Houbigant, La Rose France, 'The French Rose', 200 ml. or 6.76 oz., Lotion Tonique, or 'Tonic Elixir' , 1911, 1927, Paris, France ..

Operating since 1775, the House of Houbigant is the only fragrance house that has existed through four centuries of history. Through these centuries, the perfumers of the House of Houbigant have made groundbreaking discoveries in the formulation of perfumes that have revolutionized forever the way perfumes are constructed.

It is not an exaggeration to say that, without the House of Houbigant, modern perfumery as we know it today would not exist. It all began with just a basket of flowers. One day in Paris in 1775, a young man, Jean-Francois Houbigant, hung a hand painted sign of a basket of flowers over his little shop in rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. From the start his fragrances found favour with royalty and the nobility.

Houbigant taught the titled women at the Court of Versailles how to perfume their fans so that just a fragrant flutter would send out a romantic message. When in 1793 Marie-Antoinette was executed by guillotine, she carried 3 vials of Houbigant perfume in her corsage to give her strength. Over the centuries, the House of Houbigant became perfumer to the royal courts of Europe. Josephine, the future Empress of France, belonged to a group of stylish young men and women called “The Muscadins” because of their craze for musk which was Josephine’s favourite essence. Houbigant fragrances travelled in Napoleon’s campaign chest during the years when he was conquering Europe.

La Rose France by Houbigant was launched in 1911. It was inspired by the romance of the rose, Madame Pompadour, and the old French salons. La Rose France is a soliflore scent, meaning it is literally only made with pure rose oil and the possibility of some citrus or herperidic scents. Cleopatra's Boudoir

Offered here is an opportunity to buy a large bottle of this lovely skin perfume, as a 'lotion', 'tonic', or 'elixir'. This is similar in strength to Eau de Toilette, being about 75%. The perfume has an intense and beautiful scent of roses which dries down to a wondrous soft powdery rose scent that lasts and lasts on the skin. I cannot guarantee that the scent it is exactly as it was in 1911, but it is very very lovely! Extremely rare and difficult to find. I can testify that this is exquisite!! I did have to put the contents of two bottles together to make this one full ..

I do sell a decant sample of the parfum extrait if you wanted to try this extraordinarily beautiful perfume. You can find it here ..

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