Golden Shadows by Evyan: launched in 1950. Created by Baron Walter Langer von Langendorff, better known as Dr. Walter Langer, the creator of White Shoulders perfume and the owner of Evyan Perfumes. Named after Golden Shadows, the baron's large Westport, Connecticut, estate.
So what does it smell like? It was a spicy, floral perfume with a powdery, resinous drydown.
The New Yorker, 1950:
Glass Packer, 1951:
Pacific Drug Review, 1951:
So what does it smell like? It was a spicy, floral perfume with a powdery, resinous drydown.
- Top notes:
- Middle notes: carnation
- Base notes: spices, amber, benzoin, orris, vetiver, sandalwood
The New Yorker, 1950:
"Evyan, evidently contemplating the phenomenal success of her White Shoulders, decided to produce a first-cousin ... more nonchalant mien, and the result is Golden Shadows, which comes in a Christmassy bottle shaped like a bell."
Glass Packer, 1951:
"LUXURIOUS-LOOKING bell-shaped bottles display Golden Shadows, latest fragrance of Parfums Evyan. Ground glass stopper has a similar inverted bell design. Matching cologne bottle has metal screw closure."
Pacific Drug Review, 1951:
"GOLDEN SHADOWS Parfums Evyan New York, N. Y. Golden Shadows is a new perfume and cologne fragrance ... The perfume is packaged in 1/2 oz, l oz and 2 oz bell-shaped bottles with ground glass stoppers of inverted bell design."