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Nuit de Noel Eau de Cologne(1922)

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Brand

Caron

Perfumer

Ernest Daltroff

Launched

1922

Family

Floral

A cologne-strength version of Caron's Nuit de Noel, sharing its ylang-ylang-and-rose opening and jasmine-rose heart but finished with a simpler oakmoss-sandalwood-musk base, omitting the vanilla and full Mousse de Saxe richness of the flagship parfum. It offered a lighter, more frequently reapplicable take on the fragrance's wintry character.

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