Deja le Printemps by Oriza L. Legrand: launched in 1922. It's name means "Already Spring" in French.
Fragrance Composition:
So what does it smell like? It was classified as a floral bouquet fragrance for women, sparkling and fresh with the essences of gardenia and lilac. Deja le Printemps was available in both extrait and eau de toilette concentrations and also scented talcum, face powder and sachet.
- Top notes: aldehydes, citrus, lilac, lily-of-the-valley
- Middle notes: gardenia, jasmine, rose, violet
- Base notes: oakmoss, sandalwood
Bottle:
The perfume was housed in one of the most beautiful of bottles produced by Baccarat. It is comprised of a clear crystal bottle and stopper, fitted with a gilt metal cover cast with a sunflower whose petals droop down over the shoulders of the bottle, and topped with a butterfly finial who is perched in the disk floret of the flower. Baccarat mark. Bottle stands 4 1/2" tall.
Fate of the Fragrance:
The original Deja le Printemps was discontinued for many years. It was last sold in 1943.
Deja Le Printemps by Oriza L. Legrand was relaunched in 2012. It was created by perfumer Hugo Lambert. From Oriza L. Legrand's website:
"A promenade in Nature, awakening after a long winter sleep. Beads of morning dew glisten on clovers and wild grass, which exhale fresh and green scents. The sun rises on the horizon and beats down wet flowers and new born fig leaves. Fresh foliage scrunches under the wind, buds bloom at last and the soil smells of turf and twisted roots. Daisies in the prairie and lily of the valley blossoming on moss fill the air with the perfumes of nature’s revival. At last spring has come"
So what does it smell like? It is classified as a green floral fragrance for women.
- Top notes: mint, chamomile and orange blossom
- Middle notes: fig leaf, grass, clover, galbanum and lily-of-the-valley
- Base notes: cedar, vetiver, moss and musk