Molinard creates two products that are still popular even today. I met kristin in a fragrance forum that we both belong to and one day she posted pictures that drew my attention. At the top, accords of mastic, petit grain and geranium stand out. The heart is composed of spicy carnation and violet, not traditionally sweet in this composition. Nov 18, 2012 images to help with my nanowrimo novel see more ideas about nanowrimo, quicksand, syndrome. The popularity of the distinctive and highly appreciated habanita has continued unabated for decades. Habanita is a refined and wellconstructed fragrance, sensual and sophisticated, interesting. It was pictures of her beautiful books that she paired with scents. Habanita lesprit by molinard is an unusual powdery perfume for its. As it dries down, a sensuous oriental base gradually appears. It still stands as one of the great oriental fragrances today. Habanita molinard perfume a fragrance for women 1921. The dust was settling in europe after the war which had laid waste not only to infrastructure but also political alliances and the young male population, and everybody was tired of wartime. It has remained an entirely familyrun business to this day, and is also one of the oldest of its kind in france after parfumerie galimard established in 1747 though not run by original founding family.
On application one is greeted by a bitter green accord of bergamot, galbanum, peach and tobacco. Top notes are orange blossom, raspberry, peach and bergamot. The composition contains the same 600 ingredients as the original, only they are distributed in different proportions. In this 1930s laboratory, go behind the scenes in the perfumers secret world, where perfume truly happens from imagination to composition to creation. I really cant say i am smitten with the new habanita and i am afraid it is not just a case of me falling victim to my very high expectations. The new book including all essential information on habanos and its brands has just been published in spanish and english. An elixir that brings out the unique beauty of each woman who. Then the white petals of ylangylang and orange blossom, a charming touch of femininity in a composition that otherwise might have been seen as totally masculine. Molinard habanita l esprit edp 75ml roullier white. Floriental, woody, powdery habanita, created in 1921, is an icon of french perfumery. Vintage 1950s apres londee pure parfum by guerlain etsy.
For many, especially those who grew up in the sixties, it is a smell of headshops, its earthy darkness masking the smell of marijuana. Amidst the copper stills, you will learn about the different extraction techniques used on natural materials to collect the precious essences that become part of molinards perfume compositions. The last classic ive read was a 1960s edition and i spent more time smelling the book than reading it. Perfume note if there are smells that have an aura of particular time and place indelibly ingrained in their olfactory image, patchouli is certainly one of them. The heart has mainly jasmine and rose, which do not make the composition floral in any way. Guerlain jicky 1889 jicky is not a loveatfirstsniff scent, unless you are blessed with an adventurous nose or cursed with anosmia the inability to smell.
See more ideas about lettering, ben shahn and best book covers. Known pretty much only to connoisseurs, until recently, habanita tended to languish on a dusty shelf at sephora. Habanita perfume by molinard, habanita, introduced in 1924, is a classic, sexy perfume for seductive nights. Vetiver, oak moss, cedar and amber end the composition. It opens like estee lauder aliage 1972, with what smells like a huge dose of galbanum and peach.
A full bodied and sophisticated floral chypre habanita lesprit from molinard is an. First the tobacco leaves, with their sweet and smoky, enthralling fragrance. Habanita for women by molinard was released in 1921, so its definitely a classic. The first fragrance by molinard, the famous and iconic habanita, was. The maison molinard was founded in 1849 in grasse, provence, in the south of france, a historic centre of europes perfume industry. The first fragrance by molinard, the famous and iconic habanita, was presented as early as 1921. Its a floralaccented powder, without the metallic musk note of i profumi di firenze talco delicato or the smoky leather of molinard habanita.
Habanita the perfume for cigarettes which in 1924 became the worlds most long lasting perfume. Habanita by molinard is a oriental fragrance for women. The main heart notes include ylangylang, heliotrope, vetiver, jasmine, mimosa, centifolia rose, nutmeg from java and virginian cedar. Photo of valentines day heart and roses used with permission by saskia havekes, creative director for grandiflora florists in sydney and grandiflora fragrances as in part one of our valentines day 2020 post we chose once again perfumes that have the word love in the scents name, and today some of our favourite valentines day fragrances use the word heart as part of the.
To get through to the true essence of habanita, her layers must be peeled of, one by one. Its high concentration of sweet almond oil gives your skin an inimitable velvety feel and the invigorating fragrance will lift your mood and brighten your day. Irete meji book fourteen, 14 paperback january 1, 2010 by inc solagbade popoola library author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Its the personalperfume version of the houses most popular candle bearing the same name the scent manages to convince you at first that, yes, a library can smell of overripe fruit like a yellow golden apple thats bletted forgotten on a book shelf for days.
I am not sure what this new introduction from molinard brings to todays. I can also detect a honeyed heliotrope note, some clean musk. Sehr al kalemat black by arabian oud and molinards habanita. You can intimidate a surfeit of skunks with the current edt it is so bitingly strong. Habanita, created in 1921 is an icon of french fragrances. Heavy smokers might be able to handle the first few hours after application, but im not man or grandmother enough, unless i hit one ankle with a single halftap before racing round the block.
Price new from used from paperback, 2010 please retry. Flapper perfume the 1920s was an influential decade for perfume, though striking changes in fashion began in the years immediately after world war i. The heart note is not quite the main theme in habanita, but rather assists in bridging between the lighter and somewhat sharper top notes and the dark leathertobacco base. The base notes include luxurious iris and soft vanilla touch. Today molinard is still creating wonderful and memorable perfumes. The oriental, woodyfloral signature of this timeless and legendary perfume is a bewitching olfactory kaleidoscope. I worked at a book and tobacco shop in college tobacco in the best sense. It definitely has civet but the unregulated bergamot helps to make the whole composition more sweet and rounded so easy to wear.
I just experimented with my first layering mainly to stretch the dollar. Its dangerous blend of feminine scents beguiles all those who. Regardless of the multitude of notes in the composition and the. The composition is restrained and safe, the balance achieved is static and the musk that accounts for 7080% of the olfactory impact is quite stifling.
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