Lilas by Guerlain: launched around 1875.
So what does it smell like? It was a lilac soliflore perfume. All types of Lilac perfumes were popular during the 19th century. Formulas for these perfumes appeared in several perfumery manuals and pharmacopeias during the period. These formulas were based on mixed blends to suggest the fresh odor of the lilac. Natural extracts, infusions, absolutes and tinctures would have been used early on, but as the 19th century drew to a close, newly discovered synthetics and aroma compounds such as vanillin, hyacinthin, coumarin, heliotropin, terpineol, Lilacine, iso-eugenol, Cyclosia, benzaldehydes and musk xylene may have been utilized. The general recipe included the following ingredients:
Fragrance Composition:
So what does it smell like? It was a lilac soliflore perfume. All types of Lilac perfumes were popular during the 19th century. Formulas for these perfumes appeared in several perfumery manuals and pharmacopeias during the period. These formulas were based on mixed blends to suggest the fresh odor of the lilac. Natural extracts, infusions, absolutes and tinctures would have been used early on, but as the 19th century drew to a close, newly discovered synthetics and aroma compounds such as vanillin, hyacinthin, coumarin, heliotropin, terpineol, Lilacine, iso-eugenol, Cyclosia, benzaldehydes and musk xylene may have been utilized. The general recipe included the following ingredients:
- Top notes: hyacinth, orange blossom, lilac, cassie, lily of the valley, bitter almond
- Middle notes: heliotrope, ylang ylang, rose, tuberose, jasmine
- Base notes: vanilla, tonka bean, musk, civet, orris
2/3 oz is not 70 cc. I believe you mean 2.3 oz
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