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Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.
The compositions
Fleurs De Rocaille
Bellodgia Extrait
Nuit de Noel Extrait de Parfum
Tabac Blond Parfum
Alpona
Pois de Senteur Parfum
N Aimez Que Moi Parfum
Tabac Blond
The opening is all smoke and tanned hide—a dry, almost acrid leather that conjures cigarette cases and Art Deco salons.
Nuit de Noel
Nuit de Noël opens with a plush, narcotic wave of white flowers—jasmine and ylang-ylang meeting the waxy sweetness of tuberose.
Bellodgia
Bellodgia opens with a single rose — petal-clear and unhurried — before the heart adds jasmine, violet, and lily of the valley, a soft floral arrangement that's classic in the manner of old Caron: restrained, well-made, considered.
Pois de Senteur
En Avion
Acaciosa
Narcisse Noir (1911)
The bitter green of narcissus arrives immediately, botanical and almost medicinal, a sharp departure from the powdered sweetness you might expect from its era.
N Aimez Que Moi
Infini (1970)
French Cancan
Pour Un Homme de Caron
Lavender opens in thick, silvery waves—not the clean barbershop version but something more powdered and substantial, threaded with herbal sharpness from rosemary and sage.
Bain de Champagne (Royal Bain de Caron)
A full-throated rose opens this composition, not dewy or garden-fresh but almost wine-dark in its richness.