‘Gai! Marions-Nous’ – ‘Great! Let's get married’ – was the title of a successful novel by Germaine Acrement, who won the Prix National de Littérature in 1927. It was adapted as a stage play and performed in Paris and other major European capitals and, at the height of its success, inspired the House of Oriza L. Legrand to create a new fragrance.
‘Marions-nous’ (1928) was itself almost a novel in its expression of sensual playfulness.
Inspired by love and marriage, which do not always go hand in hand, ‘Marions-nous’ reveals a virginal hint of orange blossom, rose, jasmine and hyacinth.
In an interplay of decorum and informal agreements, the wedding reaches its climax when the heart succumbs to the essences of carnation and iris and the comforting accents of aldehydes and ylang-ylang.
On the ‘chessboard of love’, mutual consent seals the arrangement... and we fall into the gentle clutches of sweet emotions.
Tonka bean, a musk accord, civet and sandalwood lend their fragrance to the joyful ceremony... ‘Gai! Marions-Nous’
