The essence of L'Interdit: Givenchy and Hepburn

It's an icon and a Grand Couturier, met a great woman and a creative background of friendship that generates a scent of its time and has become a myth: L'Interdit.

Audrey Hepburn is a particular woman, he must recover in time. She is unlike any other in the 50s, she is not as generous, she is thin and long, his hair is black, her skin white, her tiny chest, and it retains large deep eyes, what might now find basic is not in the air. Preference is given to women like Marylin Monroe, Jane Mansfield, Elizabeth Taylor, Claudia Cardinale, Grace Kelly, Rita Hayworth ... not a stick too skinny and flat as it is how we defined it when she started in film.

And his manner of speaking, his obstinacy in wanting decide his films, directing his life alone, it does not please all. It is truly with her talent she was able to earn its way and not with sex appeal or physical, as she now embodies an ideal of beauty, that emulate the 60s with varying degrees of success (as the model Twiggy, for example).

She is in Hubert de Givenchy's soul mate when they met during the shooting of Sabrina, where he makes the costumes: they become inseparable.

Therefore natural that he dedicated his second Givenchy perfume

L'Interdit, which is create in 1958.

In this connection, it seems that Audrey Hepburn would have launched an "I prohibited" when Hubert de Givenchy had spoken to market the fragrance.

I rather think this is my opinion that the name symbolizes their mutual affection for eternity: a deep love that is not a classical link between a man and a woman, stronger than friendship, transcending the physical . In a world still marked by his Christian roots, it is clear that this relationship is not understood by ordinary mortals. That word is forbidden, as is a set of mischievous spirit that continues to challenge even now

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  Composition:

"Notes of violet, rose, jasmine, pepper and cloves, on a woody, sandalwood, amber and incense."(in audrey.hepburn.free.fr)

I noticed on Auparfum.com, too, tonka bean, iris, peach and coconut, all on a background of   aldéhydes.

   In audrey.hepburn.free.fr,  we are talking about the new composition of l'Interdit, yes, they restyle, we hope for the best ...

"Some subtle changes are being made to that mythical fragrance. The new formula has retained 85% of the first formula, only 15% have been retouched.

The Ylang Ylang has been called into question. The slightly fruity white rose was introduced and orange blossom enhanced to reflect more clearly the brightness of white flowers. To mitigate the powdery side, the percentage of tonka bean was reduced an almost imperceptible to preserve that gently caressing. "