Pictured: Vintage Cachet Cologne by Lucien Lelong
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Alas! the Master list!
Perfume Houses
Creed (est: 1760)
Houbigant (est 1775)
Paloma Picasso (est 1984)
Bottle Designers
Baccarat (est 1764)
Lalique (est 1905)
Creed (est: 1760)
Houbigant (est 1775)
Paloma Picasso (est 1984)
Bottle Designers
Baccarat (est 1764)
Lalique (est 1905)
Houbigant
Perfume house established by Jean Francois Houbigant in 1775.
Houbigant Fougère Royale (1882) was the first perfume to use the synthetic coumarin, and is thus sometimes called the first modern perfume. Quelques Fleurs, introduced in 1912, was “the first modern floral-bouquet perfume” (Scents of Time, p. 95). Both fragrances were discontinued in the 1950s, then relaunched in the 1980s. Fougère Royale is no longer made; Quelques Fleurs, along with the flanker Quelques Fleurs Royale, is now almost all that remains of the Houbigant prestige fragrance line (others include Houbigant Apercu, first released in 1925, and Duc de Vervins).
Other historical Houbigant fragrances that were originally introduced as prestige scents, such as Chantilly (1941) and Raffinee (1982), have long since been repositioned as mass-market fragrances.
Houbigant’s ownership is too complicated to relate in detail. The firm filed for bankruptcy in 1993, then was acquired (along with Dana) by Renaissance Cosmetics in 1994. Renaissance filed for Chapter 11 in 1999; its brands were acquired by New Dana Perfumes, later renamed Dana Classic Fragrances. Dana Classic Fragrances still sells Chantilly and a few other Houbigant perfumes, but they do not use the Houbigant name.
FYI - Vintage Chantilly by Houbigant can be had for a song on ebay.
Perfumes:
Chantilly
Quelques Fleurs l`Original
Quelques Fleurs Royale
Houbigant Fougère Royale (1882) was the first perfume to use the synthetic coumarin, and is thus sometimes called the first modern perfume. Quelques Fleurs, introduced in 1912, was “the first modern floral-bouquet perfume” (Scents of Time, p. 95). Both fragrances were discontinued in the 1950s, then relaunched in the 1980s. Fougère Royale is no longer made; Quelques Fleurs, along with the flanker Quelques Fleurs Royale, is now almost all that remains of the Houbigant prestige fragrance line (others include Houbigant Apercu, first released in 1925, and Duc de Vervins).
Other historical Houbigant fragrances that were originally introduced as prestige scents, such as Chantilly (1941) and Raffinee (1982), have long since been repositioned as mass-market fragrances.
Houbigant’s ownership is too complicated to relate in detail. The firm filed for bankruptcy in 1993, then was acquired (along with Dana) by Renaissance Cosmetics in 1994. Renaissance filed for Chapter 11 in 1999; its brands were acquired by New Dana Perfumes, later renamed Dana Classic Fragrances. Dana Classic Fragrances still sells Chantilly and a few other Houbigant perfumes, but they do not use the Houbigant name.
FYI - Vintage Chantilly by Houbigant can be had for a song on ebay.
Perfumes:
Chantilly
Quelques Fleurs l`Original
Quelques Fleurs Royale
Chantilly by Houbigant
Chantilly by Houbigant is a Oriental fragrance for women. Chantilly was launched in 1941.
Perfumer: Paul Parquet.
Top notes: are fruity notes, neroli, bergamot and lemon; middle notes are spices, carnation, jasmine, ylang-ylang, rose and orange blossom; base notes are leather, tonka bean, musk, benzoin, oakmoss, vanilla and sandalwood.
Pictured is my own vintage bottle of Chantilly.
Tailspin by Lucien Lelong
Picture shows Tailspin by Lucien Lelong. Was originally part of a 3 piece set.
Evening in Paris by Bourjois
Evening in Paris made by Bourjois. It was a big hit in the 50's, along with the fragrance Blue Waltz.
It is still made by Bourjois but has been renamed to Soir a Paris, which is French for Evening in Paris.
It is still made by Bourjois but has been renamed to Soir a Paris, which is French for Evening in Paris.
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