The French Riviera
When the First World War broke, Albert stayed with the family in France. One of the creations was made despite the war, one that actually documents from this period.
His fiancée in Provence and him in Berlin. He sadly falls in the war. However, the scent of lavender, sandalwood and tonka beans form an invisible bridge between France and Germany. Only later this fragrance became one of the signature names in Krigler's fragrance history.
Like many high society Americans, including many authors and writers, they loved spending time in the French Riviera. From Cannes beaches to the lavender field in Grasse, this was the spot where magic happened in all sorts of art. For certain societies this was a new change from coasts of California and or Floridian Riviera. From actors to literary artists, everyone is drawn to Europe. And everyone wears fragrances by Krigler. Albert tells us about new fragrance stories and continues to astonish us with new creations!
This one, he regarded as Monsieur Dada 18, as a homage to 1918, a new artistic and literary movement that after World War I came, and was called Dadaism. It was the anarchic, highly political alternative to established art. The idea came after a visit to the Zurich Cabaret Voltaire, the original site of the Movement - and this is how this unusual combination came about and alternative design in perfume art was created. Today, a great grandson of Albert's, Ben Krigler has a modernized version of Monsieur Dada 18, which he re-created and thus reinterpreted the spirit from back then.
English Promenade 19, a delicate mix of world flowers whispering along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice was the next fragrance. The fresh, lively happy note is especially enchanting for young ladies, mademoiselle fragrance as we call it nowadays.
This next fragrance was commissioned by librettist Giuseppe Adami (Turandot) who wanted a perfume that would take him to his favorite vacation spot in Bordighera, on the Italian-French Riviera. Albert Krigler went in 1920, and spent a summer there with his family, in a particular villa designed by Charles Garnier, the architect of the Paris Opera. Given the abundance of Lemon trees growing along the coast were the basic ideas for VILLA BORDIGHERA 20. Ben Krigler had the fragrance retrieved from the archives, modernized it and it is fresh as it was back in the days, sea air combined with citrus freshness.
His new stories also include Sparkling Diamond 22, which was the most expensive fragrance entering the House of Krigler Chronic. Projecting the radiant notes and inspiration from Monte Carlo and its own glamorous world, it smells like you just came from vinotherapy. And it also shines from the inside: with real diamonds in a bottle, today a fine Swarovski crystal. In the Golden Twenties, Albert again created many exclusive and customized perfumes, so-called “bespoke perfumes”. As it is still the case today, 25, 50 or 75 years for the contract between a client and The House is reserved.
Blue Escapade 24 is one like that, in 1924 an English Lord asked for an unusual scent or rather request. He wanted the freshness of the ocean and the mood of his Villa Blue Escapade, which is located in Biarritz on the Atlantic, but however, trapped in a bottle. That was fulfilled, he chose 25 years of exclusivity just for himself and then later for the world.