Eight bottles and noses that still define Floral.
Darker cells mean a higher score for this topic on that metric.
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A mixed-flower family: bouquet or soliflore, from garden rose to a whole florist stall.
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.
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.
Spring to autumn, daylight. Extraits can smother in midsummer heat.
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.
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.
Icons for Floral are bottles and people — Nahéma, Chanel, Guerlain stay as names.
Scores below are editorial marks inside this atlas, not lab assays.
1912– · France
Robert Bienaimé’s multi-floral that made the bouquet a modern form.
Quelques Fleurs (1912–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Quelques Fleurs as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Floral is argued.
1930– · France
Henri Alméras’s rose–jasmine extrait, sold on the cost of Grasse flowers.
Joy (1930–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Joy as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Floral is argued.
1948– · France
Francis Fabron’s spicy carnation floral in Lalique’s dove bottle.
L’Air du Temps (1948–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read L’Air du Temps as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Floral is argued.
1956– · France
Roudnitska’s muguet study — a soliflore that still feels like a garden.
Diorissimo (1956–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Diorissimo as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Floral is argued.
1978– · France
Lily bouquet that taught a generation their first “pretty floral”.
Anaïs Anaïs (1978–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Anaïs Anaïs as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Floral is argued.
1995– · United States
Morillas and Buzantian’s sheer floral; the 1990s transparency manifesto.
Pleasures (1995–, United States) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Pleasures as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Floral is argued.
1892–1961 · France
Nose of Joy; proved a floral could be priced like jewelry.
Henri Alméras (1892–1961, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Henri Alméras as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Floral is argued.
1905–1996 · France
Diorissimo’s author; treated muguet as architecture, not prettiness.
Edmond Roudnitska (1905–1996, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Edmond Roudnitska as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Floral is argued.
An icon is a brief that other Floral formulas still answer.
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