Showing posts with label 1980s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1980s. Show all posts

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Chateau de Paris Perfumes

Chateau de Paris, a company who produced low to mid price perfumes in the 1980s. they advertised their perfumes in magazines such as Ebony and Harper's Bazaar.


Ads for the time read:
"Chateau de Paris Perfumes - Created for the Individual with Exquisite Taste. You receive eight 1/2 oz bottles of the world's most enchanting fragrances. Each specially blended with imported oils. Beautifully hand wrapped, cushioned in foam to protect their magnificent fragrance. Retail Value : $160.00. Send just $29.95 plus $1.25 shipping. Promotional Marketing Dept P 179, 323 Franklin Bldg #804, Chicago, Ill, 60606"


These perfumes were knockoffs of famous perfumes, just given different names. I think that Fantaisie was a knockoff of Arpege, Passione was a knockoff of Chanel No. 5, Bien-Aime was a knockoff of My Sin, Premier Amour a knockoff of White Shoulders, Celeste a knockoff of Shalimar, Un Cherie a knockoff of Joy,...


The perfumes of Chateau de Paris:
  • PURPLE BOX:  FANTAISIE AR-D,“The Joy of Dreams and Fantasy”
  • RED BOX:  MON AMOUR ST-A, “Thrilling Essence of Love”
  • PINK BOX:  PASSIONE C-C, “Whispering Winds of Passion”
  • BLUE BOX:  BIEN-AIME MS-E, “The Precious Scent of Adoration”
  • YELLOW BOX: PREMIER AMOUR WS-B, “Soft and Tender as a First Love”
  • GREEN BOX:  CELESTE S-H: “Loves Heavenly Fragrance
  • WHITE BOX: UN CHERIE J-F, “Enticement for your Darling”
  • OFF-WHITE BOX: FLEAU-DE-SOIR T-G, “Flower of the Evening”

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This is not your average perfume blog. In each post, I present perfumes or companies as encyclopedic entries with as much facts and photos as I can add for easy reading and researching without all the extraneous fluff or puffery.

Please understand that this website is not affiliated with any of the perfume companies written about here, it is only a source of reference. I consider it a repository of vital information for collectors and those who have enjoyed the classic fragrances of days gone by. Updates to posts are conducted whenever I find new information to add or to correct any errors.

One of the goals of this website is to show the present owners of the various perfumes and cologne brands that are featured here how much we miss the discontinued classics and hopefully, if they see that there is enough interest and demand, they will bring back these fragrances!

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