Princess of Wales by Prince Matchabelli: launched in 1939. Dedicated to Alexandra, beautiful wife of Edward VII.
So what does it smell like? It was a sweet floral fragrance for women. It was described as "an exciting, heady scent, embodying all the gaiety and elegance that was England in the Nineties.", "light-hearted, and sweet." I have no published notes on this composition. I would need a sample to tell you what it smells like.
Fragrance Composition:
So what does it smell like? It was a sweet floral fragrance for women. It was described as "an exciting, heady scent, embodying all the gaiety and elegance that was England in the Nineties.", "light-hearted, and sweet." I have no published notes on this composition. I would need a sample to tell you what it smells like.
- Top notes:
- Middle notes: flowers
- Base notes:
Bottles:
The perfume was house din the familiar crown bottle and packaged in a gray satin box.
Art and Industry - Volume 28 - Page 37, 1940:
Art and Industry - Volume 28 - Page 37, 1940:
"To complement the gay 'go's waistlines, flounces, bustles and snoods of present-day fashions, Prince Matchabelli has evolved a luxurious new scent which has been named Princess of Wales. The perfume, in its regal gilt crown"
The New Yorker, 1940:
"Matchabelli : Duchess of York, Ave Maria, Katherine the Great, and Princess of Wales. Year after year people who once bought them for the crown bottles they come in return to buy more for the scents themselves. Marvellous colognes.."
Fate of the Fragrance:
Discontinued, date unknown.
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