Cristóbal Balenciaga was born in the Basque region of Spain, and had the choice of becoming a fisherman like his father, or a priest like his uncle. But Cristóbal wasn’t having any of that because he desired to work with clothing, in the footsteps of his dressmaker mother. Completely self-taught, he opened his salon, Balenciaga y Compañía, in 1918, and almost from the word go royalty and aristocrats were beating a path to his door.
Like so many, Balenciaga fled the Spanish Civil War, and moved his HQ to the world’s fashion capital of Paris, in 1937. A year later, he opened his beautiful neoclassical flagship store at 10 Avenue George V, which you can still visit today.
Quadrille is a classic scent of 1950's and is classified as a spicy chypre. Sparkling fresh fruity notes open the composition with plum, peach and lemon. Jasmine in the heart note blend together with warm spices of clove and cardamom. The base is very sensual, composed of amber and musk. The perfume was created in 1955.
"Quadrille opens with a nose tingling blast of deep, boozy plum wine with significant musk and mossy green oakmoss support. Moving to the early heart the boozy plum recedes to a supporting role, leaving the animalic musk and mossy green oakmoss as co-stars with hints of dulled peach fruit and cardamom spice. As the composition moves further through its mid-section, the musk fades as the oakmoss switches gear, now featuring its powdery facet while maintaining some of its prior mossy green nature. During the late dry-down the composition stays linear with the gentle powdery oakmoss remaining almost through the finish, as hints of earlier obscured jasmine show up towards the end of the composition's development.”
Top notes are Lemon, Peach, and Plum
Heart notes are Cardamom, Jasmine, and Cloves
Base notes are Oak Moss, and Amber
Offered here is a stunning three ounce flacon, still sealed and in its original presentation box. The box has a slight damage to its top. A wonderful size for Quadrille lovers!!
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