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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Fath's Love by Jacques Fath c1961

Fath's Love by Jacques Fath: launched in 1961. The name was filed for a US trademark in 1963. Created by Michel Hy.



Fragrance Composition:


So what does it smell like? It was reportedly made up of over 70 individual ingredients and is classified as a rich floral chypre fragrance for women spiked with dominant spice and pepper notes.
  • Top notes: aldehydes, bergamot, plum, lemon
  • Middle notes: nutmeg, cinnamon, clove, pepper, anise, jasmine absolute, orange blossom, rose, tuberose, gardenia, ylang ylang
  • Base notes: civet, violet, patchouli, sandalwood, oak moss, vetiver, musk, amber, orris, benzoin


Cosmopolitan, Volume 151, 1961:
"FATH DE FATH, CANASTA, IRIS GRIS, AND NOW FATH'S LOVE. BOTTLED, PACKAGED, SEALED IN FRANCE."

Harper's Bazaar, 1961;
"At I. Magnin. Fath's Love perfume." 

The New York Times magazine, 1968;
" In all the world, no other name speaks so eloquently of your fine taste in fragrances. Canasta, Fath's Love and Fath de Fath. Exquisite fragrances by Jacques Fath in perfumes, toilet water and spray mists."


Bottles:


1/2 oz parfum bottle, photo from etsy seller PerfumeVintage




30ml eau de toilette, photo from etsy seller PerfumeVintage

photo from museu del perfum

original Fath's Love parfum flacon c1961, photo from worthpoint


Fate of the Fragrance:


Discontinued, date unknown.


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