Halston

Halston (pronounced HALL'-STON).

Established by fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick (1932-1990) in Des Moines; started as a milliner. There is tons of info on Halston online, so I won't go into that here, but I will concentrate on his fragrances.

 

Halston is best known for Halston for Women, launched in 1974, was the first fragrance designed by the very same man who created Jackie Kennedy's internationally famous pillbox hat. A pretty, intricate, interesting fragrance, it came in a revolutionary asymmetrical bottle designed by Halston and Elsa Peretti (the noted jewelry designed for Tiffany).


The Bulletin, 1989:

"At their peak, the Halston fragrances alone were reported to make an estimated $80 million a year."

Halston's fragrance lines were owned by various companies over the years. To help clear up confusion, I have created a handy timeline to help date your bottles.

Halston Fragrances Timeline:

 

1974 - Halston Fragrances, Inc. was created. 

• 1974 - Halston Z-14 for men was launched, sparkling warm and sexy. 
• 1974 - Halston (Classic) for women was launched, an elegant semi-oriental blend of melon/cedar. 
• 1978- Halston 1-12 for men was launched, fresh, clean and crisp.
• 1980 - Halston Night for women was launched. 

 

In 1981, we see the name Parfums Halston being used up until around 1990. 

1983 - Halston Fragrances was sold to Esmark Inc. and was licensed to JC Penney and was a division of Playtex International. 

•  1983 - Halston 101 for men was launched. 

1986 - Halston Fragrances, Inc was acquired by the Revlon Group and fragrances were reformulated. 

1987 - Halston Fragrances are now marketed under Revlon's Prestige Fragrances, Ltd. Division. These items will be marked with "HALSTON ® ©Prestige Fragrances, Ltd. Dist. New York" 

1. 1987 - Halston Couture for women was launched. 
2.  1987 - Halston Limited was launched.

 

1991 - Both the Halston and Princess Marcella Borghese lines were acquired by Saudi Arabian investors, four unnamed brothers who formed a new company called Halston Borghese International Ltd, in 1992. Fragrances were most likely reformulated. These items will be marketed with the following "Made for © Halston Fragrances New York, New York, 10153. London" Other times you may find the words "Halston Enterprises, Inc.", "Halston Fragrances, Distr. New York, New York 10036."

• 1993 - Catalyst for Women was launched.
• 1994 - Catalyst for Men was launched.

1996 - The Halston fragrances were acquired by French Fragrances and reformulated. These fragrances will be marketed under the "French Fragrances, Inc," name. You may also see it worded as "FFI Fragrance International Inc."

• 1998 - Halston Sheer for women was launched. 
• 1998 - Halston Z for men was launched. 

 

1999 French Fragrances acquired Unilever's Elizabeth Arden. 

2001 French Fragrances changes its name to Elizabeth Arden, Inc. and reformulated fragrances again will be marked with "EA Fragrances Co." 

• 2001 - Unbound for women was launched.
• 2002 - Unbound for Men was launched.

2008 brand relaunched with updated fragrances.

• 2009 - Halston Man was launched. 
• 2009 - Halston Woman was launched. 
•  2010 - Halston Man Amber
• 2010 - Halston Woman Amber

 

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