Fleurs de Rocaille(1933)

Created by Ernest Daltroff for Caron, Fleurs de Rocaille, Rock-Garden Flowers, opens on aldehydes, bergamot, and green notes, moves through a heart of lily of the valley, jasmine, rose, and ylang-ylang, and closes on sandalwood, musk, and iris. Its name evokes an alpine rock garden in bloom, and its combination of aldehydic sparkle with a delicate, springtime multi-floral heart produces a lighter, airier impression than Caron's earlier, more animalic Narcisse Noir and Tabac Blond. Presented in a distinctive fan-shaped Lalique-designed bottle, it became one of Caron's most visually recognized and commercially successful releases. The fragrance is regularly cited as one of the finest aldehydic florals of the 1930s, standing alongside Chanel No. 5 and Arpege as an example of the genre's mature, refined expression a decade after its founding.