Elegant and sober at the same time, Jackie Kennedy is still a beauty icon more than thirty years after her disappearance. Zoom on the scent she never left, signed by a French house.
She is one of those personalities who have forever marked the world. Beyond the tragedy she was the victim, we remember in particular Jackie Kennedy and her always impeccable style: elegant, sober and refined at the same time. So when his favorite perfume is revealed, we obviously be inspired by it. And the former first lady of the United States would have been faithful to a well-known fragrance, created by a French house.
In 2006, Shelly Branch and Sue Callaway published the book “What Would Jackie Do?”. They detail the style and the beauty routines of Jackie Kennedy. If several perfumes are mentioned such as Lovely Patchouli 585 from Krigler (offered by his second husband), or Jicky of Guerlain, one of them stands out. Indeed, she would have been faithful to the creation Joy by Jean Patou. And it must be said that this choice is not trivial since in the 1950s and 60s, Joy was considered the most expensive perfume in the world because of the raw materials used there.
In the 1920s, while Maison Jean Patou developed more and more, the founder decided to embark on the world of perfumery. For this, he called on the nose Henri Almeras and, together, the duo developed three fragrances released in 1925. But it was in 1929, with the launch of Joy, that the Patou perfumes crossed the oceans. History is all the more interesting: while the world is trying to get up from the post-war period and falls into an unprecedented financial crisis, Jean Patou asks his friend to compose a fragrance with the most luxurious raw materials in the world. There are then May roses, fatty jasmine and Bulgaria roses. “”According to legend, 10,600 fatty jasmine flowers and 28 dozen May roses are used for 30 ml of extract“, Explains the specialized site Olfastory. These pretty bouquets are accompanied by fishing notes, Ylang-Ylang, Tubereuse, Iris, Musc or even Sandal.
The rendering is unusual, sensual and mythical at the same time. Joy marks a turning point in the history of post-war perfumery, where new creations were rarer. If he is no longer on sale in large distribution, some copies are still available on specialized sites for collectors.
