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Brise du Harem(1930)
Molinard · Molinard in-house perfumers · Amber
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A spiced amber composition from Molinard, opening on bergamot and spices before a mixed-floral heart, closing on amber, musk, and vanilla.
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This scent's vanilla note relies on vanillin, the compound that made vanilla affordable worldwide, first synthesized in 1874.
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A spiced amber composition from Molinard, opening on bergamot and spices before a mixed-floral heart, closing on amber, musk, and vanilla. Brise du Harem, Breeze of the Harem, reflects the same exoticized, imagined-Orient naming convention seen in Guerlain's earlier Kadine, a common if now dated trope across 1920s and 30s perfumery marketing.
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