Saturday, October 31, 2015

Byzance by Rochas c1987

Byzance by Rochas: launched in 1987. It was created by Nicolas Mamounas and Alberto Morillas.

The perfumes name was inspired by the shadow of the mosaics of Ravenna.

Rochas budgeted FFr70m ($11.6m) for the European launch on October 15th of "Byzance"; it says it has already got its money back. The minimum budget for an American launch — ideally after the whiff of a European one — is $15m-20m.


Fragrance Composition:



So what does it smell like? It is classified as a soft floral oriental fragrance for women. A heavy and opulent aroma. Byzance is a complicated scent of aldehydes, green notes and citrus combined with jasmine and tuberose nestled in base notes of sandalwood, musk and vanilla. The soft oriental notes are based on the sweet spices such as cinnamon, cloves, pepper and allspice.
  • Top notes: aldehydes, allspice, carnation, green notes, mandarin orange, basil, lemon, cardamom
  • Middle notes: cinnamon, clove, tuberose, orris root, jasmine, Turkish rose, ylang ylang, lily of the valley, anise
  • Base notes: pepper, sandalwood, amber, musk, vanilla, heliotrope, cedar


Byzance was available in the following products:
  • 7.5ml Parfum Spray
  • 7.5ml Parfum Splash (originally retailed for $78)
  • 15 ml Parfum Splash
  • 30ml Parfum Splash (originally retailed for $135)
  • 3ml Eau de Parfum mini
  • 25ml Eau de Parfum
  • 50ml Eau de Parfum (originally retailed for $68)
  • 100ml  Eau de Parfum
  • 15ml Eau de Toilette Spray
  • 30ml Eau de Toilette Spray
  • 50ml Eau de Toilette Spray
  • 100ml Eau de Toilette Spray
  • 200ml Eau de Toilette Spray
  • 30ml Voile Caresse Perfumed Dusting Powder
  • 75ml Satin Caresse Body Lotion
  • 200ml Body Cream
  • 200ml Body Lotion
  • 100ml Deodorant Spray
  • 100ml Perfumed Silkening Body Oil Spray
  • Soap



Fate of the Fragrance:


It appears that this fragrance was reformulated in 2008 and many of the rose and jasmine notes are quite muted. Though I believe the fragrance was finally discontinued in 2012.

Byzance was reformulated and relaunched in 2017. It is classified as a spicy oriental fragrance for women.

  • Top notes: aldehydes, spices, carnation, green notes, mandarin orange, basil, lemon and cardamom
  • Middle notes: tuberose, orris root, jasmine, Turkish rose, ylang-ylang, lily of the valley and anise 
  • Base notes: sandalwood, amber, musk, vanilla, heliotrope and cedar




CLICK HERE TO FIND BYZANCE BY ROCHAS PERFUME



Byzantine by Rochas, created as a flanker scent to the original, it was launched in 1995. Created by Alberto Morillas. So what does it smell like? It is classified as a light floral oriental fragrance for women. Rochas reaches to the sun for a lighter version of the sensual and floral notes of Byzance. Thus is born Byzantine - a burst of fragrant neroli, mandarin, sweet pea, lily of the valley, orange blossoms, mimosa, cedarwood, sandalwood, musk and vanilla. The secret ingredient, a solar note, gives live and exuberance to this perfume.
  • Top notes: orange blossom, solar note, neroli, bergamot, freesia, mandarin
  • Middle notes: heliotrope, orange blossom, carnation, mimosa, lily-of-the-valley, sweet pea
  • Base notes: sandalwood, cedar, heliotrope, vanilla, musk

CLICK HERE TO FIND BYZANTINE PERFUME BY ROCHAS

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