Lasso by Jean Patou c1956

Lasso by Jean Patou: launched 1956 , advertised as "your secret weapon." It was created by Guy Robert.

Fragrance Composition:

So what does it smell like? It is described as a an aldehydic chypre fragrance for women with floral and fruity notes.

• Top notes: reseda, cyclamen, linden, aldehydes, peach, heliotrope, carnation, fruity notes
• Middle notes: narcissus, heliotrope, lily, tuberose, Grasse jasmine, rose, iris, violet, Malabar black pepper
• Base notes: resins, frankincense, leather, Comoros vanilla, Yugoslavian oakmoss, patchouli, musk, ambergris, civet, Bourbon vetiver, Mysore sandalwood

 

Harper's Bazaar, 1957:

"From the Jean Patou collection: a new and very captivating fragrance called, appropriately enough, "Lasso." It's the first perfume in ten years to come from the famous house of Patou, and it's wrapped in a miniature dress-box... Miniature flacon, $5.."

The New Yorker, 1957:

"Patou's latest is labelled Lasso, which means in French what it means in English, though one assumes that the roping is to be done by indirection. This has a real tang and dries differently — and deliciously — on everyone I've tried it on."

The New Yorker, 1957:

"Named Lasso, it's a warm fruit-and-floral blend, something like the old-established Moment Supreme but livelier and not so soft—— sort of Western. In fact, it dries differently on different skins——sometimes turning quite sweet, sometimes taking on peppery overtones. ... Purse-size flacons of this newcomer are $5.50, and an ounce is $27.50; the toilet water is $6.60."

Bottles:

The parfum was housed in crystal flacons and came in four sizes: 1/3 oz, 1/2 oz, 1 oz and 2 oz. The fragrance was also available in eau de toilette and eau de cologne.

photo by ebay seller aphissos

Fate of the Fragrance:

It seems to have been discontinued in the late 1960s.

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