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Zarolia by Maitland Philipe c1981

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 Zarolia perfume was launched in 1981 by award winning designer Maitland Philipe (Philip Maitland-Kraft) and distributed by T. Barclay Perfumes Inc..


Fragrance Composition:



Zarolia is classified as a rich, exotic floral perfume for women, it's fragrance was bright and soft, with an emphasis on Bulgarian rose,jasmine and lily of the valley.

  • Top notes: fruity notes, citrus, aldehydes
  • Middle notes: lily of the valley, Bulgarian rose
  • Base notes: musk, oakmoss, sandalwood, amber


Bottles:

The 1/4 oz bottle of pure parfum was created for the 7th anniversary of the perfume's launch and was part of a promotional campaign for the brand that included $4,000 worth of diamonds. The promotion promised that some of the 1/4 oz bottles would have a genuine diamond inside the bottle. Sizes ranged from 1/4ct to a full 1 ct and there was a 15% chance that your bottle could have a diamond inside. The diamonds were only packaged in these tear-dropped shaped bottles with the frosted glass plume stoppers which was introduced in the fall of 1986. These bottles retailed for $55 at the time.

A 22 oz Art Deco inspired bottle of the perfume retailed for $4,00 in 1983.

 The rarer versions of the Zarolia perfume bottles are the blue and silver art glass limited edition amber art glass glass bottles made by Tiffany glass artist John Gilvey, it features an adaptation of a peacock's plume done in gold and silver and melted into the glass giving an iridescent effect. These were fitted with atomizers and 1 oz of parfum was contained in one of these bottles retailed for $425 in 1982.

An exquisite limited edition blue art glass bulb atomizer is filled with exotic Zarolia was launched in 1984. The bottle held 4 oz of Eau de Parfum.







Fate of the Fragrance:

 It has been discontinued for many years and is very hard to find, it was still being sold in 1992.


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