Vigny, Heure Intime, 'Intimate Hour', 15 ml. or 0.5 oz. Flacon, Parfum Extrait, 1933, 1950, Paris, France ..

Vigny was born in 1918, a very creative perfumer whose name honored the poet Frenchman Albert de Vigny. Heure Intime, the 'Intimate Hour', was launched in 1933. The fragrance is a floral aldehyde, both classic and feminine. The bottle was made of French glass, designed by Brosse. The nose behind this fragrance was Jacque Vogel. Vigny was quite strongly associated with both Dana and Molyneux. His perfumes were designed by both Jacques Vogel and his brother Lucien, and the business was situated at 416, rue Saint Honore, in Paris.

Like Golliwogg, Heure Intime was another of Vigny's perfumes with an original packaging design made to honor exotic Afro-American performers. While the bottle itself was used for a number of Vigny fragrances, including Golliwogg, the outer box in the early issues of the perfume featured an abstract design suggesting Afro-American jazz dancers. This was, after all, the era of Josephine Baker who, after performances in Boston and New York, had taken Paris by storm with her famous banana dance.

Vigny was quite active in the perfume market, the apogée of which occurred in the 1920’s and the Vigny fragrances were presented at the Paris International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts displaying bottles decorated with butterflies and birds. The original bottles, now sought after by collectors, were made by Baccarat and Lalique, presented in beautiful artistic ways devised by Charles Martin.

Heure Intime or 'Intimate Hour' is a beautiful and entirely feminine creation. These precious bottles of liquid amber contain the most wonderful aroma of flowers. It has always been a coveted perfume, a bouquet of sweet flowers, elegant, sophisticated, and chic!

Top notes are Neroli, Orange Blossom, Bergamot, and Lily of the Valley
Heart notes are Rose, Jasmine, Ylang Ylang, Carnation, and Lilac
Base notes are Sandalwood, Vanilla, Ambergris, and Vetiver

Offered here is a lovely old half ounce bottle of this gorgeous scent, with some evaporation over the years. To me this is one of the most delicious expressions of French perfumery, hauntingly beautiful, sweet and romantic. This is a charming presentation, still sealed with baudruche intact. It comes with its original inner and outer boxes. So lovely ! The bottle reminds me of a little hand grenade!