Toute La Foret by Rosine c1911

Toute La Foret by Rosine: launched in 1911. The name means "The Whole Forest". Created to evoke memories of happy hours in Fontainebleau, with a scent of undergrowth (herbal and forest flowers). Raoul Dufy created a stylized print of leaves and birds used for promotional items including scented cards.

The perfume was a favorite of American actress Mary Pickford.

Illustrated Comœdia - Volume 6,  1913:

"'Toute la Forêt' and 'Nuit de Chine' are Rosine's latest creations. These names, as refined and subtle as the perfumes they designate, are already known to all our elegant Parisians who wrap themselves in the heady scents of these new essences. What can be said of the bottles of such refined taste, of such an original cut, which give refuge to these perfumes? We reproduce, on the fourth page of our cover, these marvels, true works of art worthy of appearing in the collection of ancient or modern trinkets with which every boudoir is adorned."

Fragrance Composition:

So what does it smell like? It is classified as a woodsy floral fougere fragrance for women. It was described as having the scent of "old leaves, that rich, damp smell of woods in autumn, boxwood, pine trees and oakmoss". "The pungent tang of pine, the bittersweet smell of boxwood, the exquisite air of the white violets, in this one breath of the forest."

• Top notes: bergamot, sweet pea, hyacinth, lily of the valley, mint, lavender
• Middle notes: jasmine, orange blossom, narcissus, white violet, rose, carnation, spices, thyme
• Base notes: cedar, pine, oakmoss, boxwood, fern, patchouli, sandalwood, vetiver

Bottles:

The deluxe edition of the Parfum bottle reminds me of a short champagne bottle, of green crystal, fitted with an inner glass stopper topped with a bulbous gilded brass overcap. Around its neck is tied a gilded metallic baudruchage cord with a green Rosine wax seal suspended at the end. The gilded paper label features trees and the name Toute le Foret Rosine Paris in relief. The pretty presentation box was in the shape of a casket with a demilune shaped lid and is covered with tapestry fabric printed with wavy or straight stripes of jade green and yellow.

 

A less expensive version of the deluxe edition of the bottle still is the green champagne flacon but instead of the bulbous gilded brass overcap, it has a more streamlined, cylinder shape. The paper label is a simple square and the name Toute le Foret Rosine Paris in relief. The pretty presentation box was covered with paper tapestry fabric printed with slanted stripes of jade green and yellow.

You can also find the perfume housed in the standard clear crystal bottle that was used for nearly all the Rosine fragrances. It is a slim, upright rectangle fitted with a rectangular, gilded crystal stopper, its paper label located towards the bottom of the bottle. Another bottle was a tapered form, clear crystal, with a glass stopper. 

Also to be found are the delicate blown glass flasks with the bulbous bases, painted "by hand" at Atelier Martine.

 

Fate of the Fragrance:

It was still being sold in 1929 as seen in a volume of the Official Journal: Body of the Provisional Government of Mexico along with other Rosine perfumes:

Ambre de Venise, Aladin, Arlequinade, Avenue du Bois, Borgia, Chez Poiret, Chypre des Isles, Coeur en Folie, Connais Tu le Pays?, Hahna, Jasmin de la Riviera, Le Balcon, Le Bosquet d'Apollon, Le Coup d'Or, Le Fruit Defendu, La Rose de Rosine, Maharadjah, 1925, Nuit de Chine, Pierrot, Qui Es-Tu?, Sa Chambre, Sakya Mouni, Toute la Foret.."

Finally discontinued in 1930 and remaining stock was sold at drastically reduced clearance prices.