Milestones in order. This is history, not a weekly activity grid.
- Galbanum resin
- Vent Vert
- Chanel No. 19
- Aliage
- Silences
- Private Collection
- Green retreat
- Leaf in sheers
- Tomato leaf niche
- Galbanum revival
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Quick answers
What is Green?
Galbanum, snapped stem and tomato leaf — the florist's knife and the garden before bloom.
EDP vs EDT — what changes?
Concentration is oil in alcohol, not a quality score. EDT (about 5–15%) shows more top; EDP (about 15–20%) shows more heart and base. Houses vary; this is not a lab assay.
How should I wear Green?
One or two sprays on skin or cloth — sternum or hair, not a cloud in a lift. Let it turn an hour before you add more.
Which season fits?
Spring daylight. Night and wool can turn green into ink.
Does skin chemistry change it?
Yes. Warm, moist skin amplifies sweet and spice; dry or cool skin can turn the same juice woody, soapy or short. Test on your skin, not only a blotter.
What about IFRA and oakmoss?
IFRA sets industry limits on some naturals and synthetics. A reformulation is usually a legal edit, not a betrayal. This atlas is not a safety sheet.
Green did not arrive as one bottle. The timeline below keeps Grasse, Guerlain, Chanel, Nahéma and IFRA as proper names, not metaphors.
Read the years as a map of trade and reformulation, not as a ranking of beauty.
Timeline
- Galbanum resin
Biblical and Mediterranean incense; not yet a “green note”.
- Vent Vert
Cellier for Balmain: galbanum as fashion modernism.
- Chanel No. 19
Henri Robert’s green iris; galbanum in a Chanel silhouette.
- Aliage
Estée Lauder “sport fragrance”; green as movement.
- Silences
Jacomo’s green-floral; a cult bitter bouquet.
- Private Collection
Lauder / IFF greens as private-label chic.
- Green retreat
Orientals and white florals shout louder.
- Leaf in sheers
Violet leaf inside transparent florals.
- Tomato leaf niche
Hermès and others treat the garden as cuisine.
- Galbanum revival
Indie greens against sweet gourmands.
The eras
- Resin and leaf — Galbanum as incense and pharmacy.
- Fashion green — Vent Vert to No. 19 and Lauder sports.
- Quiet leaf — Greens survive as facets, not titles.
- Garden niche — Tomato, fig leaf, crushed stem.
- Bitter revival — Anti-sugar briefs name galbanum again.
Milestones
- Vent Vert, 1947 — Cellier makes snap-stem a style, not a defect.
- Chanel No. 19, 1970 — Green enters the Chanel canon beside aldehydes.
- Tomato-leaf niche — Twenty-first-century garden realism.
Green keeps moving; the other six chapters say what one date cannot.
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