![]() Tip: the scent she left behind would betray her true motive… Femme portrayed a strong sense of femininity with deep woody and spicy plum tones. ![]() ![]() Here we took a detour into film noir and the image of the femme fatal defining the decade (think Rita Hayworth as Gilda). What did it smell like? Peppery and sultry ![]() You could buy a perfume named after champagne bathing, and a mock cocktail bar to mix your own perfume! Huile de Chaldee was originally a scent used in a tanning oil, and was made into a floral yet spicy perfume. The 20s were seen as a decade of illicit behaviour and vices, as women openly smoked, drank and sunbathed (a trend set by Coco Chanel). What did it smell like? Powder and sun cream The 1900s were a time of technological change, and this was one of the first perfumes to use synthetic violet rather than real plant extract. ![]() What did it smell like? Violets, baby lotion, soap Her recent book Perfume: A century of scents explores 100 perfumes that defined the twentieth century, so we sniffed our way through a taster of some of the most significant scents of the decades… Odette (AKA Lizzie Ostrom) takes a more unusual approach to talking about perfume, by connecting it to social and cultural events and themes. This month the Belles took an aromatic journey through the decades with Odette Toilette, as she talked us through the fascinating world of fragrance. ![]()
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