Mais do que uma marca, Courrèges é o símbolo de uma época.

Quando André Courrèges abriu sua casa de moda em 1961 com sua esposa Coqueline, não havia nada que sugerisse que esse jovem formado em Ponts et Chaussées iria reinventar a moda. E, no entanto, quatro anos depois, a coleção "Moon girl" é um sucesso incontestável. Mini-saias, vestidos de trapézio, jaquetas de vinil e botas de PVC: todas essas peças arquitetônicas com design futurista colidem com o guarda-roupa feminino da época, herdado da década de 1950.
No meio de uma revolução moral, esses novos tipos de roupas liberam um pouco mais o corpo das mulheres com seus cortes muito simples e materiais arejados. A cintura não está mais apertada, o joelho está exposto e os pés esticados. Finalmente podemos nos mover, andar, trabalhar com estilo. Um viés de moda de vanguarda, entre alta costura e pronto-a-vestir, que as celebridades em voga vão aprovar. De Brigitte Bardot a Catherine Deneuve, os ídolos da geração yéyé adotaram o estilo Courrèges, seguido rapidamente por todas as jovens que não hesitaram em copiá-las.

André Courrèges, um designer que enfrentou grandes casas de luxo como Dior e Chanel

Muito rapidamente, tudo está vinculado. A marca mudou-se para a rue François 1er em Paris em uma imaculada boutique branca e vinculou as coleções Couture Future (pronto-a-vestir), Prototype (alta costura) e Hyperbole (sportswear) antes de embarcar na perfumaria com o Fragrância Empreinte e moda masculina nos anos 70. Estamos testemunhando a criação de um verdadeiro império ao qual todos os críticos de moda da época juram lealdade, de Diane Vreeland a Roland Barthes, que intitulou "Le Match Chanel - Courrèges" em Marie Claire, em setembro de 1967.
Na década seguinte, André Courrèges diversificou suas atividades tanto que a marca se tornou sinônimo de joias, artigos de couro e decoração de interiores. Uma dispersão que certamente explica o declínio gradual da marca nos anos 90, apesar de uma tentativa de recuperação observada em 1994 e 1995 com coleções feitas por Jean-Charles de Castelbajac. 2002 será o ano do último desfile de alta costura, 6 anos após a saída de André Courrèges e a retomada da criação por sua esposa Coqueline.
Sébastien Meyer e Arnault Vaillant, herdeiros de Courrèges.
Adquirida por dois ex-anunciantes, Courrèges voltou gradualmente à vanguarda do cenário da moda em 2011. E o mínimo que podemos dizer é que esse retorno é sutilmente orquestrado, com narrativa e comunicação sutilmente divulgadas. A fábrica histórica é reabilitada, são reeditadas peças icônicas da marca e, finalmente, são nomeados novos diretores artísticos. Mas não apenas qualquer. Aqui, novamente, os compradores mostram sua audácia confiando as rédeas da casa de Courrèges a dois jovens talentos recompensados ​​pela ANDAM: Sébastien Meyer e Arnault Vaillant, com apenas 25 e 26 anos e fundadores da marca Coperni.
Uma aposta na juventude que deve provar a primeira coleção apresentada nesta manhã por esses dois ex-alunos da Mod'Art. Vestidos de trapézio bicolor, jaqueta prateada de pelúcia, mini-saias estruturadas e corpo imaculado: os cortes lendários da casa são revisitados sem serem danificados, modernizados sem serem brega. Os cromos permanecem francos e brilhantes, enquanto os materiais mantêm seus aspectos futuristas para looks resolutamente contemporâneos. Entre herança e renovação, a nova mulher de Courrèges permanece fiel a si mesma: livre, de vanguarda e terrivelmente moderna.

Women's Fragrances

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Floral fragrances for women

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Specific notes for women's perfumes

Women's perfumes that contain notes of rose

Women's fragrances that contain patchouli

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White musk, essential in women's fragrances

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Match your dress style with your perfume

Harmonize her fragrance with your clothes and your personality

Perfumes

Understanding Perfumes: Types, Composition, and Families

What Are the Different Types of Perfumes?

In a perfume bottle, there isn't just the fragrant substance; the perfume is primarily composed of a carrier whose role is to dissolve the fragrant substances well. There is a finisher, usually a fixative, which helps strengthen the fragrance's tenacity. The fixative is often in the form of iris root powder.
There is an abundance of perfumes, fragrances here and there that fill the shelves of perfumeries worldwide. But what's most impressive is that each of these aromas is unique. So, it's natural to ask the following question:

What are the differences between these fragrances based on?

We can differentiate perfumes based on various criteria. Firstly, there is a difference based on the nature of the medium.
There are 3 types of perfume according to this criterion:
1.    Alcoholic fragrances are the most common; the carrier is pure ethanol. It has the advantage of being very volatile, leaving only the scent on the skin.
2.    Oily fragrances are particularly gentle on the skin.
3.    Solid perfumes, commonly called "perfume concrete," where the perfume components are diluted in a "balm." These scents are applied in small quantities to selected areas.

Furthermore, a distinction can be made even in alcoholic perfumes, according to the content of fragrant compounds. In fact, in our perfumes, we see different names like "eau de parfum" or "eau de toilette." That's where the difference in quality lies, often related to the price difference between perfumes.

•    There are sweet waters or colognes that contain less than 8% fragrant substance. Fixation is about 1 hour.
•    Eau de Toilette has a concentration of 6 to 12%, for a fixation of about 3 hours.
•    Eau de parfum is part of this concentration growth with between 10 and 20% fragrant substance, for a period of several hours.
•    Finally, there are the perfumes themselves, which are composed of 15 to 40% fragrant material and ensure fixation for several days.

Perfume Composition: The Notes

When we talk about perfume, we often talk about notes: top, heart, base notes. They correspond to the composition in fragrant substances of the product:
•    Top notes: these are the first notes, those you feel as soon as the product disperses in the air; fresh notes of citrus fruits or herbs;
•    Heart notes: these are the ones that will smell for several hours, it's the character of the perfume; powerful notes of flowers, fruits;
•    Base notes: these are the notes that will last for several days, that will remain; warm and powerful notes of wood, moss.

Fragrance Families

When we go to a perfumery, we are usually asked what kind of perfume we like: more floral, woody, amber, etc.

There are seven main fragrance families:
1.    Citrus aromas: composed of fruit peels: orange, bergamot, citron;
2.    Floral fragrances: composed mainly of flowers: jasmine, rose, violet;
3.    Fern aromas: woody notes, lavender, oakmoss;
4.    Chypre scents: accords of oakmoss, patchouli, bergamot;
5.    Woody aromas: warm notes of sandalwood, patchouli, cedar;
6.    Amber aromas: oriental, sweet, powdery fragrances with vanilla;
7.    Leather perfumes: composed of dry notes of tobacco, smoke, burnt wood.

It is possible to distinguish perfumes based on the nature of the fragrant compound.
•    Most often, it is in the form of essential oils, which are concentrates of volatile molecules from the plant. They are obtained by distillation.
•    There are also many perfumes made from so-called "absolute" plant raw materials. Like essential oils, they are found in alcoholic, oily, and solid perfumes.
•    The third type of fragrant compound relatively present in the perfume market corresponds to CO2 extracts, which allow obtaining an odor closer to the plant than its essential oil. CO2 extracts are 100% natural and very ecological.

It should be noted that, with the industrialization of perfume and the progress of chemistry, synthetic processes emerge that allow the production of artificial fragrant compounds. Synthetic smell is sometimes more faithful than that of natural raw material, as in the case of rose.