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Iris & powdery

Icons & legends

Eight bottles and noses that still define Iris & powdery.

Icons for Iris & powdery are bottles and people — Nahéma, Chanel, Guerlain stay as names.

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

People

Après l’Ondée — France
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Après l’Ondée

1906– · France

Jacques Guerlain’s rain-heliotropin-iris; powder as weather.

Après l’Ondée (1906–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Après l’Ondée as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Iris & powdery is argued.

L’Heure Bleue

1912– · France

Anise, orris and pastry dusk — the blue hour as a bottle.

L’Heure Bleue (1912–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read L’Heure Bleue as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Iris & powdery is argued.

Chanel No. 19

1970– · France

Henri Robert’s iris-galbanum for Coco Chanel.

Chanel No. 19 (1970–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Chanel No. 19 as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Iris & powdery is argued.

Iris Silver Mist

1994– · France

Roucel’s cold orris monument — root and metal.

Iris Silver Mist (1994–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Iris Silver Mist as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Iris & powdery is argued.

Hiris — France
Gryffindor · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Hiris

1999– · France

Giacobetti’s watercolor iris, carrot and honey.

Hiris (1999–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Hiris as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Iris & powdery is argued.

Infusion d’Iris — Italy
Pavel Gromov ( Pagan ) · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Infusion d’Iris

2007– · Italy

Andrier’s starch-soap orris; fashion iris of the 2000s.

Infusion d’Iris (2007–, Italy) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Infusion d’Iris as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Iris & powdery is argued.

Jacques Guerlain

1874–1963 · France

Après l’Ondée, L’Heure Bleue, Mitsouko, Shalimar — powder’s dramatist.

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 Iris & powdery is argued.

Maurice Roucel — France
Guillaume Luisetti · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Maurice Roucel

1945– · France

Iris Silver Mist and later musks; orris as mass, not dust only.

Maurice Roucel (1945–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Maurice Roucel as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Iris & powdery is argued.

Debate

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