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L'Interdit
Givenchy · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 1957
≈ $89 · 2.6oz · approx. retail
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Givenchy's original 1957 L'Interdit is a floral aldehyde created by Francis Fabron and famously associated with Audrey Hepburn. It pairs a powdery iris-violet-narcissus heart with aldehydes, peach and strawberry over a warm sandalwood, amber and musk base.
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The core · the next few hours
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French · 4 in collection
A French perfumer of the mid-20th century who trained at the Givaudan school and worked at Roure, creating some of the most enduring classics in perfumery. He is immortalized for the floral masterpiece L'Air du Temps and for Givenchy's first fragrance, L'Interdit.
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