Envol Ted Lapidus
Envol by Ted Lapidus is a Floral Green fragrance for women. Envol was launched in 1981. The nose behind this fragrance is Roger Pellegrino. The fragrance features oak moss, Green Notes, Jasmine, Floral Notes, Rose, Woodsy Notes, Fruity Notes, Musk and Amber.
Envol EDT vintage available at a price – 12 EUR/ml
Envol means “flight” in French. “I gave it such a light name, spacious and airy, because it is a perfume of space, night and time,” says Ted Lapidus.
The perfume was created by Roger Pellegrino, inspired by the Lancome perfumes of the same name from the 1950s. Envol is a green fragrance enriched with notes of flowers (roses and jasmine) and fruits, as well as a dry background of woody, musky, amber and earthy tones. Available as a pure perfume, eau de toilette and eau de parfum. The bottle design was developed by Joel Degrippes. The dark blue multifaceted perfume bottle, diagonally crossed by a lightning bolt and crowned with a bullet-shaped cap.
Edmond “Ted” Lapidus was a Parisian designer born in 1929 to a family of Russian immigrants. The son of a tailor, Lapidus trained with Christian Dior before launching his own label in 1951 at the age of 22. Ted Lapidus built his legendary fashion house with the support of a number of influential figures of his time, including singer Charles Aznavour.
Since 1963, the brand has been a member of the French haute couture syndicate, having won the prestigious title of Chambre syndicale de la haute couture (the union of French haute couture designers) in 1963, after which it has become more fully known.
Lapidus’ fashion offered a distinctive unisex style that was in great demand during the revolutionary 1960s. Lapidus’ designs often featured safari themes and military elements such as shoulder epaulettes. He is credited with popularizing blue jeans into mainstream fashion. Lapidus’s fashion was popular with influential stars of the time, including Twiggy, Alain Delon, Brigitte Bardot, and The Beatles, including John Lennon. The white suit Lennon wore on the cover of The Beatles’ Abbey Road album was designed by Lapidus. Lapidus convinced Twiggy to wear a suit and tie instead of her typical miniskirts.
Lapidus is also known for using mass-production methods, which made his clothes more affordable for the average consumer.
The Ted Lapidus brand expanded to include accessories in the 1970s, as interest in high fashion began to wane. One of the first designers to form a partnership to produce perfume, Lapidus first collaborated with L’Oreal in 1970, offering fragrances under the Ted Lapidus brand.
In 1989, Lapidus’ son, Oliver, took over the management of the house. In 2000, the Lapidus brand officially ceased its couture activities and focused exclusively on accessories and fragrances. Ted Lapidus died in 2008.
Vu was the first women’s fragrance, launched in 1975, when the perfume license was held by L’Oreal. The Ted Lapidus perfume license was transferred to the Jacques Bogart Group in 1983. The very first fragrance by the renowned fashion designer and tailor Ted Lapidus was created in 1975, and the most recent one was in 2023. Ted Lapidus fragrances were created in collaboration with perfumers Alexandra Carlin, Gerard Anthony, Jean-Pierre Weil, Roger Pellegrino, Pierre Bourdon, Martin Gras, Jean Jacques, Bernard Ellena, Alexandra Monet, Jérôme di Marino, Jean-Claude Ellena, Leslie Gauthier, Emilie Coppermann, Maurice Roucel, Norbert Bijaoui, Michel Hy and Francis Kurkdjian.
