Dix Petales de Roses by Guerlain c1899

Dix Petales de Roses by Guerlain: launched in 1899.

Fragrance Composition:

So what does it smell like? It is classified as floral fragrance for women.

• Top notes: rose, citron, violet
• Middle notes: rose, ylang ylang, tuberose, carnation, Tonkin musk, suede
• Base notes: jasmine, rose, civet

Bottles:

A John Wanamaker ad from the Delaware County Times, 1902:

"The one man in the Old World brave enough never to use any ut the finest of everything in his extracts, etc, is M. Guerlain, of the Rue de la Paix, Paris. The purest suet is used to capture the sweetness from the flowers, and the purest alcohol to set it free. His extracts are true, delicate or not as you choose, for nothing that grows and breathes out sweetness has escaped the sharp discerning nose of Guerlain. In his extract called Far West (which we control in America), the woods have given him their damp, pungent, cedar-like sweetness. It's a rare good thing to have the odor of the damp woods bottled and brought to you - and Far West is so delightful in its originality that people laugh outright with delight at it, but say they "don't like it." Nevertheless they come back to Far West, as surely as they say they won't - it takes such fast hold of the senses. Aquarella is another bit of his curious art - a sweet, firm, bewildering extract - delicate as the almond blossoms it suggests, but substantial. Whatever Guerlain touches his hand to is sure to be pure and fine. These are some of his delightful products. Extracts - Tume, Fragrance, Rup, Gazaki, Verveine, Paris Gem, Geranium de Serre, Floxinia, Aquarella, Full Scent, Far West, Violet du Embaume, Violet de Alger, Le Jardin de Mon Cure, Tsao-Ko, Dix Petales de Roses, Belle France."

Fate of the Fragrance:

Discontinued, date unknown.