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Spanish Geranium(1938)
Lanvin · Lanvin in-house perfumers
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An overdosed geranium composition from Lanvin's in-house perfumers, opening on bergamot and citrus before the concentrated geranium 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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An overdosed geranium composition from Lanvin's in-house perfumers, opening on bergamot and citrus before the concentrated geranium heart, closing on musk and woods. Geranium's rosy, slightly minty scent made it a popular and relatively affordable rose substitute throughout this period, and the Spanish designation likely points to a specific regional geranium-growing source.
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