{"id":1818,"date":"2023-11-11T17:32:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T16:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinquiemesens.com\/?p=1818"},"modified":"2026-10-27T09:11:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:11:53","slug":"flowers-and-perfumes-of-the-great-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinquiemesens.com\/en\/actualites\/fleurs-et-parfums-de-la-grande-guerre.html","title":{"rendered":"Flowers and scents of the \u00abGreat War\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"

On November 11, 1918, the end of the \u00abGreat War\u00bb and of four years of conflict that left a long mark on memory was marked. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Symbol of this tragic period: the Bleuet de France<\/strong>, In memory of this flower that grew in the trenches and whose color recalls the ones that were nicknamed \u00abthe Poilus\u00bb. In order to raise funds for the great war wounded, two nurses took the initiative to have it made in fabric by the convalescent soldiers so that they could be sold to the public. Long forgotten by the general public, the Blazing Flower has been more willingly displayed on commemorative days in recent years, with the aim of popularizing it as a symbol of solidarity towards veterans, but also towards war victims and terrorism. In the Commonwealth, and particularly in England and Canada, it is the famous Poppy<\/strong> (daisy) which symbolizes the memory of soldiers who fell in battle. Every year, a fundraising campaign is organized, personified by wearing a paper daisy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some perfumes from that era...<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1914<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fruit Defended<\/em> (Parfums de Rosine)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few violets<\/em> (Houbigant)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Defended Fruit (Parfums de Rosine) \u2013 \u00a9DR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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In 1915<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tilleul<\/em> (from Orsay)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mystery<\/em> (from Orsay)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 1916<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colonia<\/em>\u00a0(Acqua di Parma)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love only me<\/em> (Caron)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 1917<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cyprus<\/em>\u00a0(Coty)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scented peas<\/em> (Guerlain)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cyprus (Coty) \u2013 \u00a9Coty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The end of the conflict has certainly caused a shock, and the visceral need to quickly forget the suffering experienced by soldiers and civilians. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This turning point in society thus gave rise to the Years of Madness<\/strong>, A veritable social and artistic fireworks display, with Paris as the world capital: place for freedom, short hair, and a body liberated from the last corsets; place for jazz and the charleston that opens a cultural frontier with the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1919<\/strong>, Two perfumes that have become mythical are born, as a promise of better tomorrows: Mitsouko<\/em> (Guerlain) and Tabac Blond<\/em>\u00a0(Caron). The women who participated in the war effort in the factories assert themselves without taboos and claim equality with men: in these two works, the girls find the affirmation of a joyful and assertive sensuality.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It should be noted that in 2015<\/strong>, Byredo has released Rose of No Man\u2019s Land<\/em>, taking up the nickname given by the British soldiers to the nurses who cared for them.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rose of No Man\u2019s Land (Byredo) \u2013 \u00a9Byredo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Le 11 novembre 1918 sonne la fin de la \u00ab Grande Guerre \u00bb et de quatre ann\u00e9es d\u2019un conflit qui a longuement marqu\u00e9 les m\u00e9moires. Symbole de cette p\u00e9riode tragique : le Bleuet de France, en souvenir de cette fleur qui poussait dans les tranch\u00e9es et dont la couleur rappelle celle qu\u2019on surnommait \u00ab les Poilus \u00bb.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1823,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[72,75,76,77],"class_list":["post-1818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-etude-de-cas","tag-parfum","tag-11-novembre","tag-bleuet","tag-poppy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinquiemesens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinquiemesens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinquiemesens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinquiemesens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinquiemesens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinquiemesens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1822,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinquiemesens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818\/revisions\/1822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinquiemesens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinquiemesens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinquiemesens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinquiemesens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}