Monday, May 30, 2016

Envol by Lancome c1957

Envol by Lancome: launched in 1957. Created by Armand Petitjean (some sources note that Jean Hervelein composed it).








Envol by Lancome was available in the following:

  • Perfume
  • 1 oz Eau D'Envol (Eau de Toilette)
  • 2 oz Eau D"Envol (Eau de Toilette)

Fragrance Composition:


So what does it smell like? It is described as a green floral chypre perfume with a dominant lily note mingling with fruits.
  • Top notes: aldehydes, Sicilian lemon, French carnation, Calabrian bergamot, lilac, French narcissus, green note
  • Middle notes: Dutch hyacinth, French narcissus, fruity notes, lily, lily of the valley, Grasse rose, Egyptian jasmine
  • Base notes: leather, Tyrolean oakmoss, Tibetan musk, Iranian galbanum, Java vetiver, ambergris, Indian sandalwood, Indonesian patchouli

The New Yorker - Volume 33, 1957
"Lancome, in the same floral mood, Has introduced Envol (lily, jasmine, and rose are a few of the flowers in it) and is pushing a revival of the woodsy Fleches d'Or. An ounce of either is $27.50, a half ounce is $ 15.40. "

Harper's Bazaar, 1957
"ENVOL - lovely, light-hearted beginning for a life of romance! Double a debut for two dramatically different fragrances from LANCOME ... who gave you Magie, and Seul Tresor and Tresor. Have a beautiful Christmas."

Bottles:








Period Advertisements:


The New Yorker - Volume 33, 1957
"Lancome, in the same floral mood, Has introduced Envol (lily, jasmine, and rose are a few of the flowers in it) and is pushing a revival of the woodsy Fleches d'Or. An ounce of either is $27.50, a half ounce is $ 15.40. "

Harper's Bazaar, 1957
"ENVOL - lovely, light-hearted beginning for a life of romance! Double a debut for two dramatically different fragrances from LANCOME ... who gave you Magie, and Seul Tresor and Tresor. Have a beautiful Christmas."






The Fate of the Fragrance:

Discontinued, dates unknown. Still Being sold in 1966.


In 1980, Ted Lapidus bought the license to produce Envol fragrance from Lancome and sold it under his own name as well as a Lancome branded perfumed deodorant spray for a short time. The Ted Lapidus branded version was released as a parfum and an eau de toilette in 1981. This was reformulated by Roger Pellegrino from the original Lancome version. Both the Ted Lapidus Envol and the packaging for the Lancome Envol deodorant spray have the same theme.


La Nouvelle revue française - Issues 344-347,1981
"Ted Lapidus for his Envol perfume: “I gave it this light, immense and airy name because it alone is all the perfumes of space, night and time."


So what does the reformulated version smell like? It is classified as a sharp, floral chypre perfume for women with a more pronounced ozonic aldehyde note with fruity and woody notes.
  • Top notes: aldehydes, citrus notes, narcissus, hyacinth, 
  • Middle notes: rose, jasmine, carnation, tuberose, fruits, galbanum
  • Base notes: myrrh, patchouli, musk, leather, amber, sandalwood, oakmoss

Envol by Ted Lapidus was available in the following:
  • Perfume
  • 1.7 oz Eau de Toilette Spray
  • 3.4 oz Eau de Toilette Spray
  • 6.8 oz Eau de Toilette Splash
  • Eau de Parfum


Le Spectacle du monde - Issues 232-237, 1981:
"flight? “Envol”, the women’s perfume by Ted Lapidus, will be one year old. Easy to wear, it stays on the skin... Ted Lapidus creates boxes especially for Christmas which are very successful: perfumers retail.."

Elseviers magazine - Volume 37, Issues 18-26, 1981:
"Ted Lapidus has once again designed a new perfume: Envol. Easy to read, pronounce and remember. It is a wonderful scent, not too sweet, but feminine and classic. Using daffodils, fiery tuberoses, sandalwood and myrrh, the bottle is sapphire blue with gold. Beautiful for you."


L'Europeo: settimanale politico d'attualità - Volume 38, 1982:
"Ted Lapidus, who concentrated the sweet fragrances of a garden in bloom in Envol. Envol has the enchantment of a fairy tale, the magic of the night and the intensity of light. More than a perfume, it is a poem."


Envol by Ted Lapidus was discontinued by 1991.







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