Eight bottles and noses that still define Chypre.
Icons for Chypre are bottles and people — Nahéma, Chanel, Guerlain stay as names.
Scores below are editorial marks inside this atlas, not lab assays.
1917– · France
The named chord: bergamot, labdanum, oakmoss.
Chypre de Coty (1917–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Chypre de Coty as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Chypre is argued.
1919– · France
Peach-oakmoss; the child’s masterpiece.
Mitsouko (1919–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Mitsouko as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Chypre is argued.
1947– · France
Floral chypre for Dior’s New Look (Vacher / Carles).
Miss Dior (1947–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Miss Dior as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Chypre is argued.
1971– · United States
Bernard Chant’s camomile-moss power chypre.
Aromatics Elixir (1971–, United States) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Aromatics Elixir as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Chypre is argued.
1959– · France
Cellier’s leathery chypre for Grès.
Cabochard (1959–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Cabochard as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Chypre is argued.
1944– · France
Roudnitska’s ripe chypre.
Femme (1944–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Femme as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Chypre is argued.
1874–1934 · France
Industrial perfume and the 1917 name.
François Coty (1874–1934, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read François Coty as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Chypre is argued.
1874–1963 · France
Mitsouko’s author; chypre as tragedy and peach.
Jacques Guerlain (1874–1963, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Jacques Guerlain as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Chypre is argued.
An icon is a brief that other Chypre formulas still answer.
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