Carven, Vert et Blanc, 'Green and White', 10 ml. or 0.35 oz. Flacon, Parfum Extrait, 1958, Paris, high quality France ..
Carmen de Tommasso, born in 1909, founded the company Carven in 1945. She set up shop near Champs Elysées in Paris in France. She focused on fragrances, accessories and fashion and couture for petite women. Her elegant fashion creations that were inspired by travel and artistic motives featured lace and embroidery and were very feminine. By the end of the 1960s Carven also sold men's wear and a jewellery collection. From then it took a few years only until the brand had gathered a solid fan base. Her designs were particularly popular in Japan where women have always been rather petite. Japanese women appreciated that de Tommasso designed beautiful collections that would perfectly suit their shorter and slim body shapes.
The first fragrance under the brand name of Carven, Ma Griffe, was launched in 1946. The green chypre with floral notes has been a favorite for more than 60 years. When she launched the fragrance, she created thousands of tiny bottles attached to small parachutes and had a small plane fly above Paris, releasing them down like rain over the people in the streets! The perfume experienced an immediate success and Ma Griffe, meaning ‘My Signature' was launched into the stratosphere!! Fragrantia
Launched in 1958, Vert et Blanc is a bright aldehydic perfume and is classified as a floral chypre. The fragrance contains notes of galbanum, gardenia, clary sage, jasmine, ylang-ylang, cinnamon, sandalwood, vetiver, styrax, oak moss, labdanum and benzoin.
The scent is said to have been created for the Expo 58. The world exhibition took place from 17th April to 19th October 1958 in the Belgian capital Brussels. Carmen loved her occasions!
Top notes are Aldehydes, Bergamot, Neroli, Petitgrain, and Orange Blossom
Heart notes are Galbanum, Gardenia, Clary Sage, Jasmine, Ylang Ylang, and Cinnamon
Base notes are Sandalwood, Vetiver, Styrax, Oak Moss, Labdanum, and Benzoin
Offered here is an increasingly rare flacon of the gorgeous Vert et Blanc. Never used high quality and it is original fun box that looks like a piece of mail. Collectors .. ! Very rare ..