreamy Elusive Type: Jasmine de Corse, La Jacinthe & Lilas Blanc.
  • For the Exotic Types: Chypre, Violette Pourpre, Ambre Antique
  • For the Mysterious Types: Ambre Antique, Styx & Cyclamen
  • For the Brilliant Sophisticated Temperaments: Emeraude, Paris, L'Origan

 


Bottles:








Fate of the Fragrance:


Discontinued, date unknown. Still being sold in the 1940s.

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