Manufacturer: |
Jovan |
Fragrance Name: |
Mink & Pearls |
Year Introduced: |
1968 |
Gender: |
Feminine |
Strength: |
Essence of Mink Oil |
Notes: |
Aldehydes, lemon, orange, bergamot, hyacinth, galbanum and clary sage; middle notes of jasmine, rose, heliotrope, cinnamon bark, angelica root, rosemary, lavender, nutmeg, bitter almond, carnation, tuberose, narcissus and jonquil; and base notes of patchouli, galbanum, cedarwood, myrrh, musk, amber, tonka, leather, castoreum and oak moss |
Advertising Slogan: |
You could wear it for a thousand nights and never repeat the same emotionsLuxury beyond expectation...without furs, without jewels, you could be in Mink & PearlsUntil now we were just after your body. Now we're looking for a way to get into your head. |
Jovan introduced Mink & Pearls in 1968. This was the fragrance that started it all for Jovan and was a very unique, beautiful fragrance for a drug store scent. In its advertisements, it was touted as the most luxurious fragrance ever blended and Jovan claimed it had a secret "narcotic, floral note" hidden deep inside. The perfume was meant to change with the wearer's chemistry to produce an individualistic scent. By 1978, it had been discontinued but remains a very sought after scent even now. It is classified as a floral, mossy, animalic, chypre fragrance for women that is blended with over 140 exquisite perfume oils.
Mink & Pearls has been discontinued.
This is the original perfume oil version of the fragrance.
I was am familiar with the original Jovan Musk and later with Kiehl's Musk oil. Both were warm, sensual, but clean skin scents which I enjoyed in their heyday. This one really surprised me with it's rather dark, mysterious, and yes almost "narcotic" floral note, which is most most reminiscent of the first whiff of gasoline/petrol to sexy leather I experience with Chanel Cuir de Russie. This doesn't have great longevity on me, but it's a sophisticated skin scent.
I was am familiar with the original Jovan Musk and later with Kiehl's Musk oil. Both were warm, sensual, but clean skin scents which I enjoyed in their heyday. This one really surprised me with it's rather dark, mysterious, and yes almost "narcotic" floral note, which is most most reminiscent of the first whiff of gasoline/petrol to sexy leather I experience with Chanel Cuir de Russie. This doesn't have great longevity on me, but it's a sophisticated skin scent.
