Top Notes 
Lilac
Rose
Heart Notes 
Benzoin
Opoponax
Frankincense
Base Notes 
Vanilla
Amber
Musk
Sandalwood
Cedar
02/03/2023
BrianBuchanan
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4
Retro Bath Bomb
Royal Bain de Champagne is said to be a commission for a millionaire who liked to bathe in champagne.
Which recalls the story of l'Interdit, the personal perfume of Audrey Hepburn.
It remained hers for some time but was eventually put on the market when her friend Hubert de Givenchy got hard up for cash.
Any self respecting tycoon with a sur mesure perfume would surely demand exclusivity, and this might explain why Fragrantica put the release date at 1923. That would allow the bathing millionaire eighteen years, before Caron took back control and released it to those ordinary folk who like to swig their Rchampagne and not pour it down the plug hole.
1923 is an interesting year. That was a decade before Sécret de Venus, the first bath oil that I know of, and it was long before Youth-Dew, originally sold as a bath oil in 1953. Of course, we don't know what that particular Bain de Champagne was like - if it was oil or alcohol based - but the fact it was meant to be diluted in the bath made it something of a pioneer. (The Romans and their olive oil ablutions notwithstanding...)
But, getting back to old Bain de Champagne, there's a retro feel to this - a hint of rubber - a bit like you find in l'Emeraude (1921) and Knize Ten (1924). It's subtle but persistent, and sits under dry lilac - with its terpenic facet - which is a bit like the old fashioned scouring powders (Vim, Ajax etc) which were used for scrubbing the grime out of enamel baths, amongst other things.
In so much as this 1) smells a bit like champagne, and 2) conjures up the kind of spotless bathroom and claw foot tub you might find in a museum of luxury hygiene, this is a finely executed brief; in other words, it does exactly what it says on the tin.
The dry, salubrious smell of white bathroom, with its old fashioned floral of rose, violet and lilac, brings to mind bath salts; which is one theme Daltroff appears to have mined.
The other one is the more obvious one; a fruity and pale toned, pear-apple-grape 'champagne' accord, which takes centre ground.
The other element is a Dry sweet Amber, perked up with incense and opoponax, which add to the textured frisson that runs from top to bottom.
To sum up, Royal Bain de Champagne is rosy-violet, terpenes, tree fruits and a powdery texture more fizzy than bubbly.
Even if the structure is basic - a floral top and a base of Amber (like Pour un Homme de Caron) - the layered accords and growing textures are anything but simple.
Which recalls the story of l'Interdit, the personal perfume of Audrey Hepburn.
It remained hers for some time but was eventually put on the market when her friend Hubert de Givenchy got hard up for cash.
Any self respecting tycoon with a sur mesure perfume would surely demand exclusivity, and this might explain why Fragrantica put the release date at 1923. That would allow the bathing millionaire eighteen years, before Caron took back control and released it to those ordinary folk who like to swig their Rchampagne and not pour it down the plug hole.
1923 is an interesting year. That was a decade before Sécret de Venus, the first bath oil that I know of, and it was long before Youth-Dew, originally sold as a bath oil in 1953. Of course, we don't know what that particular Bain de Champagne was like - if it was oil or alcohol based - but the fact it was meant to be diluted in the bath made it something of a pioneer. (The Romans and their olive oil ablutions notwithstanding...)
But, getting back to old Bain de Champagne, there's a retro feel to this - a hint of rubber - a bit like you find in l'Emeraude (1921) and Knize Ten (1924). It's subtle but persistent, and sits under dry lilac - with its terpenic facet - which is a bit like the old fashioned scouring powders (Vim, Ajax etc) which were used for scrubbing the grime out of enamel baths, amongst other things.
In so much as this 1) smells a bit like champagne, and 2) conjures up the kind of spotless bathroom and claw foot tub you might find in a museum of luxury hygiene, this is a finely executed brief; in other words, it does exactly what it says on the tin.
The dry, salubrious smell of white bathroom, with its old fashioned floral of rose, violet and lilac, brings to mind bath salts; which is one theme Daltroff appears to have mined.
The other one is the more obvious one; a fruity and pale toned, pear-apple-grape 'champagne' accord, which takes centre ground.
The other element is a Dry sweet Amber, perked up with incense and opoponax, which add to the textured frisson that runs from top to bottom.
To sum up, Royal Bain de Champagne is rosy-violet, terpenes, tree fruits and a powdery texture more fizzy than bubbly.
Even if the structure is basic - a floral top and a base of Amber (like Pour un Homme de Caron) - the layered accords and growing textures are anything but simple.
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