Jean Desprez, Revolution à Versailles, 'Revolution in Versailles', 15 ml. or 0.5 oz. Flacon, Eau de Parfum Concentrée, 1989, Paris, France .

The original parfumerie was established by Jean Desprez, who lived from 1898 until 1973. Jean Desprez was the great-grandson of Felix Millot, founder of Parfums Millot. After the death of F. Millot in 1873, his wife took over the company and appointed her two sons, Felix Dubois and Henri Desprez as co-directors of the company.

Henri's son, Jean, who was to follow in his father's footsteps to join the company, apprenticed with Givaudan's chief perfumer Marius Reboul, one of the world's most talented perfumers. In 1922, at 24, he became the chief perfumer of Parfums Millot. Jean Desprez left the firm of Parfums Millot to start his own perfume company and opened a little boutique at 17 rue de la Paix, Paris with only two employees, a secretary and a worker to carry bottles. Jean was already a top class perfumer by profession and then employed Paul Mergier to design the packaging for his products, and Leon Leyritz to design the bottles.

However, the second world war put perfume manufacturing to a grinding halt and the following years proved to be very thankless years for Jean Desprez, but he was obstinate and determined, and he kept on working. The ending of the war heralded a new beginning for French perfume companies and Jean Desprez envisioned a brighter future. Thus in 1947, Jean Desprez created his only unisex fragrance, named 40 Amour .. 40 Love .. a sporty fragrance capturing the spirit of tennis.

After the death of Jean Desprez at the age of 72, his son Denis Desprez, who worked for the company for 25 years, took over as managing director of the company and preserved the glorious French tradition of the company. Eschewing quantity and respecting the high quality of his perfumes, he respectfully carried on his father's personal mantra, which was that "Perfume is a work of art!” Denis' sister, Marie-Celine Grenier worked in the laboratory creating perfumes.

Revolution à Versailles by Jean Desprez is a Floral Fruity fragrance for women which was launched in 1989.

Top notes are Mirabelle Plum, and Artemisia
Heart notes are Frangipani, Tuberose, Jasmine, Cinnamon, Rose, and Gardenia
Base notes are Vanilla, Sandalwood, Amber, and Cedar.

"There's the tiniest bit of dustiness. Yes, there are flowers - a bouquet that has just reached its peak, at a side altar. Again, the sort of atmosphere that causes one to bate one's breath in anticipation of some great unknown, a sense of dusty air and stoniness from the old floors that have been steadily trod upon for two hundred and ten years. And then, floating over the flowers, the stones, the wax candles, unlit in their stands, a hefty dose of incense."

Offered here is a pristine bottle of Revolution à Versailles by Jean Desprez in its original presentation box. Never used. Housed in the same pretty bottle as the famous Bal à Versailles by Jean Desprez. Collectible ..