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Where, when, and under whom did the artist receive education and training? Can you provide all relevant personal background information on the artist? In which Art Organizations was the artist a member? At one point he considered using the name of the village where he was born, Saint-Loup, but it did not sound feminine. Armand Petitjean was short, with a meticulously kept moustache and pointed beard, always impeccably dressed with pastel shirts, white collar and cuffs.

He was extremely courteous, always taking his hat off to even his humblest employee, but his eyes—an innocent sky-blue when he wanted to charm someone——could change in a second to a steely gaze. He was, it seemed, always on his guard, always totally self-controlled, in the service of the task he had set himself. A French brand should be up alongside them.

Armand petit jean biography sampler

Inhe launched five new fragrances simultaneously, presenting them to the world at the June opening of the Universal Exhibition in Brussels. For the period, these were surprising perfumes, surprisingly packaged, with a richly baroque character at odds with the fashion for minimalism. Tropiques, Conquete, Kypre, Tendres Nuits, and Bocages, as well as their bottles ornamented with gold, orchids, green forests, or moldings of cargo ropes, were a snub to the ascetically geometric Art Deco of the moment.

In your apartment, nothing on the walls. If you had a new painting, you showed it to visitors, then put it away. Perfume bottles were square or rectangular, flat. We wanted to do the opposite. He had to offer fragrances to suit every taste, for all women, on all five continents. In fact, Petitjean succeeded in capturing a world of multiple cultures in each fragrance.

Three years during which he had to try and adapt the brand to the new realities of the market. Agents around the world responded nobly, often ordering products for a year or two ahead. Slowly at first, but then with increasing weight, the evidence piled up. Not only the banks realized the gravity of the situation, but the whole family was finally forced to see that the time had come to sell the business.

Suitors were not lacking. Rumor spoke of Revlon, Yardley, Payot. They all had a defect in common — they were not French.