Trapeze by Corday c1956

Trapeze by Corday : launched in 1956.

Fragrance Composition:

So what does it smell like? It was classified as a light, modern floral fragrance for women.

• Top notes: aldehydes, clary sage, citrus
• Middle notes: gardenia, ylang ylang, orange blossom
• Base notes: orris, sandalwood, musk, oakmoss

Bottles:

The lovely glass bottles feature a fluted bulbous base, octagonal foot and fitted with a fan shaped ground glass stopper, much in the style of Guerlain's Shalimar parfum bottle. This bottle was used not only for Parfum, but also the Eau de Parfum and Eau de Toilette. Note: The flacon was also used for two other Corday perfumes: Possession and L'Ardente Nuit.

The deluxe parfum flacons are made up of clear crystal and have fan shaped glass stoppers. The deluxe parfum bottles were equipped with a silver metal label hanging around the neck of the bottle, much like a liquor tag found on decanters, these fine crystal bottles were made by Baccarat and are acid marked on the base with the Baccarat logo. 

The non-deluxe bottles were made up of molded glass and simply had a silver foil or white paper label. If your bottle is molded with "Corday Bottle Made in France" on the base, they were made by Pochet et du Courval. If your bottle is simply molded with "Corday" on the base, they were produced by Wheaton Glass in New Jersey, USA. 

Fan Stoppered Bottles:

• 1/5 oz Parfum (acquaintance bottle) mini bottle stands 1.7" tall.  
• 1/4 oz Parfum bottle stands approximately 2.5" tall.
• 1/2 oz Parfum bottle stands 3.5" tall. 
• 1  oz Parfum bottle stands 4.25" tall.  
• 1 oz Parfum deluxe crystal bottle stands 6" tall and was made by Baccarat.
• 2 oz bottle stands 4.75" tall.
• 2.5 oz Eau de Parfum Spray stands 5.25" tall.
• 4 oz Eau de Parfum Splash bottle stands 
• 1 oz Eau de Toilette bottle stands 5" tall. 
• 3 oz Eau de Toilette Splash bottles stands 5.5" tall.
• Factice (dummy bottle used for advertising) stands 8" tall.

 

The Eau de Parfum was housed in the lovely bottle, but has a spray mechanism, instead of the ground glass stopper, the fan shape has been adapted as a Lucite cap to cover the spray.

• 2.5 oz Eau de Parfum Spray bottle stands 5.5" tall.

In the 1960s, Trapeze was presented in an unusual cube shaped bottle with rounded shoulders. It was fitted with a ground glass stopper with a hole in the center.

Fate of the Fragrance:

Discontinued, date unknown.

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