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Cinnabar(1978)

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Created by Bernard Chant for Estee Lauder, Cinnabar opens on mandarin, cinnamon, and clove, moves through a heart of carnation and jasmine, and closes on amber, myrrh, patchouli, and musk.

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Brand

Estee Lauder

Perfumer

Bernard Chant

Launched

1978

Family

Amber

Created by Bernard Chant for Estee Lauder, Cinnabar opens on mandarin, cinnamon, and clove, moves through a heart of carnation and jasmine, and closes on amber, myrrh, patchouli, and musk. Named for the vivid red mineral, its warm spiced-amber structure positioned it as Estee Lauder's own bold oriental statement, arriving the year before Opium and reflecting the broader late-1970s revival of dense, spice-driven orientals.

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