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Legendary Actresses and Their Favorite Fragrances.

I decided to write this weeks blog post about some of the most beautiful women to ever grace the silver screen and the perfumes they loved to wear. While these actresses are from an era long ago their beauty is undeniable and the mark they left on cinema forever etched in the annals of time. Elizabeth Taylor -  The beautiful  Elizabeth Taylor     won her first Oscar for BUttefield 8 (1961) and her second for Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf (1967) was a huge fan of  Bal à Versailles by Jean Desprez. This very feminine perfume was launched in 1962 and is classified as a soft refined oriental fragrance. It is a collection of amazing notes that include rosemary, orange blossom, mandarin orange, cassia, jasmine, rose, bulgarian rose,sandalwood, patchouli, lilac,ylang-ylang and lily-of-the-valley.  Miss Taylor wore this fragrance almost everyday. Bette Davis - Miss Davis best known for her performance's in such movies as Dark Victory (1939),The Corn Is G...

Popular Women's Perfume Of The 1980's.

In this installment of my popular perfumes by the decade series we'll be taking a look at five perfumes from the 80's that were as popular as Madonna and bigger than a John Hughes movie. The 1980's saw a transistion not only in fashion but also in music from the departing decade of the 70's. Disco was giving way to the new sounds of bands like Duran Duran,Culture Club and Wham to name just a few. Bell bottoms were on their last leg and wide lapel shirts and leisure suits were slowly being swept into the dust bin of fashion. Styles were spinning towards a whole new look from designers such as Halston,Viivenne Westwood,Lacoste and Ralph Lauren. The 1980's also marked some landmark events such as the first personal computer which was introduced by IBM on August 12th,1981. The first space shuttle launch on April 12th,1981 and an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan on March 30th,1981. The "Valley Girl" (which originated in the San Fernando v...

Popular Women's Perfume Of The 1950's.

The 1950's marked the start of several major world events including the beginning of the Korean war in 1950,the Vietnam war in 1955 as well as Alaska becoming the 49th state in 1959.The 1950's also started Chanel's commercial relationship with Marilyn Monroe with the famed movie starlet posing in various ads beginning in 1955 that promoted the company's famous Chanel No.5.Even though No. 5 was launched by Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel in 1921 its was still a very popular perfume in the 1950's and to this day still is. Chanel No.5's estimated annual sales revenue is right at 100 million dollars and according to Tilar J. Mazzeo the author of "The Secrets of Chanel No.5" a bottle of No.5 sells somewhere in the world every thirty seconds. Lets take a look at some other perfumes that were popular during the 1950's. Je Reviens by Worth .Launched in 1932 by the House of Worth in Paris Je Reviens was an immensely popular perfume in the 1950...