Photo: Unknown artist, patent drawing for a perfume bottle in the form of a candle in holder for 'Sleeping' fragrance. The original design by Marcel Vertes for Elsa Schiaparelli., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schiaparelli Sleeping(1937)

Schiaparelli · Jean Carles · Floral

At a glance

Created by Jean Carles for Schiaparelli, this composition opens on bergamot and peach before a heart of rose, jasmine, and tuberose, closing on musk, amber, vanilla, and civet. Its rich, sensual white-floral heart paired with a warm civet-amber base continues the boundary-pushing sensibility Schiaparelli brought to Shocking a few years earlier, reflecting the house's consistent house style of unconventional glamour.

Did you know? This scent's civet note is a heavily diluted trace of a substance that smells overwhelming and fecal at full strength. Read the full story →

Brand

Schiaparelli

Perfumer

Jean Carles

Launched

1937

Family

Floral

Schiaparelli Sleeping is a fragrance from Schiaparelli, released in 1937 and composed by Jean Carles. It sits in the Floral family. It opens with Bergamot and Peach, moves into a heart of Rose, Jasmine, and Tuberose, and settles into a base of Musk, Amber, Vanilla, and Civet.

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