Monsieur de Givenchy

Givenchy · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 1959

≈ $65 · 100ml · approx. retail

One of the house's earliest men's fragrances, a citrus-aromatic built on lemon and lavender over an oakmoss-sandalwood base. Created by Francis Fabron and launched in 1959.

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

SpringSummerDaily

Perfumer

Francis Fabron

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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