Rock n Roll by Marquay c1956

Rock n Roll by Marquay: launched in 1956. It was sold as Coup de Feu in the USA. The artwork for the packaging and advertising campaign was created by Salvador Dali.

Fragrance Composition:

So what does it smell like? It is classified as an oriental perfume for women. It was described as a heady, exotic, spicy oriental perfume for women with dominant notes of amber, incense, vetiver and jasmine. A spicy, modern perfume with a strong peach odor against a warm background. 

• Top notes: aldehydes, bergamot, carnation, peach
• Middle notes: spices, rose, jasmine, orange blossom
• Base notes: frankincense, Russian leather, vanilla, ambergris, oakmoss, musk, sandalwood, tonka bean, patchouli, vetiver

Harper's Bazaar, 1960:

"Coup de Feu by Marquay is another new arrival from Paris. This one, however, is exotic, Oriental, fittingly packaged by Salvador Dali, who knows, if anyone does, about “the flame and explosions of the spirit of youth” typified by this perfumes. Two other perfumes from the same hose are newly available here: they are L’Elu and Prince Douka."

Combat : organe du Mouvement de libération française, 1960:

"Sponsored by that kind of genius and unusual alchemist of contemporary painting that is Salvador Dali, this perfume which he says is 'the most Dionysian in the world', hides under the princely release of jasmine, the most sensual plot of musk and of Russian leather, expertly dosed. Wild notes of Asian saps and enchantments of the African forest deserve its name of wild dance. But 'Rock n' Roll' is more pathetic than it seems in its first attempt at a full-fledged sense of smell. The jungles with carnivorous flowers and the deserted high plateaus where the lost chevrotains awaken to love, are hidden behind the overflowing violence of a spring bouquet. It is the ideal perfume of those beautiful creatures who seem to want only to reap the pleasure of living, but who secretly burn with the sneaky aspiration of intense, more corrupt passions. The tawny and secret scent for dangerous liaisons."

 

Bottles:

Salvador Dali designed the striking red and black packaging for Marquay's Coup de Feu (Rock n Roll) - one of the most expensive perfumes in Paris. Dali said of the design.."I wanted the effect of burning nights and fire symbolizing the flame of the spirit of youth."

photos from http://www.amourdurocknroll.fr/

photo from Perfume Bottles Auction

Other bottles include:

• 2 oz cologne (or tolilet water) flacon with oval mirror.
• 4.5 ox cologne flacon
• 1/4 oz parfum purse flacon with round cut mirror with velvet pouch
• 1/4 oz aerosol parfum purse flacon in lizard sheath

Fate of the Fragrance:

Discontinued, date unknown. Still sold in 1965.