My Le Club is nice , I’m not sure what gives it the death floral vibes / the darkness in felling ? I think it must be the indolic Jasmine. It does kinda fall in that realm of ZINO, Maxims and maybe French Line with that Artemisia. It’s one of my favorite types of perfume
The original version of Ho Hang was released by Marbert. They bought the house after Christobal died. Bogart then bought Balenciaga from Marbert a decade later and relaunched the fashion side too. They had it about 15 years then flipped it to PPR (now Kering) who farmed the perfume license out to Coty, killing off all the previous Balenciaga fragrances. Marbert Ho Hang vs Bogart Ho Hang are not a ton different because perfumers Jacques Jantzen and Raymond Chaillan were with Firmenich, who owned the formula. Any reformulation done would have been by request therefore, and the only materials that Bogart might have cost-cut in the early 80's was orris butter. Everything else (sandalwood, oakmoss, etc) was not restricted or cost-prohibitive. What *DOES* happen is wilting of the mostly-natural citruses used in the top notes, so it is much harder to find a well-preserved Marbert bottle than to find a Bogart one. Even my 3 bottles show different stages of wilt on the bergamot and orange oils. All of them are going to be extremely expensive anyway. This is a unicorn. You won't do better than $200 (probably more like $300-$400 these days), so just get what you can.
Just picked one up.
Thanks for the heads up on BN.
I'm so glad you got one. It's epic.
Cheers D, great info much appreciated 💪👊🤛
Glad you enjoyed it
Very informative.... looking for more videos on the Vintage Perfumes
Got some planned.
I've waited til I've had a full half hour so i can listen to this with a cup of tea ☕
Gimmie a cup. 🥺
Haha 😂, I was still watching video … I see you mentioned French Line, my 50ml says Ho Hang on box but Le Club on bottle ?
That happens a lot too.
My Le Club is nice , I’m not sure what gives it the death floral vibes / the darkness in felling ? I think it must be the indolic Jasmine. It does kinda fall in that realm of ZINO, Maxims and maybe French Line with that Artemisia. It’s one of my favorite types of perfume
The carnations in it are heavy. Maybe that's what it is?
Is there any notable difference between the original Balenciaga and the Marbert/Bogart formulations?
The original version of Ho Hang was released by Marbert. They bought the house after Christobal died. Bogart then bought Balenciaga from Marbert a decade later and relaunched the fashion side too.
They had it about 15 years then flipped it to PPR (now Kering) who farmed the perfume license out to Coty, killing off all the previous Balenciaga fragrances.
Marbert Ho Hang vs Bogart Ho Hang are not a ton different because perfumers Jacques Jantzen and Raymond Chaillan were with Firmenich, who owned the formula.
Any reformulation done would have been by request therefore, and the only materials that Bogart might have cost-cut in the early 80's was orris butter. Everything else (sandalwood, oakmoss, etc) was not restricted or cost-prohibitive.
What *DOES* happen is wilting of the mostly-natural citruses used in the top notes, so it is much harder to find a well-preserved Marbert bottle than to find a Bogart one. Even my 3 bottles show different stages of wilt on the bergamot and orange oils.
All of them are going to be extremely expensive anyway. This is a unicorn. You won't do better than $200 (probably more like $300-$400 these days), so just get what you can.
Ur so woke for being historically accurate and secure in your masculinity
Not until I've had coffee. Before that, I'm still sleep.