Lasso by Jean Patou: launched 1956 , advertised as "your secret weapon." It was created by Guy Robert.
The New Yorker, 1957:
The New Yorker, 1957:
It seems to have been discontinued in the 1960s.
Fragrance Composition:
So what does it smell like? It is described as a chypre leathery fragrance for women with floral and fruity notes.
- Top notes: peach, heliotrope, carnation, fruity notes
- Middle notes: jasmine, rose, iris, violet, pepper
- Base notes: leather, vanilla, oakmoss, patchouli, musk, amber, civet, vetiver, sandalwood
Harper's Bazaar, 1957:
"From the Jean Patou collection: a new and very captivating fragrance called, appropriately enough, "Lasso." It's the first perfume in ten years to come from the famous house of Patou, and it's wrapped in a miniature dress-box... Miniature flacon, $5.."
The New Yorker, 1957:
"Patou's latest is labelled Lasso, which means in French what it means in English, though one assumes that the roping is to be done by indirection. This has a real tang and dries differently — and deliciously — on everyone I've tried it on."
The New Yorker, 1957:
"Named Lasso, it's a warm fruit-and-floral blend, something like the old-established Moment Supreme but livelier and not so soft—— sort of Western. In fact, it dries differently on different skins——sometimes turning quite sweet, sometimes taking on peppery overtones. ... Purse-size flacons of this newcomer are $5.50, and an ounce is $27.50; the toilet water is $6.60."
Bottles:
photo by ebay seller aphissos
Fate of the Fragrance:
It seems to have been discontinued in the 1960s.
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