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


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

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Sir Gallahad by Isabey c1924

Sir Gallahad by Isabey: launched in 1924. Originally a perfume for women. Due to the knight theme, it may have been a competitor to Ciro's successful perfume Chevalier de la Nuit (Night of the Knight) from 1923.


Thursday, June 9, 2016

La Route d'Emeraude by Isabey c1924

La Route d'Emeraude by Isabey: launched in 1924. Originally created by Isabey's chief perfumer, Robert Bienaimé.

The fanciful name refers to the so-called Emerald Route. The route delivered precious stones and other valuables from the southern regions of Asia, to Iran and the Near East.


Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Le Rayon Vert by Isabey c1927

Le Rayon Vert by Isabey: launched in 1927.


Fragrance Composition:

Le Rayon Vert is Isabey's answer to Millot's Crepe de Chine which had come out 2 years prior.

So what does it smell like? It is classified as a green, aldehydic chypre fragrance for women.
  • Top notes: bergamot, petitgrain, aldehydes, lemon, galbanum 
  • Heart notes: gardenia, carnation, Grasse jasmine, Bulgarian rose and orris
  • Base notes: vanilla, cedar, amber, sandalwood, benzoin, oakmoss, vetiver, patchouli, musk



Bottle:

The perfume bottle for Le Rayon Vert d'Isabey is a clear glass cylinder with a glass stopper, this bottle was used for other Isabey scents. The bottle measures 3" tall.





Fate of the Fragrance:


Discontinued, date unknown.

Monday, August 4, 2014

L'Ambre de Carthage c1924

L'Ambre de Carthage by Isabey: launched in 1924. Originally created by perfumer Jean Jacques as a woman's perfume.

The name evokes the ancient Tunisian city of Carthage.

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Le Collier d'Isabey Perfume Presentation c1925

This rare perfume set is called " Le Collier d'Isabey " and came out in 1925. Isabey won a gold medal in 1925, when it introduced "Le Collier d'Isabey" (the Isabey Necklace) at the Paris Exhibition. It is also known as "Le Collier Parfume" (the perfumed necklace). The presentation consisted of six pearl shaped perfume bottles arranged to simulate a pearl necklace in a demi-lune presentation case. Andre Jolivet used his "laitance de hareng" pearlization technique for the bottles.



Isabey also made usage of these small round bottles for their individual perfumes such as Ambre de Carthage, Chypre Celtique, Bleu de Chine, Violette, Gardenia and Chypre.  

Le Parfum d'Yvonne Printemps by Isabey c1929

Le Parfum d'Yvonne Printemps by Isabey: launched in 1929. Named after the beautiful actress and wife of noted actor and playwright Sacha Guitry, who Isabey also made a fragrance for. Although in the book Femmes de Papier, the author has noted that Jean Desprez (creator of the famous Bal a Versailles perfume) was the regular perfumer for Sacha Guitry.

"Two things make women unforgettable, their tears & their perfume" -Sacha Guitry