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Bacchus(1935)
Coty · Coty in-house perfumers · Amber
At a glance
A spiced amber composition from Coty's in-house perfumers, opening on bergamot and spices before a floral heart, closing on amber, musk, and woods. Named for the Roman god of wine and revelry, it joins a small genre of mythologically-named fragrances suggesting indulgence and celebration, similar in spirit to Molinard's earlier Le Baiser du Faune.
Did you know?
This scent's musk note is almost certainly synthetic — discovered by accident in 1888 while researching explosives.
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Bacchus is a fragrance from Coty, released in 1935 and composed by Coty in-house perfumers. It sits in the Amber family. It opens with Bergamot and Spice, moves into a heart of Floral Notes, and settles into a base of Amber, Musk, and Woods.
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