‘This fabulous perfume was directly inspired by one of Jean Patou’s famous first innovations: the invention of suntan lotion, named Huile de Chaldee (Oil of Chaldea). Coco Chanel’s famous tanning excursions & the dusky skin of Josephine Baker both influenced women of the 1920s and started sunbathing to attain the bronzed glow from the sun, as a result, Patou introduced Huile de Chaldee. Huile de Chaldee was named after the ancient city of Chaldea in Babylonia that was legendary for its beautiful, amber skinned beauties. Huile de Chaldee ‘was made with the most expensive oils and perfumed with a warm, sensual mix of narcissus, orange blossom and amber’ says Jean Patou’s house perfumer Jean-Michel Duriez. – Jean Patou Perfumes (Blogger)
