Nuit de Noël

1922 OrientalParfumFrance

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A powdery oriental built around the Mousse de Saxe accord, a geosmin-leather-anise synthetic family that became Caron's house signature and nobody else's.
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Ernest Daltroff composed it as a Christmas Eve gift for his muse and life partner Félicie Wanpouille, who designed the flacon and stayed with the maison for half a century.
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Black-glass flacon with a gold tassel, presented in an art-deco lacquered box. The design is unchanged since launch, credited to Wanpouille herself.
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Composed by Ernest Daltroff in 1922 around ylang, jasmine and rose over a Mousse de Saxe base, widely cited as the maison's most personal composition.

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Status · Active. Heritage formula.

A Mousse de Saxe powdery oriental.

Built around the Mousse de Saxe synthetic accord (geosmin, leather, anise) that became Caron's house signature.

Name'Christmas Eve' in French — Daltroff created it as a holiday gift for his muse and life partner Félicie Wanpouille.

Black-glass flacon with a gold tassel and art-deco lacquered black box, designed by Félicie Wanpouille.

Nuit de Noël is considered Caron's most personal composition; Daltroff and Wanpouille reportedly wore it together for decades.

The Curator's Note

A love letter the wearer never gets to read.