Milestones in order. This is history, not a weekly activity grid.
- Early aldehydes
- Chanel No. 5
- No. 22
- Arpège
- Liu
- White Linen
- No. 5 as a fact
- Polge years
- Niche aldehydes
- Osmothèque extras
Darker cells mean a higher score for this topic on that metric.
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Quick answers
What is Aldehydic?
C10–C12 aldehydes — champagne, soap and abstract petals. The 1921 sparkle that still means “perfume-y.”
EDP vs EDT — what changes?
Concentration is oil in alcohol, not a quality score. EDT (about 5–15%) shows more top; EDP (about 15–20%) shows more heart and base. Houses vary; this is not a lab assay.
How should I wear Aldehydic?
One or two sprays on skin or cloth — sternum or hair, not a cloud in a lift. Let it turn an hour before you add more.
Which season fits?
Cool air, cloth or hair. Heat can turn sparkle into ironing water.
Does skin chemistry change it?
Yes. Warm, moist skin amplifies sweet and spice; dry or cool skin can turn the same juice woody, soapy or short. Test on your skin, not only a blotter.
What about IFRA and oakmoss?
IFRA sets industry limits on some naturals and synthetics. A reformulation is usually a legal edit, not a betrayal. This atlas is not a safety sheet.
Aldehydic did not arrive as one bottle. The timeline below keeps Grasse, Guerlain, Chanel, Nahéma and IFRA as proper names, not metaphors.
Read the years as a map of trade and reformulation, not as a ranking of beauty.
Timeline
- Early aldehydes
Quelques Fleurs and others use aldehydes as a lift, not a flood.
- Chanel No. 5
Beaux’s legend of an overdose; 5 May launch stories; the monument.
- No. 22
Chanel’s brighter aldehyde sister.
- Arpège
Lanvin / André Fraysse: aldehyde floral as a musical bottle.
- Liu
Guerlain’s aldehyde floral, often read as a No. 5 answer.
- White Linen
Lauder / Grojsman: American aldehydic cleanliness.
- No. 5 as a fact
Monroe’s quote, Warhol’s bottle, the century’s shorthand for perfume.
- Polge years
Jacques then Olivier Polge restage No. 5 under IFRA and taste.
- Niche aldehydes
Some indies revive C-12 snow against gourmand aisles.
- Osmothèque extras
Teaching the difference between soap and Beaux’s architecture.
The eras
- Aldehyde as a tool — A lift in mixed florals.
- Beaux modernism — No. 5, No. 22, Arpège, Liu.
- Icon years — The bottle becomes pop and diplomacy.
- American linen — White Linen and clean aldehydes.
- Restage and revival — IFRA, Polge, and anti-gourmand snow.
Milestones
- Chanel No. 5, 1921 — The family becomes a world fact.
- Arpège, 1927 — Proves the structure travels to another house.
- White Linen, 1978 — Aldehydes as American daylight, not only Paris night.
Aldehydic keeps moving; the other six chapters say what one date cannot.
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