Halston Couture by Halston c1987

Halston Couture by Halston: launched in 1987 in association with Revlon. Created by IFF.

During the mid to late 1980s, the original Halston fragrance was not as popular as it once was and sales of the fragrance had dropped sharply, so in order to revive interest in his brand, Revlon launched a new ladies fragrance. It still has a touch of the original Halston fragrance, but with new ingredients to make it entirely new. 

Halston Couture was first launched on Valentine's Day at 16 Bloomingdale's doors. National distribution was expanded to 300 specialty and department stores. For the Halston Couture launch, salesladies were sent little swatches of cloth shaped in the Halston bean, which they sprayed and handed out to customers.

Apparently, Halston himself objected to Revlon releasing this second fragrance. He disliked everything about it - from the bottle, the packaging and most importantly, its scent.

Fragrance Composition:

So what does it smell like? It is classified as a fresh chypre fragrance for women.  It begins with a dry, spicy top combining coriander with a crystal clear freshness from bergamot peel with mandarin and tagetes (reminiscent of marigold stems and leaves). Its distinctive character is defined in a sensuous bouquet of rose otto, muguet, violet and IFF's "living jasmine." The smoldering woody chypre accord in the background is a composite of patchouli, sandalwood, French cypress and oakmoss and deepened with warm amber and balsams, to delight the senses with its gentle power. 

• Top notes: herbaceous notes, tagetes, Italian bergamot oil, American lemon oil, green notes, Russian coriander oil
• Middle notes: violet, lily of the valley, living Egyptian jasmine, Moroccan rose otto, spice notes, French orris, Texan cedar, Bourbon vetiver, Indonesian patchouli, ylang ylang, French carnation, French marigold absolute 
• Base notes: French cypress, balsam, Mysore sandalwood, amber, leather, African olibanum, Yugoslavian oakmoss, benzoin, musk  

Bottles: 

The fragrance is housed in the signature bean shaped Halston bottle, this time, it is adorned with a silverplate and 24kt gold plated metal casing. 

• The fragrance was available in the following:
• 1/8 oz Parfum miniature (originally retailed for $37.50)
• 0.5 oz Parfum (originally retailed for $100)
• 0.25 oz Parfum Purse Spray in silverplated signature bean (originally retailed for $75)
• 0.25 oz Parfum Purse Spray Refill (originally retailed for $50)
• 3 oz Cologne Splash (originally retailed for $48)
• 1.7 oz Natural Spray Cologne (originally retailed for $48)
• 3 oz Natural Spray Cologne (originally retailed for $50)
• Shower Bath Concentrate
• Bath Powder
• Body Creme

Fate of the Fragrance:

Discontinued, date unknown. The fragrance was a flop but was still being offered in 1994.