Magnificence de Molyneux c1947

Magnificence de Molyneux: launched in 1947.

Fragrance Composition:

So what does it smell like? If she's got a fur, then this is the perfume for her. It is heavy and spicy.

• Top notes: orange, aldehydes, bergamot, clove, French orange blossom, lemon, cyclamen
• Middle notes: Chinese gardenia, tuberose, jasmine, Comoros ylang ylang
• Base notes: patchouli, sandalwood, ambergris, frankincense, myrrh, musk

The New Yorker, 1949:

"MOLYNEUX Magnificence Perfume. . . new. . . exotic. . . lingering! Dramatic as only a Molyneux establishment can be. You and your audience will come under its magnificent spell. This famous perfume is bottled and French sealed in Paris."

L'Amour de l'art, 1950:

"Magnificence by Molyneux: An apotheosis of perfumes which, in the warm atmosphere of a gala, surrounds you with sumptuousness. A rich, deep and tenacious scent, warmed by tuberose and clove while jasmine, ylang ylang from the Comoros and the orange tree of France bring a temperate note to which a hint of lemon is added which gives it a superb flight. The nobility of this perfume idealizes the furs."

Combat, 1953:

"Magnificence de Molyneux - Ambergris quietly develops the mixed aromas of jasmine, ylang ylang, cyclamen, tuberose, orange and patchouli. This fervent smell gives birth to the images of escape from elegant parties: unreality of the night sky splashed with pyrotechnic suns; escape into the past of candlelit dinners' the magic of dance where bent bodies let themselves be carried away from Germany with its soutache Hungary from the waltz to Brazil passionate about the samba."

Combat, 1954:

"Magnificence by Molyneux: The intractable scent of tuberoses and the more subtly enchanting scent of Chinese gardenia are subtly developed, in a sumptuous aroma, by the powdery base of ambergris. Other notes lurk there, depending on the flesh it impregnates: cyclamen, ylang ylang, patchouli, with a pinch of musk. In a great shiver of voices brought by the gypsy breeze of a night restaurant open onto the mystery of a park, how radiant, the young woman dressed in flowing muslin, who leaves a trace of this promise of happiness."

Bottle:

1/4 oz parfum, original box, photo from worthpoint.

Fate of the Fragrance:

The exportation of Magnificence the to USA was halted during WWII and didn't arrive back to to American shores until 1948. Discontinued, date unknown.

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