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Kobako(1936)
Bourjois · Ernest Beaux · Amber
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Created by Ernest Beaux for Bourjois, Kobako opens on bergamot, aldehydes, and clove, moves through a heart of carnation, ylang-ylang, and cinnamon, and closes on sandalwood, musk, and amber.
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This scent's aldehydes carry a famous origin myth, the "accidental overdose" story behind Chanel No. 5, that historians say probably isn't true.
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Created by Ernest Beaux for Bourjois, Kobako opens on bergamot, aldehydes, and clove, moves through a heart of carnation, ylang-ylang, and cinnamon, and closes on sandalwood, musk, and amber. Its spiced carnation-cinnamon heart echoes the genre Caron's Bellodgia had popularized nearly a decade earlier, applied here by Beaux to Bourjois's more accessible price point, following the same democratizing approach he had taken with Soir de Paris.
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