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For each of his specialties Nicolas did extensive historical research including archival correspondance which allowed him to recreate these authentic fragrances.

Georges Sand used Patchouli and Bergamot, Queen Margot used Jasmine-Ambre gris -Musk.

 

All of this work allowed him the creation of four perfumes giving a new birth to old fragrances adapted to the contempory trends in perfumery  (sprays, alcohol etc...)

 

 

GEORGE SAND

Musset's and Chopin's lover, the superb young novelist's perfume, is made with a note of Oriental traditional perfumes, sparkles of Bergamot and heady Patchouli.

80 ml spray: 80 Euros

 

 

 

 

 

 

QUEEN MARGOT

A strong hint of Jasmine which Brentôme higly praised. Dumas wrote of margot that she was a 'femme fatale'.

 

80 ml spray:80 Euros

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOUIS XV

 

Throughout Europe Louis XV's royal court was called "the perfumed court", either to be admired or to be mocked . In fact, the enlightement started in the 18th Century  but also the epoch of perfumes and elegance.

Historians pointed to the King's and Marquise de Pompadour's passion for Orange trees,  flowers, baths and pot-pourris. In those times no difference was made between male and female perfumes. In the secret and private appartments of the king in Versailles, the two famous lovers shared the same fragrances. They exchanged and used a different one every day like in an erotic game.

80ml spray: 80 euros

 

 

MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR 

 

She is Louis XV  greatest true  love: she reigns as an absolute mistress of the pleasures of the senses and the olphactory ones. She was fond of  bunches of flowers that mixed all kind of colours and smells, a raffined pleasure to the eye and the nose -a taste shared with her notorious lover and the trend of the time-. This is the quintessence in the kingdom of flowers.

The orange flower water was used to heal La Pompadour's migraines. It was distilled for her at Chateau de Versailles Grand Commun.

80ml spray: 80 euros

 

 

 

 

TWO PERFUMES FROM ONE:

Nicolas de Barry didn't try to reproduce "the" royal couple's fragrance. Instead, on the basis of one he created two; there were obviously many others.

The base however changes very little: Orange, Neroli, Bergamot dominate Rose, Jasmine, Gardenia, Lilac, Violet, Hyascinth...Iris and Ambre gris give this composition its elegance, it was more 'poudré' for the Marquise and stronger with Citrus fruits for the King.

Each perfume bottle: 80 euros + transport charges

 

Historical Perfumes
 
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