Lightyears Collection
Tabac Blond
Caron
(1919)

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The scent of undried (blond) tobacco. The year is 1919. The Great War has ended. Life resumes. Women smoke cigarettes in public. Perfumer Ernest Daltroff and artistic director Félice Wanpouille create Tabac Blond for their perfumery, Caron.

This is an offbeat fragrance, not one that has remained universally beloved. But it was a fragrance in tune with the times and helped propel the reputation of Caron. The fragrance has been described as non-floral, dry, somber and earthy, leather and amber, spicy, heavy, oriental and, in appearance, not very feminine. Of course all this helped make it a bit hit.

If you have any comments about Tabac Blond Ernest Daltroff or Félice Wanpouille, please share them with us using the message sender below.

• jan balm, 08/24/2021. I have never smelt a intens frequentens like
  
  I found two bottels of Caron parfum and IT makers me happy every Day.
  I ame a Carpenter and love that classic smel
  
  

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• Terrie, 03/15/2019. I have a very large bottle that I believe is full of the CTB. I inherited it and it took me 15 years to figure it out. If you can help me with this I would love to send a sample for you to test out. The bottle it is in is an antique 1910 Dorflinger and I believe my grandmother either had bought several bottles or had it filled at one of the Caron boutiques.
  
  

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• DELORES MACFARLAND, 03/19/2018. I have an original 1919 Tabac Blond by Caron which still has a small amount of the original perfume in it. I have never opened the bottle to smell of it, but I can smell a faint odor of it by just smelling the closed bottle. It's an interesting scent, and a nice scent, hard to describe.
  
  

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