Trigère by Pauline Trigère: launched in 1973.
Pauline Trigere was feted in 1973 at the French consulate on Fifth Avenue in New York to introduce her $50 an ounce perfume. Hostess Madame Gerard Guassens, the wife of the French consul General set the date for the party on May 1, which is a significant date for the French people intertwined with the lily of the valley.
The Paris born designer said she tried out all sorts of names for the perfume before settling on her own name. She said, "I am not doing this in a multimillion dollar way, but I still think it will appeal to the same kind of women who wear my clothes."
Pauline Trigere said, "I think that a well-defined, elegant luxury perfume says such a lot about a woman, just as her clothes do, just as her signature reveals different facets of her character." Trigere apparently did not believe in a morning, afternoon and evening scent, but rather her perfume could be worn anytime of the day or night.
The easy way to good looks, 1976:
"Until Pauline Trigere created her own products, she wore Shalimar day and night, in the bath, in cologne A.M., and in parfum after 6pm. Now she wears only Trigere by Trigere."
Pauline Trigere said that "it's an advantage for me to be a woman because I can try out my own scents. I have been thinking about this for two years. The fragrance was developed right here [in America]. I wore it every day and even slept in it. It's important to know if a perfume lasts through the night and it's still attractive when you wake up in the morning." She kept changing the ingredients until she found what she wanted which she called "liquid chic."
It took over 300 submissions before the final choice of Trigere was made. After three years of testing, it ended up being a combination of jasmine, rose and ylang ylang, among other ingredients.
The perfume was contained in a Parisian made crystal cube withthe stopper part of the cube. The bottle was adorned with the little turtle ornament, her famous trademark. She designed the flacon herself and spent a lot of time in her salon, playfully stacking them. The bottles ranged in size from tiny samples to larger one ounce cubes. A tiny gold turtle hangs from a cord wrapped around the neck. The design was taken from an image she used in her latest clothing collection and was based on a 2,000 year old Mayan turtle. She had a large size made up of 24 kt gold that she could wear around her neck.
The perfume was compounded in America and the celadon green packaging was also made here. For the packaging, she thought about the colors she liked, but always came back to celadon, a pale Chinese green. "Wherever I go to a party, I always ask to see the bathroom, I like to see what shades [of color] my hostess has used. Finally I decided that the only thing that looked pretty in every setting was Celadon green."
Fragrance Composition:
So what does it smell like? It is classified as a floral-woody aldehyde fragrance for women. It is described as a modern floral blend like finding a field of the world's most precious and exotic flowers in the middle of a tropical rain forest - with warm woody/pungent musk tones.
It starts with a fresh aldehydic top, followed by a rosy floral heart, resting on a sensual, woody, powdery base.
- Top notes: aldehydes, leafy green grass, bergamot, coriander, chamomile, peach
- Middle notes: rose, geranium, jasmine, lily of the valley, ylang ylang, orris, hyacinth
- Base notes: vetiver, styrax, sandalwood, vanilla, tonka, musk, oakmoss, ambergris
Bottle:
The perfume was contained in a Parisian made crystal cube withthe stopper part of the cube. The bottle was adorned with the little turtle ornament, her famous trademark. She designed the flacon herself and spent a lot of time in her salon, playfully stacking them. The bottles ranged in size from tiny samples to larger one ounce cubes. A tiny gold turtle hangs from a cord wrapped around the neck. The design was taken from an image she used in her latest clothing collection and was based on a 2,000 year old Mayan turtle. She had a large size made up of 24 kt gold that she could wear around her neck.
The perfume was compounded in America and the celadon green packaging was also made here. For the packaging, she thought about the colors she liked, but always came back to celadon, a pale Chinese green. "Wherever I go to a party, I always ask to see the bathroom, I like to see what shades [of color] my hostess has used. Finally I decided that the only thing that looked pretty in every setting was Celadon green."
The fragrance was available in the following:
Smaller mini bottle with goldtone cap measures 1.25"high x 0.5"square.
Mini bottle with goldtone cap measures 2" high x 1.12" square.
0.25 oz Parfum Spray
1/3 oz Parfum Purse spray in goldtone case
0.25 oz Parfum in Step Atomizer
0.25 oz Parfum bottle measures approx. 1.06" square
0.5 oz Parfum bottle measures 1.75" square and stands 1.5" tall.
1 oz Parfum
1 oz Body Velours Splash
0.5 oz Bath & Body Perfume Concentrate
2 oz Liquid Chic Eau de Parfum Spray
3 oz Liquid Chic Cologne Spray
3 oz Natural Spray Cologne
4 oz Friction Cologne Splash bottle measures appx 2.5" square and stands 2.5" tall.
32 oz Friction Cologne Refresher in wine decanter bottle, bottle stands 11.5" tall.
Perfume Bath Soap
3 oz Perfumed Body Lotion
Solid Perfume Compact measures 1.5" long by 1.75" wide.
3 oz Bath & Body Powder in mushroom shaped apothecary jar
Acrylic cube factice advertising bottle, does not open, measures 6" x 6" x 5.25" high.
Discontinued, date unknown.
Fate of the Fragrance:
Discontinued, date unknown.
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