Robert Piguet, Baghari, 30 ml. 1.05 oz. Flacon, Parfum Extrait, 1949, Paris, France ..

Robert Piguet is a French perfume house founded by couturier Robert Piguet. Born in Switzerland and destined for a career in finance, Piguet chose to depart for Paris at age 17, against his family's wishes, to pursue a career in fashion. Piguet found employment at Redfern, and then with influential early 20th century fashion designer Paul Poiret.

With experience at two important fahion houses under his belt, Piguet struck out on his own in 1933. His fashions for women were elegant in their simplicity, perfectly cut, reserved and conservative for daytime and colorful and flamboyant for nighttime. By 1938, Piguet's success enabled the opening of a new luxuruious salon on the Champs Elysses. Piguet's personal charm and aristocratic manner made him the toast of the wealthy elite as well as the arts and theatrical crowd.

Piguet met famed perfumer Germaine Cellier in the 1940s and worked with her to create perfumes that suited his elegant and modern post-war fashions. The first scent, Bandit, a leathery chypre launched in 1944.

Baghari was introduced in 1950, and was the last fragrance created before Piguet's death in 1953. The fashion house closed in 1951, but the Robert Piguet brand name continued. Baghari is a Oriental Floral fragrance for women. In 1950, Robert Piguet asked master perfumer Francis Fabron to create a scent for an unforgettable woman; the woman Piguet called simply “a dreamer”

Top notes are Aldehydes, Bergamot and Neroli
Heart notes are Bulgarian Rose, Jasmine, Iris and Violet
Base notes are Amber, Vanilla, and Vetiver

"Piguet calls Baghari a soft oriental, and 'Perfumes: The Guide' calls Baghari an orange chypre. To me, Baghari is a spicy-citrus aldehydic floral. Baghari smells as if the perfumer were dreaming of No. 5 seen through Rita Hayworth’s sunglasses. Baghari has all the throwback glamour of a Champagne coupe full of fizzy aldehydes, but its heart is loaded with musty flowers and dried orange zest, dusted with fine-milled powder."

"Baghari announces itself with a blast of citrus, dry aromatic notes, and dusty animalic overtones. Baghari’s opening is bright with citrus. Baghari leaves a flesh-like fragrance that reminds one of No. 5’s dry vermouth and sandalwood dry down. Finally, incense appears just as Baghari fades to skin. It is a great fragrance, and as its sweet, spicy base develops, it moves from simply pretty to sultry and seductive. It lasts well, too, darkening and softening all the while, until its nocturnal flowers slip away into a starless olfactory night.”

Offered here is a sealed 1 oz. flacon of this gorgeous enigmatic perfume. Just under half has evaporated over time. Comes with its beautiful presentation box. Rare nowadays ..