AMERICAN LEGENDS The evolution of American fragrances By Micheal Edwards

By Micheal Edwards, , 2024

305 Pages

American Legends is the long-awaited companion to Perfume Legends, the cult book in which French perfumers spoke openly for the first time about their work and the sources of their inspiration. “There is no book like it,” stated Edmond Roudnitska, the celebrated perfumer.

Now, in American Legends, Michael Edwards documents the evolution, the richness and the sheer originality of American fragrances from Elizabeth Arden’s Blue Grass (1934) to Le Labo’s Santal 33 (2011). The result is living history, told through the words of the creators behind forty legendary American perfumes.

American Legends

1934 Blue Grass
1938 Jungle Gardenia
1938 Old Spice
1943 White Shoulders
1953 Youth Dew
1963 Aramis
1964 Brut
1968 Estee
1968 Novell
1971 Aromatics Elixir
1972 Aliage
1972 Jovan Musk
1972 Tea Rose
1973 Charlie
1973 Private Collection
1975 Halston
1976 Halston Z-14
1977 Oscar De La Renta
1978 Polo & Lauren
1978 White Linen
1981 Giorgio
1984 Antonia’s Flowers
1985 Beautiful
1985 Obsession
1986 Calyx
1987 Passion
1988 Eternity
1989 Red Door
1990 New West Skinscent Her
1991 White Diamonds
1994 Cashmere Mist
1994 cK ONE
1995 Estee Lauder Pleasures
1996 Dirt
1996 Tommy Girl
1997 Clinique Happy
2005 Chinatown
2011 Santal 33