D’ORSAY
Le Dandy PDT

elderberry
aldehydes
fruity notes
almond
citrus notes

carnation
honey
orange blossom
jasmine
spicy notes
iris
rose

amber
tobacco
tonka bean
balsams
leather
sandalwood
patchouli
musk
vanilla

Le Dandy was released in 1925 as Parfum Le Dandy Parfum (1925) • D’ORSAY. It was released as EDT in 1927 Le Dandy EDT (1927) • D’ORSAY. There’s also a PDT Le Dandy PDT • D’ORSAY. In 1938 it was released as a lighter ‘daytime version’ called ‘Bouquet D’Orsay’ Le Dandy Bouquet D’Orsay (1938) • D’ORSAY. In 2009 it was reformulated by Dominique Preyssas as Le Dandy Pour Homme (2009) • D’ORSAY.

The perfumer was Henri Robert, who later become the main perfumer for Coty in 1934 and Chanel in 1952.

‘Eau Le Dandy d’Orsay: maybe it’s a flowering elderberry, or maybe an almond tree, the tree under which this dandy sits. But jasmines are close. The breeze brings a snowy star, in your black hair. And the dandy offers you roses, bitter in the honeyed air. A dragonfly falls on your English embroidery dress. It’s all very romantic… Does it smell of amber, your friend the dandy, or one of those aldehydes whose fragrance comes from who knows where? Do not look for so long, all to undergo the exhilaration of the hour.’ Combat 1954

‘Dandy eau de cologne with the perfume of Orsay – rose and jasmine freshened by the citrus scents of the eau de cologne. It is to Lola de Valence that this dandy offers his bouquet. She sensually musks the smell. She mixes it with the tuft of iris and the spicy taste of its Frisians where they reveal the incandescent complexion.’ Combat 1955