Jean Patou, Monsiuer Net, 100 mls. or 3.3 oz. Flacon, Eau de Cologne, 1956, 1970, Paris, France ..

When couturier Jean Patou arrived on the Paris scene, in the 1920s, the world was changing .. especially for women. No longer corseted, bound by convention or whalebone ‘stays’, there was a spirit of freedom in the air .. and Jean Patou captured it.

He was born in 1887, in Normandy, where Jean Patou‘s father was a renowned leather tanner, known for his bookbinding skills. And it was his father who taught Jean Patou all about color.

After going to work for an uncle in the fur trade, Jean Patou launched his own venture as a dressmaker and furrier, moving into tailoring. And in 1914, just before the war broke out, he established his own couture house. Sadly, his first collection had to be mothballed: Jean Patou left Paris to serve as a captain in the French Zouave regiment, fighting as far afield as Anatolia. But in 1919, Patou returned to Paris, and did indeed launch a collection, including long-waisted shepherdess dresses. He became famous for ‘sportif chic’ .. clothes designed to move, to flutter, to flirt gorgeously .. and to show off brazenly bare legs, in short hemlines.

In 1922 .. a slight career sidetrack, perhaps .. Jean Patou opened a nightclub, with fellow designer Edward Molyneux. It was named Le Jardin de Ma Soeur (My Sister's Garden). The highly social writer Anita Loos called it ‘the most elegant place in which to greet the Paris dawn'.

From 1925, Jean Patou was also creating the most desirable of perfumes. His debut perfumes were designed to complement women with a particular hair colour: Que Sais-Je? was for brunettes, Amour Amour was for blondes, and Adieu Sagesse was for redheads. In 1927, Jean Patou also delighted women with the introduction of Huile de Chaldée, the world’s first suntan oil.

'Monsieur Net was created in 1956. The nose behind the fragrance is Henri Giboulet'. Fragrantia. Monsieur Net was released in 1956 and was the first perfume by Jean Patou exclusively destined for men and one of the earlier male perfume lines from the big perfume and fashion houses (for example Chanel's Pour Monsieur dated from 1955) and coincided with the rise of electric shaving, which was quite a new phenomena at the time. It is a wonderful citrus perfume.

Top notes are Lemon and Bergamot
Heart notes are Lemon Verbena and Petitgrain
Base notes are Cedar Wood, and Mint

Monsieur Net has a scent profile of citrus, aromatic, green, fresh spicy, woody, and powdery notes.

Offered here is a pristine bottle of this gorgeous Eau de Cologne which comes in its own original presentation box. Never used and still sealed with a plastic plug.