Coque d'Or Guerlain

Coque d'Or from 1937, named after the French name for the opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, means "golden shell." Jacques Guerlain dedicated it to his friend Sergei Diaghilev, the founder of Ballet de Russe. The perfume came in cobalt blue bow-shaped Baccarat bottles coated in gold, designed by Jean-Michel Franck. Coque d'Or is a perfume from Guerlain launched back in 1937. It was developed by Jacques Guerlain. The fragrance contains classic chypre and oriental tones. It opens with peach and citruses including orange, with the heart of flowers of iris, carnation, clove, rose and violet, and the base of oak moss, sandalwood, leather, amber and labdanum. Its Baccarat bottle was designed by Georges Chevalier and Raymond Guerlain.