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Aldehydic

Icons & legends

Eight bottles and noses that still define Aldehydic.

Icons for Aldehydic are bottles and people — Nahéma, Chanel, Guerlain stay as names.

Scores below are editorial marks inside this atlas, not lab assays.

People

Chanel No. 5 — France
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Chanel No. 5

1921– · France

Beaux’s aldehyde floral for Chanel; the family’s sun.

Chanel No. 5 (1921–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Chanel No. 5 as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Aldehydic is argued.

Chanel No. 22

1922– · France

Brighter aldehyde sister, a year later.

Chanel No. 22 (1922–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Chanel No. 22 as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Aldehydic is argued.

Arpège

1927– · France

Fraysse’s aldehyde floral in a musical bottle.

Arpège (1927–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Arpège as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Aldehydic is argued.

Liu — France
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Liu

1929– · France

Guerlain’s aldehyde floral, read as a reply to No. 5.

Liu (1929–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Liu as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Aldehydic is argued.

White Linen — United States
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White Linen

1978– · United States

Grojsman’s American aldehydic daylight.

White Linen (1978–, United States) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read White Linen as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Aldehydic is argued.

Ernest Beaux — France
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Ernest Beaux

1881–1961 · France

No. 5’s nose; Russian-French aldehydes and Grasse flowers.

Ernest Beaux (1881–1961, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Ernest Beaux as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Aldehydic is argued.

Coco Chanel — France
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Coco Chanel

1883–1971 · France

The brief and the number; modernism as a bottle.

Coco Chanel (1883–1971, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Coco Chanel as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Aldehydic is argued.

Sophia Grojsman

1945– · United States

White Linen’s aldehydic cleanliness; hug-me after sparkle.

Sophia Grojsman (1945–, United States) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Sophia Grojsman as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Aldehydic is argued.

Debate

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