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Jacinthe(1922)
Guerlain · Jacques Guerlain · Floral
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A hyacinth soliflore from Jacques Guerlain, opening on bergamot before the hyacinth heart, closing on musk and woods.
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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 hyacinth soliflore from Jacques Guerlain, opening on bergamot before the hyacinth heart, closing on musk and woods. It follows the same single-flower showcase template used across the industry for this challenging-to-capture note, joining earlier hyacinth compositions from Caron and Coty in the preceding decade. Guerlain's version arrives amid the house's broader early-1920s exploration of both simple soliflores and increasingly complex multi-material orientals.
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