Sunday, February 04, 2007
Marie Antoinette's Perfume, Fragrance Revealed
Marie Antoinette's Perfume Revealed
Using techniques from Marie Antoinette's days, and all natural ingredients, one of France's top perfume creators, Francis Kurkdjian, has recreated the perfume used by Marie Antoinette, the Queen of France during the French Revolution.
To arrive at the exact ingredients and formula to create the perfume, he used a contemporary encyclopedia of perfume-making, which was written by Jean Louis Fargeon, the royal perfumer and supplier to Marie Antoinette. This encyclopedia was subsequently unearthed by the famous historian Elizabeth Feydeau, and contained details about the perfume ingredients, their botanical properties, distillation methods etc.
The combination in the perfume includes iris, rose, cut jasmine, tuberose, orange blossom, cedar, sandalwood, Tonkin musk and grey amber.
The perfume has an aristocratic price as well - 8000 euros for a crystal flask and 350 euros for small vials.
Using techniques from Marie Antoinette's days, and all natural ingredients, one of France's top perfume creators, Francis Kurkdjian, has recreated the perfume used by Marie Antoinette, the Queen of France during the French Revolution.
To arrive at the exact ingredients and formula to create the perfume, he used a contemporary encyclopedia of perfume-making, which was written by Jean Louis Fargeon, the royal perfumer and supplier to Marie Antoinette. This encyclopedia was subsequently unearthed by the famous historian Elizabeth Feydeau, and contained details about the perfume ingredients, their botanical properties, distillation methods etc.
The combination in the perfume includes iris, rose, cut jasmine, tuberose, orange blossom, cedar, sandalwood, Tonkin musk and grey amber.
The perfume has an aristocratic price as well - 8000 euros for a crystal flask and 350 euros for small vials.
Labels: Fragrances, Perfumes, Scents
