A fragrance whose cedar of Lebanon heart notes lend it a rich resinous-woody scent; luxurious dynamite, intensely leathery, enchantingly nocturnal—spray it on and make a show of power.

It is the first men’s fragrance launched by VAN CLEEF & ARPELS PARFUMS.

AWARD Foundation Fragrance : Packaging of the Year 1979 – Men’s Prestige.

A great jewelry house, also renowned for wonderful fragrances of exceptional quality.

VAN CLEEF & ARPELS PARFUMS created its luxurious fragrances with OMNIUM DE LA PARFUMERIE DE LUXE, 62 Faubourg de Saint Honorè – Paris 8^th arrondissement, which operated at the same address from 1/1/1976 until 1991, with Christophe Melard as managing director.

The black box features an Art Deco design, with the details arranged in five lines inside a black square frame in gold, and the other details along the bottom in a single line in the same color. The back has “Concentrated cologne” at the bottom for the American market. The box was produced in 1987.

The glass bottle is very heavy and opaque, in black—intensely black, a true masterpiece of elegance; it is square with clean edges, and all the details appear at the top in six gold lines against the bottle’s black background.

The cap is large and square, enhancing the beauty of the whole, with a gold bar at the top edged in black and a gold trim at the bottom.

The beautiful black packaging and bottle were designed by the famous designer Pierre Dinand.

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

From 1976 to 1995, VAN CLEEF & ARPELS PARFUMS belonged to the pharmaceutical giant SANOFI BEAUTE. 

The fragrance was distributed by Safrep, a subsidiary of pharmaceutical giant SANOFI BEAUTE (Van Cleef & Arpels, Yves Saint Laurent, Oscar de la Renta, Nina Ricci, and Stendhal), part of the Societe Nationale Elf Acquitaine Group.

The product was imported into Greece, packaged and prepared by the French house OMNIUM DE LA PARFUMERIE DE LUXE, by H.A. PAPAELLINAS S.A. (29–31 Neofronos Street, Athens), and was sold exclusively through us as authorized distributors. 

PERFUMER : Louis Monnet

AROMATIC RAW MATERIALS: (BOTANICAL – MINERAL – ANIMAL) AND SYNTHETIC (CHEMICAL):

Bergamot (Calabria) - Orange (Citrus sinensis) - Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia - Provence, France) - Juniper berries (Juniperus communis) - Basil (Ocimum basilicum – Tuscany, Italy) - Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) – Clary sage (Salvia sclarea) - Myrtle (Myrtus communis) - Marjoram (Origanum majorana) - Cumin (Cuminum cyminum) -  Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans). 

Pink pepper (Schinus molle – Peru) - Artemisia (Artemisia herba-alba – desert wormwood) - Galbanum (Ferula galbaniflua - Iran) - Jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum – Italy) – Rose (Rosa damascena – Bulgaria) - Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus – India) - Orris root (Iris pallida) - Vetiver (Vetiveria zizanioides – Java) - Patchouli (Pogostemon cablin – leaves, Malaysia) - Cedarwood (Cedrus libani - Lebanon) - Ylang-ylang (Cananga odorata – Comoros Islands) - Clove (Syzygium aromaticum – sun-dried buds, Zanzibar) - Guaiacwood (Bulnesia sarmientoi) – Erysimum (an ancient Greek word; Erysimum, or wallflowers, generally belong to the well-known wild mustard plants with a lovely carnation-like scent).

Oakmoss (absolute - oak lichens - Evernia prunastri – oakmoss – Yugoslavia) – Treemoss (Evernia furfuracea) - Sandalwood (Mysore) - Musk (Moschus moschiferus – Tibet) - Tobacco leaves (Nicotiana tabacum - Virginia) - Leather (birch tar - Russia) - Frankincense (Boswellia carterii - Yemen) - Labdanum (Cistus ladaniferus - France) - Castoreum (Castor fiber) - Ambergris.

Aldehydes.

A powerful leathery fragrance, bitter green, smoky and spicy, woody and masculine, with a lasting, seductive aura—luxurious, a dark masterpiece, mysterious in its quality.  

An aristocratic fragrance that lets you make a show of power; long-lasting, for mature men, warm, refined, enchanting, and beastly.   

A dynamite fragrance, a true olfactory work of art, for evening and winter, shining like diamonds.

THE   PRODUCT   IS   INTACT

THE   PRODUCT   HAS   NOT   BEEN   USED

GENUINE   AND   RARE 

MADE  IN  FRANCE    EMB: 27056

PRODUCT CODE : 6151

The code is on the bottom of the box and the bottle.

SECOND EDITION: (1987–1989 is the most beautiful).

PRODUCTION      1987  → (7AK)