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Adieu Sagesse(1925)
Jean Patou · Henri Almeras · Floral
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A gardenia soliflore from Henri Almeras for Jean Patou, opening on bergamot before the gardenia heart, closing on musk and sandalwood.
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This scent's musk note is almost certainly synthetic, discovered by accident in 1888 while researching explosives.
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A gardenia soliflore from Henri Almeras for Jean Patou, opening on bergamot before the gardenia heart, closing on musk and sandalwood. Adieu Sagesse, Farewell to Wisdom, suggests a fragrance meant to signal abandon and pleasure-seeking, fitting for gardenia's rich, heady, tropical-floral character. It joins Patou's other 1925 releases as part of Almeras's foundational work for the house.
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