Mon Image by Lucien Lelong: launched in 1933. The name Mon Image, is pronounced MOHN-EEMAJH, and means "my image" in French.
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So what does it smell like? It is classified as a spicy floral fragrance for women, it was described as "piquant" and had a noticeable tang of crisp carnation.
The New Yorker, 1935:
Drug and Cosmetic Industry - Volume 44, 1939:
Fragrance Composition:
So what does it smell like? It is classified as a spicy floral fragrance for women, it was described as "piquant" and had a noticeable tang of crisp carnation.
- Top notes: cinnamon, cloves, lilac, almond
- Middle notes: carnation, orange blossom, jasmine, heliotrope, rose, violet
- Base notes: spices, vanilla, labdanum, vetiver, amber, musk, sandalwood, oakmoss, benzoin
The New Yorker, 1935:
"It is blessed to give or to receive — Opening Night that makes you feel like the star of the performance . . . Mon Image, so piquant and arresting . . . Gardenia, a perfume "in the grand manner"..."
Drug and Cosmetic Industry - Volume 44, 1939:
"LUCIEN LELONG Lucien Lelong has introduced sachet in five of his fragrances, Impromptu, Indiscreet, Mon Image, Opening Night and Whisper. The sachet is highly concentrated and comes in a handsome crystal bottle with gold cap."
Bottles:
Life, 1934:
"The exciting floral odor of "Mon Image," Lelong's newest perfume in a mirror bottle."
Woman's Home Companion, Volume 65, 1938:
"Mon Image" in the famed mirror box ... "a reflection of yourself in fragrance." $2.50 to $100."
Fate of the Fragrance:
Discontinued, date unknown. Still being sold in 1958.