Showing posts with label jean desprez. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jean desprez. Show all posts

Thursday, August 5, 2021

Grand Dame by Jean Desprez c1939

Grand Dame by Jean Desprez: launched in 1939. The name means "great lady" in French. The label for the perfume bottle features a fancy ladies's boot.





Monday, June 29, 2015

Bal a Versailles by Jean Desprez c1962

Bal a Versailles by Jean Desprez: launched in 1962.

As a tribute to the elegant American and French debutantes, the newborn belles of the ball, perfumer Jean Desprez created Debutante de Versailles, a limited edition fragrance exclusively created for New York cosmetics firm Daggett & Ramsdell. This opulent composition, made up of over 300 ingredients, was to become the legendary Bal a Versailles perfume in 1962, when it was offered to the public for the first time. The crystal bottles for Bal a Versailles featured an image of the famous Fragonard painting, Bal a Versailles on the label.




Monday, July 21, 2014

Bal a Versailles - Le Parfum du Jour by Jean Desprez c1971

Bal a Versailles - Le Parfum du Jour by Jean Desprez: launched in 1971. It was intended to be worn during the daytime.

Debutante de Versailles by Jean Desprez c1958

As a tribute to the elegant American and French debutantes, the newborn belles of the ball, Jean Desprez created Debutante de Versailles in 1958, a limited edition perfume exclusively created for Daggett & Ramsdell.  The perfume was a tie in to Teleflora's Aura Arrangements campaign line of floral arrangements.


Thursday, March 27, 2014

Sheherazade by Jean Desprez c1939

Sheherazade by Jean Desprez: launched in 1939. Named after the famous seductive storyteller of 1001 Nights.


Saturday, April 27, 2013

Very Rare Bal A Versailles Perfume Container

Leon Leyritz, a sculptor whose works grace the Paris Opera House, created a statuette of Janus, the Roman god with two faces to hold Bal a Versailles parfum in 1969.


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