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Blue is a spicy citrus tango hovering on complex foundations of metallic warmth. Fruit sweetness floral abated through a classic fir wood sunshine. An illusive fragrance unto its own category by Douglas Hopkins. A statement of 1969, untamed Southern California, surfing, sun, hippy freedom, the languid beach life. Flashes further back to the warm, crafted wood and rivet metal of the flying boat, 1934, the Pan Am Clipper winging out of San Francisco Bay.

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In 1682, finally habitable, the Palace of Versailles (fourteen-years-inthe-making, more than quarter of a mile wide, 1,400 fountains, and a culinary staff of 1,500) confirmed its grand occupant, Louis XIV, as absolute arbiter of taste throughout Europe. In that year, the Sun King, surveying acres of tapestries and fine rugs, magnificently inlaid furnishings, exquisite porcelain, and priceless art treasures, decreed that a compelling fragrance be blended to complement the headily opulent atmosphere of his new home, drawing on the profuse riches of the palace gardens. With consummate skill and almost reckless expenditure, the apothecaries of the French court created the regal cologne, Prastara. More than three hundred years later, the secret of the kingly scent lived on in the shadow of the Carpathian mountains, royal origin of the last mistress of Louis. Handcrafting--unstinting, caring and unhurried-remains our rule, bringing you a scent experience of royal abandon.