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Le Galion's Saturday Night Fever
Megara, what a fragrance… just today while packing moving boxes, I found a 15ml extrait in the closet, almost empty, but the little that’s left delights my nose to the highest degree!
This is how the worldly woman smelled in the 70s, when she dressed up, with pyramid perm, in a white wrap dress à la Fürstenberg, cork wedge sandals, and an XXL Optyl sunglasses from Dior, heading out into the warm summer evenings to dance to "More than a Woman" by the Bee Gees:-)
Slightly sultry, seductive yet still understatedly elegant. This fragrance truly had great class!
My curiosity drove me straight to the bookshelf; somewhere in the old H&R fragrance atlas from 1984, there must be a bit more about this forgotten great coup from Le Galion…
Searched - found, here is the pyramid written there:
Top notes: Aldehyde complex, bergamot, hyacinth, peach, raspberry
Heart notes: Lily of the valley, rose, gardenia, jasmine, iris, honey, orchid
Base notes: Cedarwood, musk, sandalwood, oakmoss, amber
At the time, the fragrance was not a big seller, and it was rather rare to find in Germany; it can still occasionally be found online at quite moderate prices.
Anyone who likes fragrances in the style of Weil's "Chunga", Patou's "1000", Givenchy's "Le de Givenchy", or Morabito's "Or Noir" should definitely stretch out their feelers for Megara, it's worth it!
I would very much wish for Megara to also experience a relaunch in the Le Galion portfolio, but please in unchanged form, without ifs and buts.
This is how the worldly woman smelled in the 70s, when she dressed up, with pyramid perm, in a white wrap dress à la Fürstenberg, cork wedge sandals, and an XXL Optyl sunglasses from Dior, heading out into the warm summer evenings to dance to "More than a Woman" by the Bee Gees:-)
Slightly sultry, seductive yet still understatedly elegant. This fragrance truly had great class!
My curiosity drove me straight to the bookshelf; somewhere in the old H&R fragrance atlas from 1984, there must be a bit more about this forgotten great coup from Le Galion…
Searched - found, here is the pyramid written there:
Top notes: Aldehyde complex, bergamot, hyacinth, peach, raspberry
Heart notes: Lily of the valley, rose, gardenia, jasmine, iris, honey, orchid
Base notes: Cedarwood, musk, sandalwood, oakmoss, amber
At the time, the fragrance was not a big seller, and it was rather rare to find in Germany; it can still occasionally be found online at quite moderate prices.
Anyone who likes fragrances in the style of Weil's "Chunga", Patou's "1000", Givenchy's "Le de Givenchy", or Morabito's "Or Noir" should definitely stretch out their feelers for Megara, it's worth it!
I would very much wish for Megara to also experience a relaunch in the Le Galion portfolio, but please in unchanged form, without ifs and buts.
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8 Comments
Flakon11e 6 months ago
Herrliches Bild, das Du hier zeichnest! Wunderbare Tiefe, für mich jedoch zu schwer/ opulent..
UntermWert 12 months ago
Tolle Beschreibung! Darf den Duft gerade testen und hatte ein ähnliches Bild vor dem inneren Auge - zur Dauerwelle noch ein Lidstrich auf grünem Lidschatten.
Gentilhomme 12 months ago
Genau so sah meine Mutter damals aus 😂
Ttfortwo 5 years ago
Dank eines wunderbaren Parfumos habe ich eine Abfüllung hier liegen und bin nicht nur vom Duft, sondern auch von Deiner Beschreibung begeistert. Megara hatte ich tatsächlich schon mal und zwar eben damals, habe ihn aber komplett vergessen. Was für ein herrliches Déja-Riech.
Ergoproxy 10 years ago
Den hatte meine Mutter auch mal, aber wie der gerochen hat, daran kann ich mich nicht erinnern. Woher weißt Du, was eine Pyramidendauerwelle ist? ;)
Bertel 10 years ago
"Die Frau von Welt"...? Der Duft ist hier als Herrenduft gelistet, das ist wohl nicht korrekt? Und: hast Du die Noten in Research eingereicht? Danke ;-)
Rivegauche 10 years ago
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Die Tochter Paul Vachers war beim Relaunch der Marke letztes Jahr anwesend. Auf die Frage, welche Düfte für Le Galion besonders wichtig sind, antwortete sie: Megara, Eau Noble & Sortilège.
Flakon11e 6 months ago
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@Rivegauche : Meinen alten Megara (EdT) finde ich ziemlich schwülstig.. da bevorzuge ich Eau Noble. Dankeschön für die Info!!