Alambic by Perfumes Jacques Heim c1930

Alambic by Perfumes Jacques Heim c1930

Fragrance Composition:

So what does it smell like? It is classified as a warm floral chypre fragrance for women. There are no published notes in any of my references, so I used a sample from a bottle I had to tell you what I think it smells like. The perfume was recommended to be worn by brunettes.

• Top notes: bergamot, aldehydes, lemon
• Middle notes: rose, jasmine,ylang ylang, violet
• Base notes: oakmoss, sandalwood, ambergris, musk, galbanum, vanilla, labdanum

Femme, 1946:

"More than modern, avant-garde and post-war, “Alambic,” by Jacques Heim; in its original presentation, this perfume is a sort of revelation. It is very floral, a little amber, neither hot nor fresh, but remarkably tenacious; really new."

France-Illustration: Le Monde Illustré - Issues 79-91, 1947: 

 “Alambic”, a new perfume by Jacques Heim. Charm and joy of spring, voluptuousness of the essences."

Bottles:

The luxury edition of the perfume was contained inside of a fragile, blown glass bottle with a long neck and bulbous base. It is fitted with a stopper molded in the shape of a flame. The bottle was housed in a luxurious double door presentation box lined with ivory satin. The bottle rests inside the base of the box while a gilded brass armature fixed to the base and back of the box securely holds the bottle upright.

A less expensive version used for Alambic was a bottle of colorless pressed glass with rectangular section, square body, its heart-shaped gold paper label affixed on one side, topped with its square stopper in midnight blue glass with intaglio decoration of a fox's head (logo of the fashion house), presented in its titled white and gold cardboard box. Logo designed by Sonia Delaunay, model produced by Verrerie Brosse. Below is a photo of my bottle from my etsy listing which I used to sample the perfume.

Fate of the fragrance:

Discontinued, date unknown.