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Madame Alix Gres (Germaine Emilie Krebs) was born in 1903 in Paris, France. She desired to be a sculptor, but without a fruitful career, she soon switched to women's hats making. Her first fashion house "Alex Couture" opened in 1934 was her shift towards couture.

Madame Gres designed her gowns in a fashion of a sculptor – directly on the bodies of her models. Very soon she became famous and her name became a synonym for elegance – 'The Star of elegance'. She created garments for royal families, aristocracy and celebrities of her time: Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Vivien Leigh and others. One of her first muses was Isadora Duncan.

Several years after marrying Russian painter Serge Czerefkov (1937) the famous creator changed her name into Madame Gres in 1942, as it was an anagram of her husbands name and also his alias. Soon after they got married, her husband left France for French Polynesia and 'forgot to return'.

During the World War Two, the German occupation of France, Madame Gres, patriotic to the core, was creating clothes around the three colors of France – blue, white and red. The first perfume of the Gres house, Cabochard was created in 1958, after Madame Gres returned from her trip to India. Cabochard was inspired by new generation of perfumes Tabac Blond (1919), Cuir de Russie (1924), Scandal (1933), and Bandit (1944).

In 1982 Madame Gres had to sell her perfume business for the sake of her Haute Couture. The company Perfumes Gres was sold for several times until it was finally bought by Silvio Denz in 2001. Today the Perfumes Gres is based in Switzerland. The first perfume launched by the new owner was Cabaret (2003)., after which comes Cabaret Homme (2004) and Caline (2005).

Madame Gres died in 1993 in her house in the South of France, but her death was announced a year later, on December 14th 1994 in Le Monde.

Designer Gres has 23 perfumes in our fragrance base. Gres is an old perfume house. The earliest editions originate from 1959 and the newest ones from 2009. Gres fragrances are made in association with perfumers Max Gavarry, Domitille Michalon, Jean-Claude Delville, Jean-Pierre Bethouart, Michel Almairac, Pierre Bourdon, Madame Gres, Bernard Chant, Sidonie Lancesseur, Richard Ibanez, Thierry Wasser, Sophie Labbe, Nathalie Lorson, Marie Salamagne, Jean-Christophe Herault and Amandine Marie.

Gres : website

4995. Gres perfumeAir de Cabochard

2000

2398. Gres perfumeAmbre de Cabochard

2006

2399. Gres perfumeCabaret

2002

4994. Gres cologneCabaret Pour Homme

2004

1060. Gres perfumeCabochard

1959

1061. Gres perfumeCabotine

1990

6446. Gres perfumeCabotine Aquarelle

2009

4993. Gres perfumeCabotine Bleu

2003

3188. Gres perfumeCabotine Delight

2008

4859. Gres perfumeCabotine Rose

2003

5842. Gres perfumeCabotine Sensuelle

1062. Gres perfumeCaline

2005

4992. Gres perfumeFleur de Cabotine

2006

4991. Gres perfumeFolie Douce

1997

8320. Gres perfumeGoddess Hommage a Greta Garbo

6161. Gres perfumeGrain de Folie

1999

4130. Gres perfumeMy Dream Hommage a Marlene Dietrich

2007

4131. Gres perfumeMy Life Hommage a Marlene Dietrich

2007

4132. Gres perfumeMy Passion Hommage a Marlene Dietrich

2007

8322. Gres perfumeMythos Hommage a Greta Garbo

4990. Gres perfumePastel de Cabotine

1996

4989. Gres perfumePastel de Gres

8321. Gres perfumeSphinx Hommage a Greta Garbo

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