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Cordon Noir(1939)
Coty · Coty in-house perfumers · Amber
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A spiced amber-leather composition from Coty's in-house perfumers, opening on bergamot and spices before a floral heart, closing on amber, musk, and leather. Cordon Noir, Black Ribbon, continues the ribbon-naming device Coty had used decades earlier with Cordon Rouge and Cordon Vert, here applied to a darker, leather-inflected composition.
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This scent's leather note traces back to 16th-century Grasse, where perfuming foul-smelling gloves accidentally built the world's perfume capital.
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Cordon Noir is a fragrance from Coty, released in 1939 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 Leather.
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