Valery Pavlovich Chkalov brought the perfume Narcisse Noir by the Caron perfume house as a gift for his wife Olga Erazmovna from the USA in 1937 after a historic flight over the North Pole from Moscow to Vancouver.
Founded in Paris in 1904, the Caron perfume house created unique fragrances throughout the 20th century, many of which are now recognized as classics in the world of perfumery. Each composition is associated with a certain story, and the names of the fragrances are very symbolic.
The Caron house has created over thirty amazing perfumes, each of them known for its rich fragrance notes and extraordinary bottle design.
The perfume company Caron opened its doors in 1904 on the rue de la Paix, in the haute couture district of Paris. The founder of the brand was the talented perfumer Ernest Daltroff, who had an outstanding olfactory sense.
Soon he met the milliner Félicie Wanpouille, who became his beloved, muse and business partner. It was Félicie who expressed the idea that the name of the fragrance and the appearance of the bottle played an important role in the creation of perfumes. Therefore, most of their perfumes bear names associated with significant events of the 20th century. She also developed the design of all bottles.
Félicie Wanpouille and Ernest Daltroff created a number of perfumes that were unconventional for that era. One of them was Narcisse Noir, released in 1911.
The classic Narcisse Noir is a sweet, creamy-powdery floral fragrance that shifts from intense sweetness to ashy bitterness. At first, the composition opens with orange blossoms, accompanied by bergamot, petitgrain — oil from the leaves of a citrus tree — and lemon, with the immediate scent of a musky base. The combination of rose, jasmine, and narcissus creates the smell of black daffodil, resembling heliotrope — a flower of the Borage family — only without powdery notes.
When introducing its fragrance to the general public over a hundred years ago, the Caron perfume house accompanied it with the following words,
Founded in Paris in 1904, the Caron perfume house created unique fragrances throughout the 20th century, many of which are now recognized as classics in the world of perfumery. Each composition is associated with a certain story, and the names of the fragrances are very symbolic.
The Caron house has created over thirty amazing perfumes, each of them known for its rich fragrance notes and extraordinary bottle design.
The perfume company Caron opened its doors in 1904 on the rue de la Paix, in the haute couture district of Paris. The founder of the brand was the talented perfumer Ernest Daltroff, who had an outstanding olfactory sense.
Soon he met the milliner Félicie Wanpouille, who became his beloved, muse and business partner. It was Félicie who expressed the idea that the name of the fragrance and the appearance of the bottle played an important role in the creation of perfumes. Therefore, most of their perfumes bear names associated with significant events of the 20th century. She also developed the design of all bottles.
Félicie Wanpouille and Ernest Daltroff created a number of perfumes that were unconventional for that era. One of them was Narcisse Noir, released in 1911.
The classic Narcisse Noir is a sweet, creamy-powdery floral fragrance that shifts from intense sweetness to ashy bitterness. At first, the composition opens with orange blossoms, accompanied by bergamot, petitgrain — oil from the leaves of a citrus tree — and lemon, with the immediate scent of a musky base. The combination of rose, jasmine, and narcissus creates the smell of black daffodil, resembling heliotrope — a flower of the Borage family — only without powdery notes.
When introducing its fragrance to the general public over a hundred years ago, the Caron perfume house accompanied it with the following words,
