Le Pirate by Lentheric c1928

Le Pirate by Lentheric: launched in 1928. Pronounced "Le Peer Rat". Suitable for fur.

Fragrance Composition:

So what does it smell like? It was a heavy, sweet, spicy, sultry oriental perfume.

• Top notes: Italian citrus, Saigon cinnamon, Zanzibar clove, gardenia
• Middle notes: Grasse rose, Grasse jasmine, Tuscan violet, Tunisian orange blossom, French carnation
• Base notes: ambergris, Madagascar vanilla, Mysore sandalwood, Tonkin musk, patchouli, Tyrolean oakmoss

The Typography of Newspaper Advertisements, 1929:

"In all the finer shops, as well as in the Lentheric Salon, you will find a complete ensemble of fragrance in your favorite Lentheric odeur, reflecting with rich fidelity the radiance of Asphodele, Miracle or Le Pirate."

Vanity Fair, 1929:

"The creations of Lentheric achieve her ensemble of fragrance! Thus her entire aura is in fragrant harmony — whether it he the gardenia- sorcery of Asphodele —the luxuriant beauty of Miracle, or the vivacity of Le Pirate."

Bottles:

1929 Lentheric Perfume Catalog Page:

Bottled in clear crystal cube bottles, with a rectangle stopper in black glass.

Harper's Bazaar, 1930:

"Like a buccaneer's hat, the black stopper crowns the modernistic bottle of Le Pirate, a new Lentheric perfume. The scent is oriental and just a little wicked."

American Druggist, Volumes 79-80, 1929:

"New Lentheric Odor Le Pirate {the Pirate of Love) is the newest odor by Lentheric, Paris and New York. It is described as a daring perfume which is bottled in a piquant block- crowned bottle. It is the fourth new scent which has been.."

The New Yorker, 1934:

"Bouquet Lentheric. Of all the precious Lentheric perfumes, your chosen one . . . released in an Eau de Cologne supremely fine ... A double essence! Tingling ..Wherever fine perfumes are sold. Lentheric, 245 Rue St.-Honore, Paris; Fifth Ave., N.Y. Four-oz. flacon, £1.00 Eight-oz. ,51.65 Sixteen-oz., £2.75. ..In six Lentheric Perfumes: Miracle, Foret Vierge, Asphodele, Lotus d'Or, Le Pirate and Au Fil de L'Eau."

Eau de Toilette bottle with green stopper and large green wax seal with double L for Lentheric.

Mini perfume, clear glass, molded with a diamond pattern, stands 4.6cm tall. Label on base.

Also presented in a controlled bubble glass bottle, made in Czechoslovakia in 1935.


This bottle can be found in different colors for different perfumes by Lentheric, cerulean blue for Miracle, softened rose for Lotus D'Or, green for Le Pirate, green for Au Fil de L'Eau, green for Foret Vierge, mirror clear for Asphodele, champagne for Tweed, and Numero Douze in amber. Bottle stands 4"  tall.


Drug and Cosmetic Industry - Volume 36, 1935:

"LENTHERIC'S Bubble Bottle comes in blue, clear, amber or green. The glass is full of tiny bubbles and the whole bottle looks like one large bubble itself. Numero Douze, Miracle, Asphodele, and Le Pirate are the perfumes bottled in this way."

Fate of the Fragrance:

Discontinued, date unknown.