Graces du Printemps c1952

Graces du Printemps by Lancome: launched in 1952. It was a part of Lancome's Eau de Senteur line and was available as parfum, eau de toilette and cologne.

Fragrance Composition:

So what does it smell like? It was described as "cool and brisk" as well as "leafy and mossy." I would think it was a fougere fragrance for women.

• Top notes: lilac, bergamot, daffodil
• Middle notes: rose, jasmine, lily of the valley
• Base notes: oakmoss

The New Yorker - Volume 29, 1953:

"Lancome has cooked up three more colognes. Graces du Printemps is cool and brisk; Joyeux Ete is light and dry; Bel Automne is musky and warm. Four- and eight- ounce flacons are, respectively, $4.20 and $7.20 at Saks."

Harper's Bazaar - Volume 87, 1953:

 "A green breeze, Lancome's new toilet water. "Graces du Printemps," full of spring winds, leafy and mossy."

Mademoiselle, 1953:

"For a new season, a new fragrance - Lancôme's cool, clear Grâces du Printemps (Graces of Spring). In a particularly concentrated and lasting toilet water, four ounces, $3.50."

Combat, 1954:

"Eau de senteur Graces du Printemps: It is here the lilac that dominates - the exquisite lilac of the suburbs of Francis Carco: 'I give you this flowery corner, these light trees, this mist, and Paris in the distance which lights up, under these white and gray clouds.' But the lily of the valley and the daffodil add their spring touches, fresh like an imaginary breeze, when the atmosphere is thick like the solar humming of the bees around the hives."

Bottles:

In the familiar Lancome double spherical "dumb-bell" flacon used for their eau de colognes. Available in 4 and 8 ounce clear glass bottles with gilded paper labels and either a green, pink, purple or blue plastic screwcap.

Fate of the Fragrance:

Discontinued, date unknown. Still being sold in 1954.