L'Air du Temps (perfume)

L'Air du Temps
Fragrance by Nina Ricci
Released 1948
Label Nina Ricci

L'Air du Temps is a women's perfume by the French fashion house Nina Ricci. It was created in 1948, when Nina Ricci's son Robert sought to expand the house's business into perfumery.[1] In its original production, the perfume was contained in a bottle designed by René Lalique.[2]

In the 1991 movie The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal Lecter identifies L'Air du Temps as a perfume sometimes worn by Clarice Starling.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Legendary Fragances". The Pittsburg Press. E. W. Scripps Company. April 19, 1990. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Frenchman on the scent of more profits visits U.S. to promote father's perfume". Nashua Telegraph. December 14, 1981. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Desson Howe (February 15, 1991). "The Silence of the Lambs (R)". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
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