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Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Mon Image by Lucien Lelong c1933

Mon Image by Lucien Lelong: launched in 1933. The name Mon Image, is pronounced MOHN-EEMAJH, and means "my image" in French.





Fragrance Composition:



So what does it smell like? It is classified as a spicy floral fragrance for women, it was described as "piquant" and had a noticeable tang of crisp carnation.
  • Top notes: cinnamon, cloves, lilac, almond
  • Middle notes: carnation, orange blossom, jasmine, heliotrope, rose, violet
  • Base notes: spices, vanilla, labdanum, vetiver, amber, musk, sandalwood, oakmoss, benzoin


The New Yorker, 1935:
"It is blessed to give or to receive — Opening Night that makes you feel like the star of the performance . . . Mon Image, so piquant and arresting . . . Gardenia, a perfume "in the grand manner"..."

Drug and Cosmetic Industry - Volume 44, 1939:
"LUCIEN LELONG Lucien Lelong has introduced sachet in five of his fragrances, Impromptu, Indiscreet, Mon Image, Opening Night and Whisper. The sachet is highly concentrated and comes in a handsome crystal bottle with gold cap."



Bottles:


 Life, 1934:
"The exciting floral odor of "Mon Image," Lelong's newest perfume in a mirror bottle."

Woman's Home Companion, Volume 65, 1938:
 "Mon Image" in the famed mirror box ... "a reflection of yourself in fragrance." $2.50 to $100."

Fate of the Fragrance:


Discontinued, date unknown. Still being sold in 1958.


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