Note: Please understand that this website is not affiliated with the Houbigant company in any way, it is only a reference page for collectors and those who have enjoyed the Houbigant fragrances.


The goal of this website is to show the present owners of the Houbigant company how much we miss the discontinued classics and hopefully, if they see that there is enough interest and demand, they will bring back the perfume!


Please leave a comment below (for example: of why you liked the perfume, describe the scent, time period or age you wore it, who gave it to you or what occasion, any specific memories), who knows, perhaps someone from the company might see it.

Showing posts with label discontinued perfume. Show all posts
Showing posts with label discontinued perfume. Show all posts

Friday, May 24, 2013

Coeur de Jeannette by Houbigant c1899

Coeur de Jeannette by Houbigant: created by Paul Parquet in 1899. At the 1900 Paris Exhibition, Houbigant launched a special perfume, Coeur de Jeannette, in honor of the exhibition.




Bois Dormant by Houbigant c1925

Bois Dormant by Houbigant: created by Raymond Kling and Arturo Jordi-Pey, and launched in 1925. The name means "Sleeping Forest" but in some advertisements it is referred to as "Enchanted Woods".


Thursday, May 23, 2013

Au Matin by Houbigant c1923

Au Matin by Houbigant: launched in 1923, in USA in 1929. Created by Paul Schving and Raymond Kling.





Le Parfum Ideal by Houbigant c1896

Le Parfum Ideal was created by Houbigant by in house perfumer, Paul Parquet in 1896, but it was launched for the first time at the 1900 Worlds Fair, along with another perfume Coeur de Jeanette.
The quintessential label for Le Parfum Ideal features a Gibson Girl sniffing a flower, this label was made of gilded foil and heavily embossed.


Etude by Houbigant c1931

Etude by Houbigant: launched in 1931, created by Marcel Billot, was the classic Thirties perfume. The perfume was probably originally named "Douce Quietude" as I saw a reference to this name that Houbigant trademarked in 1920. I believe that the resulting name of "Etude" is a shortened form of Douce Quietude, but I could be wrong.



Ciao by Houbigant c1980

Ciao by Houbigant: launched in 1980. Created by Givaudan Perfumers. Pronounced "chow."


Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Parfum Inconnu by Houbigant c1910

Parfum Inconnu was launched in 1910 by Houbigant. The perfume was created by Paul Parquet.






Essence Rare by Houbigant c1928

Essence Rare was created in 1928. Story goes that Houbigant wanted a big time aldehyde perfume to compete with Chanel’s no. 5, so Roure-Bertrand chemist Paul Schving created Essence Rare.