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Femme (Rochas relaunch)(1943)

Rochas · Edmond Roudnitska · Chypre

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A wartime relaunch of Edmond Roudnitska's Femme for Rochas, sharing the original 1933 composition's plum-bergamot-peach opening and rose-jasmine-cinnamon heart over the same oakmoss-leather-patchouli-amber base.

Did you know? This scent's leather note traces back to 16th-century Grasse, where perfuming foul-smelling gloves accidentally built the world's perfume capital. Read the full story →
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Brand
Rochas
Perfumer
Edmond Roudnitska
Launched
1943
Family
Chypre

A wartime relaunch of Edmond Roudnitska's Femme for Rochas, sharing the original 1933 composition's plum-bergamot-peach opening and rose-jasmine-cinnamon heart over the same oakmoss-leather-patchouli-amber base. Reissuing an established success rather than launching an entirely new fragrance was a common strategy during the material-constrained war years, when sourcing the full range of natural ingredients for a new composition was considerably more difficult.

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Top notes
PlumBergamotPeach
Heart notes
RoseJasmineCinnamon
Base notes
OakmossLeatherPatchouliAmber
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