Calandre

Editorial notes

1. 01

   A metallic aldehydic floral that pioneered the cold, machine-edged style Rabanne also explored in his metal-disc couture of the same period.

2. 02

   The aldehyde-rose-hyacinth structure would later influence Chanel No. 19 two years on, and Calvin Klein Truth two decades after that.

3. 03

   Named after the French word for an automobile's radiator grille, framing the fragrance as the olfactive equivalent of mid-century chrome.

4. 04

   Composed by Michel Hy in 1969 in a brushed-aluminium flacon by Pierre Dinand, the industrial machine aesthetic deliberately at odds with the era's gilded perfumery.