Femme

Rochas · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 1944

≈ $80 · 100ml · approx. retail

Rochas's founding masterpiece, a lush plum-and-oakmoss chypre that Roudnitska built around the then-novel Prunol accord, setting a template for postwar French perfumery.

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

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Perfumer

Edmond Roudnitska

French · 7 in collection

One of the most influential perfumers of the 20th century, famed for radiant, refined naturalism.

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