Elizabeth Arden, My Love, 30 ml. or 1 oz. Flacon, Parfum Extrait, 1949, Paris, France ..

Florence Nightingale Graham lived from December 31, 1878 to October 18, 1966, who went by the business name Elizabeth Arden, was a Canadian-born American businesswoman who founded what is now Elizabeth Arden, Inc., and built a cosmetics empire in the United States. By 1929 she owned 150 upscale salons across the United States and Europe. Her 1000 products were found in the luxury market in 22 countries. She was the sole owner, and at the peak of her career, she was one of the wealthiest women in the world.

Florence Nightingale Graham was born in Canada in 1878, but was always known as Elizabeth Arden. She herself created this commercial name by merging the titles of her two favorite books.

The place chosen by Elizabeth Arden to open her first beauty salon was Fifth Avenue in New York. This place was distinguished by the red entrance door, the decoration in pink tones and, above all, the exoticism of its products and the professionalism in the service. Some characteristic details that would never abandon the Arden brand. In 1915, the red door of the New York salon became the symbol of the business, and the chain of aesthetic centers called Red Door Salons or Salons of the Red Door was created.

A demanding and intuitive businesswoman, Arden created revolutionary aesthetic products, such as false eyelashes. One of the most important bets, however, was the perfume.

From the 20s, the first essences were born, original and presented in an attractive way. The fragrances stood out for their originality, as shown by the attractive and daring presentations that Elizabeth designed especially for Christmas and other parties.

"It was classified as a vivacious aldehydic floral fragrance for women. There are no published notes on this composition. It contains lots of roses and jasmine.

Top notes are Aldehydes, Bergamot, Lemon, and Orange
Heart Notes are Orris, Violet, Jasmine, Lily of the Valley, Geranium, Ylang Ylang, and Bulgarian Rose
Base notes are Galbanum, Vetiver, Oak Moss, Vanilla, Benzoin, Sandalwood, and Patchouli,

The fragrance starts off with nose tickling aldehydes, then some bright citrusy notes of bergamot, orange and lemon, followed by a soft floral heart of violet and jasmine, carroty orris, soapy lily of the valley and Bulgarian rose, pungent geranium and banana like ylang ylang, resting on a chypre base laden with dry and dusty green notes of galbanum, vetiver and oakmoss. A sweetened balsamic note of vanilla and benzoin keep the fragrance from being too verdant and bitter. Woodsy notes combining sandalwood and patchouli round out the base along with sensuous castoreum and musk. This is actually pretty nice, do try to get some if you enjoy old school aldehydic chypres. Only when applied to the skin, can I truly appreciate the fragrance, smooth and complex, it reveals each facet beautifully from the top to the base notes. On paper, I mostly smell the aldehydes, the citrus and green florals notes with only a hint of the animalic notes." Cleopatra's Boudoir

Offered here is an absolutely pristine bottle of My Love. It is still sealed and comes in its original presentation box. The beautiful flacon sports a tall feather on the stopper which reminds me of Carven's "Ma Griff" or "My Signature", and I suspect this may have been Arden's signature scent.

Very hard to find. Super rare, and very lovely!