A captivating, aristocratic masterpiece from the 1970s, with incredibly natural, plant-based ingredients; warm, floral, spicy and oriental, it excites your imagination and lasts 24 hours or more.

Chic box in sweet shades of brown; Symbiose in a darker shade, set within a gold frame with gold lettering, all glossy.

Round-oval bottle, heavy, glass, transparent, with slight indentations on either side for a secure grip.

Gold-colored clasp

The heavy transparent bottle was made by French artisans at Pochet du Courval, bearing the HP trademark, a global leader in glass packaging for luxury perfumes.

Stendhal Luxury Perfumes & Cosmetics (1946) was a French cosmetics company that flourished in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Founded by chemist Roger Thirion, it created and launched the masterpiece fragrance Symbiose in 1979.

The Concorde was a Franco-British supersonic passenger aircraft that gave passengers Symbiose perfumes as gifts on the Paris–New York route.

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Stendhal Luxury Perfumes & Cosmetics belonged to pharmaceutical giant SANOFI BEAUTE, and distribution was handled by Safrep, a subsidiary of the Societe Nationale Elf Acquitaine Group.

The product was distributed in Greece by LAPAPHARM S.A. PHARMACEUTICAL AND COSMETICS INDUSTRY, 73 Menandrou Street, Athens, and we had exclusive sales rights as authorized distributors. 

FRAGRANCE INGREDIENTS: (PLANT-BASED – MINERAL – ANIMAL) AND SYNTHETIC (CHEMICAL):

Bergamot (Calabria) - Neroli (Citrus aurantium – orange blossom – Calabria) - Ylang-ylang (Cananga odorata – Madagascar) - Spices - Clove (Dianthus caryophyllus – India).

Rose (Rosa damascena – Bulgaria) - Jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum – Grasse) - Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) - Orris root (Iris pallida) - Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides) – Orchid.

Oakmoss (oak lichens – Evernia prunastri – Yugoslavia) – Sandalwood (Mysore) - Musk (Moschus moschiferus – Tibet) - Vetiver (Vetiveria zizanioides – India) - Patchouli (Pogostemon cablin – Malaysia) - Leather (birch tar – Russia) - Ambergris.

Aldehydes.

A dreamlike, botanical floral fragrance, spicy, oriental and warm—one of the finest women’s fragrances of all time.

A truly beautiful fragrance, captivating on the skin, with incredible longevity.

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THE PRODUCT IS INTACT

THE PRODUCT HAS NOT BEEN USED

AUTHENTIC AND RARE

Some products are missing the decorative piece on the clasp because the Bakelite deteriorated after 42 years.

MADE IN FRANCE    EMB: 64410

PRODUCT CODE: 1770100

The production code is on the bottom of the box.

ÁÁÁ      EDITION

PRODUCTION    1981 → (1 481)

PRODUCTION    1982 → (Δ 1982)