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Arpège

1927FloralEDPFrance

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Editorial notes

  1. 01

    An aldehydic floral Jeanne Lanvin commissioned as a gift for her musician daughter Marie-Blanche de Polignac on her thirtieth birthday.

  2. 02

    Marie-Blanche named it after the musical arpeggio she heard in the chord of flowers. The bottle's gold mother-and-daughter logo, from a Paul Iribe sketch, became Lanvin's permanent emblem.

  3. 03

    Reconstructed by André Fraysse's nephew Hubert in 1993 after the loss of original materials. The 1993 version is the one sold today.

  4. 04

    Composed by André Fraysse in 1927 around ylang, jasmine, rose and iris over sandalwood and vanilla, in a black-glass spherical flacon by art-deco master Armand Rateau.

Dossier

Edition · 000

Status · Active. Reformulated 1993.

An aldehydic floral with iris and ylang.◐ Reformulated since launch

Composed by
André Fraysse
Bottle by
Armand Rateau and Paul Iribe
Founder
Jeanne Lanvin
Country
France

The pyramid

Top
aldehydesbergamotnerolipeachhoneysuckle
Heart
jasmineylang-ylangroseirislily-of-the-valleycoriander
Base
sandalwoodambervetivermuskvanillabenzoin

The brief

Commissioned by Jeanne Lanvin as a gift for her daughter's 30th birthday; composed in close collaboration between Fraysse and the daughter.

Name'Arpège' (arpeggio) — chosen by Jeanne Lanvin's musician daughter Marie-Blanche de Polignac, who said the chord of flowers reminded her of a musical arpeggio.

The flacon

Black-glass spherical flacon stamped with the Lanvin mother-daughter logo in gold, designed by art deco master Armand Rateau with the figurative drawing by Paul Iribe.

Reformulated · 1993

Reformulated by Hubert Fraysse (André's nephew) in 1993 with the goal of reproducing the original character using modern materials; the 1993 version is what's sold today.

Cause · loss of original perfumery materials over six decades

The Curator's Note

A mother bottling her daughter at thirty: the most Lanvin idea Lanvin ever had.

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