Tendres Nuits by Lancome c1935

Tendres Nuits by Lancome: launched in 1935. Lancôme launched its first five fragrances in 1935 at the World's Fair in Brussels - Tendre Nuit, Bocages, Conquete, Kypre and Tropiques.

Fragrance Composition:

So what does it smell like? It was classified as a light, floral fragrance for women.

• Top notes: aldehydes, Dutch daffodil, Italian citrus fruits, Provencal lavender
• Middle notes: jasmine, Southern magnolia, Turkish rose, English night scented stock, Madagascar wallflower
• Base notes: Mysore sandalwood, Tyrolean oakmoss, ambergris

Paris-Alger, 1935:

"Lancome...These five new scents are: Kypre, velvety and flowery, deeper than ordinary chypre; Tendres Nuits, whose sweetness of exotic fruits surprises with a lavender opening; Bocages, scent of blonde, young and laughing, whose honeysuckle seems to emerge from a double base of jasmine and mimosa; Conquête, an aroma of intimate luxury, of the same inspiration as Chanel's 5, although the smell is different; Tropiques, which is exhaled in surprises, like a warm symphony in which the brilliance of the brass surprises."

Bottles:

Fate of the Fragrance:

Discontinued, date unknown. During WWII, importations of Lancome fragrances such as Tropiques, Tendres Nuit, Fleches, Cuir, Conquete, Bocages, Peut Etre, and Kypre were halted and did not return to US soil until 1946. Still being sold in 1952.