Jean Patou was born in 1887, in Normandy, where his father was a renowned leather tanner, known for his bookbinding skills. And it was his father who taught Jean Patou all about colour and design.
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. He became famous for his knitwear .. including the first knitted swimsuit .. and for ‘sportif chic’ .. clothes designed to move, to flutter, to flirt gorgeously .. and to show off brazenly bare legs, in short hemlines.
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.
Câline, composed by then in-house perfumer Henri Giboulet, was released by Jean Patou in 1964 as the first perfume dedicated to young blossoming girls. The greenly fresh aldehydic sophistication and malleable primness of Patou’s Câline remind one of Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina, after her European trip in which she becomes a proper “lady”.
Câline is an intense floral aldehyde, chypre fragrance with notes of green citrus, spices,
Top notes are Citrus Bergamia, Mandarine, Mimosa, Orange Blossom, Basil, and Mint
Middle notes are Carnation, Cyclamen, Jasmine, Mai Rose, Orris, Cilantro, Ginger, Patchouli, and Ylang Ylang
Base notes are Amber, Labdanum, Cedar, Oak Moss, and Sandalwood.
Like all the Jean Patou perfumes, Câline is a divine fragrance for all women. It has a haunting beauty and softness, is essentially feminine, and very wearable today.
Offered here is sweet little half ounce of this beautiful perfume. No box. I offer this exquisite perfume in full bottles of various sizes, up to two ounce. It is so romantic, fresh and beautiful .. so feminine!!
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