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Subtilite(1930)
Houbigant · Houbigant in-house perfumers · Floral
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A mixed-floral composition from Houbigant, opening on bergamot before a blended floral 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 mixed-floral composition from Houbigant, opening on bergamot before a blended floral heart, closing on musk and woods. Subtilite, Subtlety, signals a deliberately understated character, positioned against the increasingly loud, aldehyde-heavy maximalism dominating much of 1930s mainstream perfumery.
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