''Fidji'' is a

perfume Perfume (, ; french: parfum) is a mixture of fragrant essential oils or aroma compounds (fragrances), fixatives and solvents, usually in liquid form, used to give the human body, animals, food, objects, and living-spaces an agreeable scent. Th ...

Guy Laroche Guy Laroche () (16 July 1921 – 17 February 1989) was a French fashion designer and founder of the eponymous company. Biography Laroche was born in La Rochelle, and began his career in millinery. From 1949, Laroche worked for Jean Dessè ...

, developed in 1966 by the perfumer

Joséphine Catapano Joséphine Catapano (December 29, 1918 – May 14, 2012) was an American perfumer. Biography Joséphine Catapano studied at Hunter High School and Hunter College before starting a career in the perfume industry. In 1953, she created Estée Laude ...

. ''Fidji'' is named after the

Fiji Islands Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

in the South Pacific. It is composed of notes of galbanum, hyacinth, lemon, bergamot, rose, jasmine, violet, ylang-ylang, carnation, orris, musk, patchouli, sandalwood, amber, vetiver and oakmoss. The bottle was designed by the artist

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Nigel Groom, ''The Perfume Handbook'', 1992, p. 84 and was the first women's perfume line for Guy Laroche.

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''Fidji'' by Guy Laroche (1966)
Perfumes Products introduced in 1966