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Showing posts with label marcel rochas. Show all posts

Monday, January 25, 2016

La Rose by Rochas c1949

 La Rose by Rochas: launched in 1949. Created by Edmond Roudnitska. Reformulated by Mme Thérèse Roudnitska.

The fragrance was available in Parfum (Extrait), Eau de Cologne and an Eau de Toilette cleverly called Eau de Jeunesse "Water of Youth".

Saturday, October 31, 2015

Byzance by Rochas c1987

Byzance by Rochas: launched in 1987. It was created by Nicolas Mamounas and Alberto Morillas.

The perfumes name was inspired by the shadow of the mosaics of Ravenna.

Rochas budgeted FFr70m ($11.6m) for the European launch on October 15th of "Byzance"; it says it has already got its money back. The minimum budget for an American launch — ideally after the whiff of a European one — is $15m-20m.


Sunday, July 26, 2015

Macassar by Rochas c1980

Macassar by Rochas: launched in 1980 in association with Wella. Created by Nicolas Mamounas in collaboration with Roger Pellegrino of Firmenich.





Monday, June 8, 2015

Lumiere by Rochas c1984

Lumière by Parfums Rochas: launched in 1984. Created by Nicolas Mamounas, Yves Tanguy and Max Gavarry as an eau de parfum. Lumiere is said to have been inspired by the creator's childhood memory of flowers in a certain part of his home in Alexandria.


Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Mouche by Rochas c1947

Mouche by Rochas: launched in 1947. Created by Edmond Roudnitska.  Its curious name, Mouche, means "fly" in French but was also the name of the black velvet beauty spots used during the 18th century elite.

The perfume was created to be worn on furs during the winter.

Continuing the fur theme, Marcel Rochas name the perfume after his cat, Mouche.

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Femme by Rochas c1943

After the Second World War, a new perfume was on the horizon. At the request of Marcel Rochas, Edmond Roudnitska created the perfume Femme. The perfume was inspired by Rochas's young wife. Legend has it that he gave it to her as his wedding present.

Marcel Rochas

Marcel Rochas was born in Paris, France in 1902. He opened his house in 1924. He was encouraged by Jean Cocteau, Christian Berard and Paul Poiret. In 1931, Marcel ROCHAS opened his fashion house to the 12 Matignon avenue. His customers are composed, amongst other things, stars Hollywood such as Carole Lombard, Marlène Dietrich and among others. For the actress Mae West, Marcel Rochas created a black wasp-waisted corset of Chantilly lace.



Friday, April 26, 2013

Mousseline by Marcel Rochas c1946

Mousseline was launched in 1946 by Marcel Rochas, created by Edmond Roudnitska.

My belief is that Edmond Roudnitska designed this perfume after a more famous Victorian era perfume as well as the name of a fabric. Since Rochas was a fashion king, naming one of his perfumes after a type of fabric was suitable and clever.


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