Elizabeth Taylor
The fragrance dreams are made of.
Elizabeth Taylor is the celebrity fragrance line founded in 1987 by the actress Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011) in partnership with Parfums International, later absorbed into Elizabeth Arden. The debut, Passion, was an oriental floral built around ylang-ylang and lily of the valley, and was followed in 1991 by White Diamonds — composed by Carlos Benaim — which became one of the best-selling perfumes in American history, with cumulative sales estimated above $1.5 billion. The range is firmly in the prestige-mass segment and draws on a mid-century glamour vocabulary: aldehydic florals, tuberose, narcissus and powdery musks, presented in heavy faceted bottles. Following Taylor's death the line has continued under Elizabeth Arden, now itself part of Revlon, with periodic flankers extending the original compositions rather than departing from them.
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.
