Vintage L'Air du Temps Perfume by Nina Ricci 1 oz Crystal Double Dove Stopper Lalique with Box SEALED Bottle.
The stopper is frosted glass with the charming double dove design. I have had this perfume for several years, it remained sealed with its original wrapping paper until today, when I finally decided to remove it to check the perfume. The bottle is still sealed with its original baudruchage and has never been removed from the wire brace that holds it in place, the gilded baudruchage is still intact on the wire brace. The interior of the box is very clean except for one tiny spot on the drop down front. I will include the original yellow Nina Ricci wrapping paper with your purchase. The box has the Jacqueline Cochran name.
As the crystal bottle is sealed and never opened, it is my policy to not open sealed bottles to check if the perfume is still good. Please remember that this is old and will not smell as fresh as it once did when it was new. The color of the perfume has not turned very dark and the juice looks to be in good condition with no separation of contents.
L'Air du Temps was launched in 1948, when the world needed a breath of fresh air after the ravaged years of the war. Women who had worked in munitions and related wartime factories wanted to regain their femininity and were seeking to bring back romance into their lives. The chemists working for Nina Ricci were called to task and their answer was to come in the form of this precious floral perfume. L'Air du Temps, literally means "The Air of the Times" in French.
It is classified as a floral fragrance for women. Intensely feminine fragrance; a delicate floral blend with spicy overtones. It starts with a fresh flowery top, followed by a spicy floral heart, resting on a mild, powdery, feminine base.
Top notes: aldehydes, rose absolute, spice notes, Calabrian bergamot, neroli, Brazilian rosewood, peach and French carnation
Middle notes: lily of the valley, orchid, Szechuan pepper, rose de Mai absolute, violet, ylang ylang, gardenia, Grasse jasmine absolute, orris, lily, carnation absolute, Zanzibar clove and rosemary
Base notes: Tonkin musk, cedar, Mysore sandalwood, amber, Java vetiver, Tyrolean oakmoss, iris, Siamese benzoin and spices
L'Air du Temps made use of aromachemical irisantheme by Givaudan. Irisantheme is alpha-isomethyl ionone, and provides a violet sweet orris powdery floral woody accord. A carnation-salicylate accord was used to provide a spicy lift to the fragrance. A "green" hyacinth-jasmine complex blends well with the carnation.
The opulent scent of L'Air du Temps is heightened by the usage of a large proportion of benzyl salicylate (15%), and eugenol. These two materials together with ylang ylang and isoeugenol provide the essential carnation character that dominates the perfume throughout its evaporation. The heart of the perfume is a bouquet of floral notes reduced to their simplest components. Terpineol for lilac, styrallyl acetate for gardenia, phenylethyl alcohol for rose, hydroxycitronellal (10%) for lily of the valley, and benzyl acetate and amyl cinnamic aldehydes for jasmine. The top note (14%) is a classic mixture of bergamot and rosewood, together with their naturally occurring ingredients linalool and lilalyl acetate.
The base note also contains the important accord between Irisantheme (10%), vetiveryl acetate, Mysore sandalwood, musk ketone and originally, musk ambrette. These materials together with the carnation make up the immediately recognizable central character of the perfume.
Although the essential character of the perfume is built around ingredients already mentioned, most of its richness and quality comes from the use of jasmine and rose absolutes. By the addition of these two high quality raw materials, many hundreds of individual ingredients are added that envelop and enhance the main structure of the perfume. In L'Air du Temps we have a perfect example of classical simplicity combined with the complexity that comes from the use of fine natural materials. Inclusions of aldehyde C11 undecylcenic brings additional impact, blending perfectly with the styrallyl acetate and acting as a bridge between the top notes and the rest of the perfume. Also added were trace amounts of vanillin, heliotropin and orris. .
L'air du Temps by Nina Ricci is a light floral muguet that is extended and enhanced by bergamot, lemon and orange oils. This light 'springtime' fragrance accord is still very popular today. It must be regarded as one of the most important perfumes ever made. Not only has it enjoyed a great and enduring commercial success for over 70 years, its influence can be seen behind the creation of a number of fragrances that followed in its wake, such as the 1960s masterpiece Fidji.
The fragrances and bath and body products I sell are are old and vintage, they are most likely not fresh as they once were and their scent most likely has changed over time, because of this, that I cannot guarantee that the fragrance still smells good to you. Please see my policies on vintage fragrances as I cannot offer refunds or accept returns on this item. Ask any questions before purchasing.
