CLEOPATRA'S BOUDOIR

In this guide I have listed the various perfumes presented by Lancome from 1935-2003.

Lancome was established in 1935 by Armand Petitjean (1884 to 1982)  in Chevilly Larue near Paris in 1935; named after a chateau in Touraine; born at Saint-Loup-sur-Semose; moved to Chile after attending college in Belgium; returned to Belgium at the outbreak of First World War and joined Coty after the war broke. Petitjean was the previous managing director of Coty, later returned to South America and runs the Coty agency there. In 1927, he returned to France and realized he had a nose for perfumery, and subsequently started his own business. 

The first five perfumes were introduced at the 1935 Brussels exhibition. The perfume firm was awarded a prize and became a major company. Georges Delhomme, who worked for Coty from 1931-1935, became the artistic director for Lancome from 1935-1965 and was the creator for almost all of Lancome's presentations during the 1950s.

In 1946, Lancome's perfumes were introduced to America, by Mme. Elfi Cramer who represented Lancome and to introduce her scents. A newspaper article reads " The collection includes a nice variety of scents in different moods for different types of women.Mme. Cramer thinks its very important for a woman to wear a perfume of her type and she'd never suggest  "Fleches", a grand manner perfume, seductive with the bittersweet of modern discord to a woman who is shy and sweet and retiring or young and naive. For her, there is "Bocages" a perfume of eternal spring, a young, fresh and curious scent. or she might be the "Qui Sait?"  type, right for the fresh ardent perfume which is provocative and enchanting. 

Perfumes are born in many strange places, MMe. Cramer reported. There's "Tropique" for example, a luxurious mixture of more than 70 scents, including tuberose,lilac, fading violets, cinnamon, cloves which really had its beginning down on a wharf in Pernambuco, Brazil. The smells of the tropics - the flowers, the spices being loaded onto ships, the human odors of the dock workers, were inspiration for this sultry scent.

The perfume "Kypre" is described in this way by its maker, The proud east comes west through French jasmine gardens close to the blue Mediterranean." And "Cuir" is a "sensitive, strange and subtle blend of soft fine leather with a melody of flowers."

The bottles and packages of this perfume family are works of art, too, and include Lalique glass bottles and flower and bird embroidered silk and leather boxes."

Later the company moved to 29 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré; Petitjean retired in 1963.

The rose is indelibly associated with Lancôme, given its founder Armand Petitjean’s strong passion for this flower. An avid rosarian, he cultivated roses in his garden in Ville d'Avray, outside of Paris and as a result, not only has the rose become an important symbolic representation of the house, but it has also found a central place in the Lancôme fragrances). 

The Company was taken over by L'Oreal in 1964. In 2005, began to reissue some of their classic fragrances under the line La Collection Lancôme.

• 1935 Bocages
• 1935 Conquête
• 1935 Kypre
• 1935 Tendres Nuits
• 1935 Tropiques
• 1935 Cachet Bleu
• 1935 Etiquette Noire
• 1936 Révolte (name changes to Cuir in 1939)
• 1937 Peut-Être
• 1937 Gardénia
• 1938 Flèches
• 1938 Fetes de Paris
• 1939 Chèvrefeuille
• 1939 Cuir
• 1943 La Vallée Bleue
• 1944 Les Oiseaux
• 1945 Lavandes
• 1945 Ange
• 1946 Marrakech
• 1946 Nutrix
• 1946 Qui Sait
• 1947 Bel Automne
• 1947 Joyeux Eté
• 1949 Minlys
• 1950 Magie
• 1950 Lait de Hesperides
• 1951 Galateis
• 1952 Trésor
• 1952 Eau de Senteur de Lancome
• 1952 Plaisir
• 1952 Grâces du Printemps
• 1952 Envol
• 1955 Seul Tresor
• 1957 Flèches D'Or
• 1958 Lancome d'Abord
• 1959 Fètes de l'Hiver
• 1967 Climat
• 1968 Balafre
• 1969 Ô de Lancôme
• 1969 Chiyat
• 1971 Sikkim
• 1974 Balafre Vert
• 1977 Arômes et Moi (collection)
• 1977 Balafre Internationale
• 1978 Magie Noire
• 1982 Trophée Lancôme
• 1985 Sagamore
• 1986 Ô de Lancôme Intense
• 1990 Trésor
• 1995 Poême
• 1996 Ô pour Homme
• 1998 Chrysalide Now Or Never
• 1998 Ô Oui, discontinued by 2010
• 1998 Rouge
• 2000 Miracle
• 2000 Aroma Tonic
• 2000 Aroma Calm
• 2001 Aroma Fit
• 2001 Miracle Pour Homme
• 2002 Miracle Intense
• 2003 Attraction, discontinued by 2010
• 2003 Miracle L'Aquatonic
• 2003 Aroma Source
• 2003 Connexion
• 2004 Miracle so Magic!, discontinued by 2010
• 2005 Hypnose
• 2006 Tropiques (reissue)
• Miracle Forever
• Mille et un Roses
• Benghal
• Peut-Etre
• Magie Noire
• Climat
• Hypnose Sheer
• Poeme,

  
  

   

   

 The following items have been discontinued by Lancome and are no longer available for sale on their website:

• Aroma Calm Relaxing Body Treatment Fragrance
• Aroma Calm Relaxing Body Lotion
• Aroma Calm Relaxing Body Night Crème
• Aroma Calm Relaxing Body Oil for Massage & Bath
• Aroma Calm Relaxing Legs & Feet Gel
• Aroma Calm Relaxing Body Shower Creme
• Aroma Calm Relaxing Body Treatment Bar
• Aroma Cool Awakening Body Treatment Fragrance
• Aroma Fit Healthy Body Treatment Fragrance
• Aroma Fit Whipped Firming Body Crème
• Aroma Fit Healthy Concentrate with Essential Oils
• Aroma Fit Daily Essential Body Lotion
• Aroma Fit Healthy Shower Gel
• Aroma Fit Vitamin-Encriched Massage Oil
• Aroma Tonic Energizing Body Treatment Fragrance
• Aroma Tonic Energizing Shower Gel
• Aroma Tonic Energizing Body Scrub
• Aroma Tonic Energizing Body Treatment Bar
• Aroma Tonic Energizing Body Lotion
• Aroma Tonic Pure Energy Concentrate with Essential Oils
• Aroma Tonic Energizing Body Oil for Massage & Bath
• Aroma Tonic Energizing Cooling Body Smoother
• Attraction Parfum
• Attraction Body Cream
• Attraction Body Oil
• Attraction Bath and Shower Gel
• Attraction Body Lotion
• Attraction EDP Spray
• Benghal
• Climat EDP Spray
• Hypnose Sheer Limited Edition Fragrance Spray
• Juicy Pop Fragrance Lolli pôp
• Mage Noire Parfum
• Magie Noire Perfumed Body Creme
• Magie Noire Perfumed Dusting Powder
• Mille & une Roses EDP Spray
• Miracle Parfum
• Miracle Parfum Pen
• Miracle Radiant Body Crème
• Miracle Radiant Body Lotion with Shimmer
• Miracle Radiant Body Mist
• Miracle Forever EDP Spray
• Miracle Forever Bath & Shower Gel
• Miracle Forever Shimmering Body Silk
• Miracle Homme L’Aquatonic Energizing EDT Spray
• Miracle Homme Deodorant Stick
• Miracle Homme EDT Spray
• Miracle So Magic EDP Spray
• Miracle So Magic Shower Gel
• Peut -Etre EDP Spray
• Poeme Poetry in Lotion
• Poeme Parfum
• Poeme EDP Spray
• Poeme EDT Spray
• O de Lancome Body Lotion
• O de Lancome Bath and Shower Gel
• O de Lancome Body Creme
• O Oui! EDT Spray
• O Oui! EDP Spray
• O Oui! Get Fresh!
• Tresor EDT Splash
• Tresor Pure Perfume Pen
• Tresor Parfum
• Tresor Gentle Body Exfoliator
• Tresor Perfumed Bath Soap in Case
• Tresor Moisture Mist
• Tresor Refreshing Skin Mist
• Tresor Perfumed Foaming Bath Powder
• Tresor Diamond Edition Parfum
• Tresor Limited Edition EDP Spray
• Tresor L'Edition Bague Ring Edition
• Tresor Elixir Limited Edition Fragrance Spray
• Tresor Sheer Limited Edition Fragrance Spray