Caron, Nocturnes, 'Of the Night', 150 ml. or 0.5 oz. Flacon, Parfum Extrait, 1981, Paris, France ..

Established by Ernest Daltroff in 1904, Parfums Caron was originally located on Rue de la Paix in Paris. Daltroff purchased the perfumery from Anne-Marie Caron and kept the original name. At the same time, he met Félicie Wanpouille, who became his partner and an important contributor to the rise of the house. While Daltroff created fragrances, Wanpouille designed bottles and served as an artistic director.

Caron is the second-oldest Parisian perfume house still active today, and one of the last great houses devoted entirely to fragrances. Caron’s fragrances respond to, and capture the spirit of their times—from WWI to modern women, their scents reflect both personal emotions and historical moments. The company has been able to adapt to changes in society while staying true to its own tradition. Even Caron’s modern perfumes continue to be both unique and timeless.

From the beginning, Parfums Caron was the house dedicated solely to fragrance, unlike houses like Chanel or Christian Dior that were first and foremost fashion houses. While the perfume houses produced more fragrances than fashion houses, by the 1920s women started to look at perfume the same way they regarded new fashion styles. However, as the couture fragrances became more and more popular, they provided a stable point in the ever changing world fashion, therefore the pace of perfume production began to decline. Subsequently, however, Caron has burst back into the front runners of a very elite and niche market perfume business. Bois de Jasmin.

Launched in 1981, Nocturnes has all the hallmarks of a femme fatale perfume, but its restraint and subtlety mark it as a charming ingénue rather than a dangerous lady. A restrained, balanced, and yet multifaceted floral with a lot going on, Nocturnes de Caron could change the minds of all but the most stubborn haters of the floral category.

A combination of green notes, the freshest facets from florals such as lily of the valley and rose, with a touch of ripe fruit and mandarin, Nocturnes gets a little curvier and more erotic with the introduction of rounder, fatter notes of vanilla, Benzoin, and amber in the dry down, with a veil of powdery orris to blur and soften all angles and curves. The nose behind this fragrance is Gerard Lefort.

Nocturnes starts off with an intense and gorgeous contrast between sharp green and fruity notes and the undertow of a voluptuous vanilla and amber base. The richer notes actually seem to rise up to meet the green beginning, only to disappear and rejoin them later after the florals have had their say. Yesterday's Perfume.

Top notes are Orange, Green Notes, Mandarin Orange, and Bergamot
Heart notes are Cyclamen, Tuberose, Orris Root, Jasmine, Ylang Ylang, Lily of the Valley, Orris, Lily, and Rose
Base notes are Sandalwood, Amber, Benzoin, Vanilla, and Vetiver.

Offered here is a lovely little bottle of this beautiful fragrance in the parfum extrait format. A modern Caron, but a lovely one. Just beautiful!! No box. Simple and lovely ..