Tempest by Lucien Lelong: launched in 1947.
This is the fragrance 'Orage', renamed for the English market.
Tempest was a line complete from lipsticks to perfume.
So what does it smell like? It was a sparkling aldehydic floral oriental fragrance for women with a chypre base. Described as "light and lilting, fresh, young".
Tempest's Parfum was presented in an unusual bottle which represented the twisting motion of a twirling skirt during dancing. The bottle was a squat, fluted conical shape with radiating facets resting on a pedestal base The stopper repeated the design of radiated facets.
The bottle was available in the four sizes:
Tempest was also available in the following:
Discontinued, date unknown.
This is the fragrance 'Orage', renamed for the English market.
Tempest was a line complete from lipsticks to perfume.
Fragrance Composition:
So what does it smell like? It was a sparkling aldehydic floral oriental fragrance for women with a chypre base. Described as "light and lilting, fresh, young".
- Top notes: aldehydes, mandarin, bergamot, neroli,
- Middle notes: violet, sage, freesia, iris, Grasse jasmine, hydrangea, Bugarian rose, lily of the valley, ylang ylang
- Base notes: iis, musk, cedar, vetiver, patchouli, sandalwood, oakmoss, amber, vanilla
Good Housekeeping - Volume 125, 1947:
"Presenting a new Lucien Lelong Perfume . . . electric as a Paris Salon opening ... a combination of confidence and pure French excitement. You'll wear Tempest as you'd wear a Paris original . . . assured of its fashion importance, and inspirited by the stir.."
Bottles:
Tempest's Parfum was presented in an unusual bottle which represented the twisting motion of a twirling skirt during dancing. The bottle was a squat, fluted conical shape with radiating facets resting on a pedestal base The stopper repeated the design of radiated facets.
The bottle was available in the four sizes:
- stands 3.75" tall.
- 1 oz bottle stands 3.25" tall.
- 0.5 oz bottle stands 2.5" tall.
- 0.25 oz bottle stands 1.75" tall.
The factice (dummy) bottle stands 4"tall and is filled with colored water to simulate perfume.
- Cologne in three sizes
- Toilet Water
- Solid Cologne
- Sachet
- Soap
- Dusting Powder
- Talcum Powder
- Rouge
- Cream Rouge
- Quick Change Makeup Base
- Face Powder
- Lipstick
Fate of the Fragrance:
Discontinued, date unknown.
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