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La Fuite des Heures Eau de Cologne(1948)
Balenciaga · Balenciaga in-house perfumers · Citrus
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A green citrus cologne from Balenciaga's in-house perfumers, opening on bergamot and citrus before a green heart, closing on musk and light woods. La Fuite des Heures, The Fleeting Hours, evokes time's passage, a wistful, poetic title for what is otherwise a fresh, uncomplicated cologne structure.
Did you know?
This scent's musk note is almost certainly synthetic — discovered by accident in 1888 while researching explosives.
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La Fuite des Heures Eau de Cologne is a fragrance from Balenciaga, released in 1948 and composed by Balenciaga in-house perfumers. It sits in the Citrus family. It opens with Bergamot and Citrus, moves into a heart of Green Notes, and settles into a base of Musk and Light Woods.
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