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Magnolia(1938)
Houbigant · Houbigant in-house perfumers · Floral
At a glance
A magnolia soliflore from Houbigant, opening on bergamot before the magnolia heart, closing on musk and woods. Magnolia's lemony-floral scent had become an increasingly popular subject for soliflore treatment by the late 1930s, joining the house's long-running catalog of single-flower showcases stretching back to the 1900s.
Did you know?
This scent's musk note is almost certainly synthetic — discovered by accident in 1888 while researching explosives.
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Magnolia is a fragrance from Houbigant, released in 1938 and composed by Houbigant in-house perfumers. It sits in the Floral family. It opens with Bergamot, moves into a heart of Magnolia, and settles into a base of Musk and Woods.
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