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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Narcisse D'Or by Babani c1920

Narcisse D'Or by Babani: launched in 1920.





Fragrance Composition:


So what does it smell like? It is classified as a floral fragrance for women.
  • Top notes: jonquil, narcissus, cassie, almond
  • Middle notes: rose, tuberose, orange blossom, heliotrope
  • Base notes: vanilla, styrax, orris, civet


Bottles:


Narcisse d'Or was contained in four different bottles. The luxurious enameled glass flacon below has a  gilded glass stopper. The bottle was housed in a presentation case covered in brocade.


Other bottles included the following:
  • Serie 1309 - the "Chinese," a colorless glass flacon with sloping shoulders and an openworked glass stopper.
  • Serie 31 - the "Boule," a frosted glass ball or melon shaped flacon with frosted rose stopper.
  • Serie 30 - the "Plat," a flat colorless glass flacon fitted with a flat, frosted glass stopper molded with flowers. 



All three of these bottles were stock bottles used by Babani to contain their other perfumes.


No. 1003. Our twelve extracts in an elegant gold box.
 


 



Fate of the Fragrance:


Discontinued, date unknown.




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