Post-war made importing expensive "masculine" ingredients became prohibitive.
Jean Guerlain: ".... It takes real musk to make a woman smell like a lady."
Oui Oui !
An article from 1947:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...3693-1,00.html
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An early article (1994) on Patricia de Nicolia, grand-daughter of Pierre Guerlain:
http://www.iht.com/articles/1994/04/12/nico.php
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"Hirsch looked at the effects of aromas on visual perception, especially on the perception of weight, and found that men perceived a woman wearing a floral smell to be 12lb lighter than she really was."
Say what? Read more here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/st...000274,00.html
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Designers themselves often don't wear the mass-market perfumes that bear their name.
Haute Couture scent:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2002/03/12/rscent_ed3_.php
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Jean Guerlain: ".... It takes real musk to make a woman smell like a lady."
Oui Oui !
An article from 1947:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...3693-1,00.html
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An early article (1994) on Patricia de Nicolia, grand-daughter of Pierre Guerlain:
http://www.iht.com/articles/1994/04/12/nico.php
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"Hirsch looked at the effects of aromas on visual perception, especially on the perception of weight, and found that men perceived a woman wearing a floral smell to be 12lb lighter than she really was."
Say what? Read more here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/st...000274,00.html
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Designers themselves often don't wear the mass-market perfumes that bear their name.
Haute Couture scent:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2002/03/12/rscent_ed3_.php
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