The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live.” Victor Hugo

How does one post about perfume after the horrific death and destruction yesterday in Paris. The Facebook Check ins. Leaving Voicemails. Not getting through. My friend sent me this photo this morning, he knew I was deeply effected.  Look, the morning light was shining through the window. 

Vintage Chanel no 5 Ad 1921 illustration by Georges Goursat Sem.

That is when I realized that the terrorists could not bomb our spirits, our appreciation for life and yes for fragrance.  I would like to share a few vintage French perfume ads and photos with our readers.

Catherine Deneuve  Eiffel Tower 1960s

D'Orsay (Perfumes) 1945 Saul Steinberg, Eiffel Tower, Place Vendôme, Notre-Dame De Paris

Christian Dior (Perfumes) 1967 René Gruau, Diorissimo

Vintage Lubin Paris ad

Lucien Lelong (Perfumes) 1941

Rochas Femme 1957

Houbigant Chantilly Paris Perfume (1963)

1970 Chamade Perfume Ad  Guerlain

Jolie Madame Balmain Perfume (1966)

 Caron Bellodgia  1953 ad

 

Yves St laurent  1963  on the balcony looking at the Eiffel Tower

Feminitie du Bois 1992

Yves Saint Laurent Paris Je T'aime 1990

 

There is beauty. There is Hope.  And there will always be Perfume.  On behalf of the staff of ÇaFleureBon our prayers are with the people of Paris.  We cannot make the day November 13. 2015  a symbol of fear. They win if we do. 

-Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief