KOUROS: The Scent of Gods ( part 2)

This is second and last part, and you will find:

-Kouros Party in Paris (February 20th, 1981)

-Flankers (1986-2014)

-Body Line

-Special Bottles

-Gift Sets & Accessories

-Miniatures

-Advertising

-Miscellaneous

the first part is HERE

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The KOUROS Party

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On February 20th, 1981, a great party was held in Paris for the launch of "KOUROS". World famous dancer Rudolph Nureyev performed three ballets at the "Opera Comique" for the invited guests, then a dinner at "Maxim's" followed.

The party for "the most expensive male scent ever produced" (as for 1981) had a cost of nearly 200.000 dollars.

Yves Saint Laurent and Zizi Jeanmaire during 
the KOUROS Gala in Paris 
(Feb. 20, 1981)

From Getty Images Archives:
Zizi Jeanmaire and Yves Saint Laurent attending at the Opera

Yves Saint Laurent, Zizi Jeanmaire, and Rudolf Nureyev 

at the Opera.

From Getty Images Archives:
Zizi Jeanmaire, Yves Saint Laurent,
Yvette Chauvire and Rudolf Nueyev

From Getty Images Archives: 
Zizi Jeanmaire and Yves Saint Laurent congratulating 
with Rudolf Nureyev

(from Getty Image Archives) 

Rudolf Nureyev (left), Zizi Jeanmaire,
Yves Saint Laurent, and Paloma Picasso (right) at Maxim's
Note the factice bottles on the right (rhmiller.com)

Yves Saint Laurent and Bob Miller 
(Charles of the Ritz) (rhmiller.com)

From Corbis Archives:
Zizi Jeanmaire, Rudolf Nureyev, and Yves Saint Laurent 

From Getty Images Archives.

Yves Saint Laurent with two friends and Paloma Picasso (right) 

What the press said....

(from Basenotes) "Kouros debut lacked sweet smell of success...."

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Flankers

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During years, Kouros had several "flankers" (i.e. different versions, or special editions). 

In 1986, at the beginning of "Parfums Corp." Era, Yves Saint Laurent launched the first flanker. A gentle, refined, more "classy" and less "brutal" version of Kouros, naming it "Eau de Sport" (and later simply "Sport").

Then, in 1993, a second flanker arrived, named "Fraicheur", a lighter, more citric and elegant version. Both are very rare and hard to find nowadays, gaining a "cult" status.

Anyway, there are major complaints about a lot of the following versions (appeared since 2002) because appear very similar to each other. 

In details:

"Eau de Sport", or

"Eau Sport" (1986-1993)

picture by Ericrico, (from Basenotes)

picture by Ericrico, (from Basenotes)

picture by Ericrico, (from Basenotes)

pictures from Parfumo.net (above and below)

(pictures below provided by Jason Newton)

Kouros Eau de Sport, Batch 8068, year 1988
interesting picture, because the box is an old-type
"Charles of the Ritz" Era (used until 1986)

 Early "Eau de Sport" bottle

A late bottle (year 1992), simply renamed "Kouros Sport"

batch PA23241PP = equivalent to 2324 = year 1992
You can see the "Parfums Corp." label here

from the web, unknown author

Early (1988, on right) and late (1992, on left) 
Kouros Eau de Sport bottles
(www.uneasynostalgia.com, by Jason Newton)

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Fraicheur (first box, 1993-1998)

(photos by Jason Newton

from www.uneasynostalgia.com)

note the label "Parfums Corp." 

Fraicheur (second box, 1999-2001)

(same fragrance, different packaging)

thanks to MDCLX, Basenotes

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Eau d'Ete (2002)

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Cologne Sport (2003)

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Eau d'Ete Cologne Sport Summer Fragrance (2004)

Thanks to Andrew "The Cologne Guy" on Basenotes.net,
flankers years 2003 (right) and 2004 (left)

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Eau d'Ete Summer Fragrance (2005)

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Eau d'Ete (2006)

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Tattoo (2007)

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"Tonique Energizing EDT" (2008)

Thanks to Andrew "The Cologne Guy" on Basenotes.net,
left to right: flankers years 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

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"Tonique Energizing EDT" (2010)

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"Tonique Energizing EDT" (2013)

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"Tonique Energizing EDT" (2014)

Thanks to Rivegauche, from Parfumo.net.

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"Kouros Silver" (2015)

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BODY LINE

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Three different body lines were launched: "Formule Sport" (1986), "Formule Soin" (1987), and "En Plein Air" (1991).

KOUROS Formule Sport (1986)

Cooling Body Lotion

Tinted Face Emulsion

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KOUROS Formule Soin (1987) 

Shaving foam

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KOUROS En Plein Air (1991) 

Soothing balm (from Basenote)

Face moisturizer

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SPECIAL BOTTLES

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Sometimes a few "special bottles" appears on popular auction sites.

A few of these "rare" bottle are fakes

Still waiting to get authentic bottles for a photo shoot.

Traveller Edition

during year 2002 YSL edited a limited edition 

2x25 ml "Travel spray bottles".

It's probably the rarest twin-bottle ever.

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GIFT SETS 

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100ml Spray + Shower Gel
(Sanofi, 1990s)

100ml Spray + Deo Stick
(PPR-Gucci, 2000s)

100ml Spray + Shover Gel
(L'Oreal, 2010s)

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 ACCESSORIES

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Shaving Foam

Hair and Body Wash

Deodorant stick

Roll-on deodorant

Cologne Sport Face Care (year 2003)

Perfumed Deodorant Spray

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MINIATURES

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5 ml - 0.17 oz.

15 ml / 0.5 oz.

15ml  / 0.5 oz mini 

15ml. / 0.5 oz Cologne Sport (year 2003)

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ADVERTISING

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YEARS 1981-1982

YEARS 1983-1984

YEAR 1985

YEAR 1986

YEARS 1986-1988

YEAR 1986

YEARS 1986-1987

YEAR 1987

YEAR 1992

YEAR 1996

YEAR 1995-1999

YEAR 2001

YEAR 2002

YEAR 2006

YEAR 2008

Adverisement after year 2005

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MISCELLANEOUS

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 YEAR 1981 brochures

KOUROS Racing Team

Sauber Mercedes C8 (year 1986)

Sauber Mercedes C9 (year 1987)

C8, year 1986

C9,  year 1987

Poster

Kouros Racing Team, year 1986: Pescarolo-Nielsen.

Advertisement year 1986

Volkswagen KOUROS, Paris-Dakar, year 1987, pilot H.Auriol

FACTICES 

Factice giant bottle, for exposition only.

SAMPLE

KOUROS Watch

Sticker Year 1987

Kouros Bag / Sac de Voyage

A marvelous Artwork: seven KOUROS bottles
set inside a mirror

(first part here)

(I am grateful to all my friends and buddies from Fragrantica and Basenotes 

for helping me with a lot of useful insights)

....and... 

Batch-codes

Year-of-production, 

all-you-need-to-know

about vintage perfumes in the following pages:

-GUERLAIN perfumes ( here )

-YVES SAINT LAURENT perfumes ( here )

-CHRISTIAN DIOR  perfumes  ( here )

-GIORGIO ARMANI Perfumes ( here )

-VAN CLEEF et ARPELS perfumes ( here )

-CHANEL perfumes ( here )

-BVLGARI perfumes ( here )

-HERMES perfumes ( here )

-VERSACE perfumes ( here )

-GIVENCHY perfumes ( here )

-GUY LAROCHE perfumes (here) 

-CACHAREL perfumes ( here )

-ROCHAS perfumes (here) 

-JEAN PATOU perfumes (here)

-LANCOME perfumes (here)

-CARON perfumes (here)

-CALVIN KLEIN perfumes (here)

-RALPH LAUREN perfumes (here)

-JEAN PAUL GAULTIER perfumes (here)

-SERGE LUTENS perfumes (here)

-GUCCI perfumes (here)

Plus:

Kouros by Yves Saint Laurent, visual guide (here)

Fahrenheit by Christian Dior, visual guide  (here)

Azzaro pour Homme by Azzaro, visual guide (here)

Drakkar Noir by Guy Laroche, visual guide (here)

Opium by Yves Saint Laurent, visual guide (here)

Samsara by Guerlain, visual guide (here) 

and others..