The Genius of Paris
Elsa Schiaparelli was the greatest fashion designer of the 30's her amazing couture and perfumes were sensational. Friends of artists such as Salvador Dali and Jean Cocteau she ruled the world of fashion.
Her business folded in 1954 but not before influencing every fashion designer that followed at the height of her fame Elsa Schiaparelli was considered more important than Chanel.
Salvador Dali worked with her and they created the famous lobster dress which for the times was really out there.
If you look at the perfumes that Elsa Schiaparelli created with the strange bottles and names and look at the current trend of perfumes you can see nothing is new.
What does this bottle remind you of?
Her name was bought in 2007.