I've been meaning to show you these miniature perfume bottles that a loved one brought back from Paris about ten years ago...all created by Salvador Dali! Amazingly enough, after all these years the fragrances still smell as yummy as they sound in the following descriptions...although the topnotes of my Dalimix Gold have turned a bit sour, I'm sorry to say.
Dalimix Gold: a golden, citrus, unisex fragrance...fruity notes of bergamot, pear, peach and watermelon are followed by a floral heart of rose, cyclamen, iris and reseda, with basenotes of cedar, sandalwood, moss, amber and raspberry...
Dalissime: devoted to Dali's wife, Gala, created on the centennial of her birth. Peach, apricot, and red fruits, with a heart composed of rose, jasmine and lily of the valley. The bottle was inspired by Dali's painting 'Christmas'...
Laguna: a warm fragrance reminiscent of the sea shore...top notes are fresh and fruity: mandarin, grapefruit, peach, and apricot; a heart of jasmine, rosewood, iris and lily of the valley, with basenotes of tonka, cedar wood, patchouli and vanilla...bottle shaped in the familiar Nose-and-Mouth design...
Le Roy Soleil: a spicy oriental with top notes of pineapple, mandarin orange, apple, bergamot, brazilian rosewood and lemon; a heart of cyclamen, apricot, carnation, cinnamon, orchid, jasmine, lily-of-the-valley and rose, and base notes of sandalwood, tonka bean, amber, patchouli, musk, vanilla and vetiver...the original, full-size bottle was of Baccarat crystal and designed for Elsa Schiaparelli!
Daliflor: citrusy notes of tart mandarin, grapefruit, verbena and violet; a heart of Turkish rose and carnation, lily of the valley and Egyptian jasmine; at the base, rose unites with warm sandalwood, musk and Bourbon vanilla...inspired by Woman With a Head of Roses...
Some of these wonderful fragrances are still available online...at The Dali Museum, for instance...unless you happen to be wandering around Montmartre, of course!
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