Catherine Malandrino
Paris and New York, in equal measure.
Catherine Malandrino is a French-born fashion designer whose New York-based label became celebrated for romantic femininity and a distinctly transatlantic sensibility. Fragrance entered the picture in 2009, extending her design philosophy into scent with accessible compositions that mirror the Paris-meets-New-York aesthetic of her clothing. Malandrino's fragrances lean floral and powdery — soft rose, peony, clean musk, warm sandalwood — calibrated for a customer who dresses with intention but wears her elegance lightly. The brand's accessible pricing reflects her fashion house's position in the contemporary department store tier rather than the luxury flagship. Fragrances such as Style de Paris carry the kind of nostalgic femininity associated with French couture sensibility but rendered for everyday American wardrobes. Though the fashion label faced financial challenges in the 2010s, the fragrance line persists as a soft record of Malandrino's aesthetic commitments: the drape of silk chiffon, the specific light of a Paris afternoon, the easy confidence of a woman who has spent time on both sides of the Atlantic.
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DNA over time
Each column is an era. Each colored band shows that family’s share of accord weight across every perfume the house released in that window. Bigger band = the house leaned harder on that family.
