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Huile de Chaldee(1927)

Jean Patou · Henri Almeras · Amber

At a glance

The tanning-oil companion to Jean Patou's Chaldee fragrance, sharing an orange-blossom opening and an amber-opoponax-vanilla base built to scent the skin during sunbathing rather than function as a standalone fine fragrance. It represents an early example of a coordinated fragrance-and-body-product line, a marketing approach that would become far more common across the industry decades later.

Did you know? This scent's orange blossom note was reportedly the only perfume Louis XIV could tolerate by the end of his life. Read the full story →
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Launched
1927
Family
Amber

Huile de Chaldee is a fragrance from Jean Patou, released in 1927 and composed by Henri Almeras. It sits in the Amber family. It opens with Orange Blossom, moves into a heart of Floral Notes, and settles into a base of Amber, Opoponax, and Vanilla.

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Top notes
Orange Blossom
Heart notes
Floral Notes
Base notes
AmberOpoponaxVanilla
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● drafted · last checked 2026-07-16