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This Is Not a Blue Bottle(2015)
Histoires de Parfums · Gerald Ghislain
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Created by Gerald Ghislain and Julien Rasquinet for Histoires de Parfums, This Is Not a Blue Bottle opens on aldehydes and orange, moves through a heart of honey and geranium, and closes on musk, patchouli, and amber, its Magritte-referencing title playing on the tension between an object and its representation.
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This scent's aldehydes carry a famous origin myth — the "accidental overdose" story behind Chanel No. 5 — that historians say probably isn't true.
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This Is Not a Blue Bottle is a fragrance from Histoires de Parfums, released in 2015 and composed by Gerald Ghislain. It opens with Aldehydes and Orange, moves into a heart of Honey and Geranium, and settles into a base of Musk, Patchouli, and Amber.
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