Voodoo by Dana c1949

 Voodoo by Dana: launched in 1949. It was alternately spelled "Vudu" for usage in Europe.

Fragrance Composition:

So what does it smell like? It is classified as a spicy oriental fragrance for women.

• Top notes: aldehydes, heliotrope, cassis, tarragon, thyme, basil and clove
• Middle notes: cinnamon, Bulgarian rose, violet, carnation, jasmine and orange blossom 
• Base notes: orris, ambergris, sandalwood, cedar, patchouli, vanilla, costus and vetiver

The New Yorker, 1949:

"Dana, whose Tabu is still presumably destroying the moral fibre of men, has perfected a new weapon, called Voodoo...Perfume of the night, a new, haunting as tribal drum...powerful . Cologne $8.50... Perfume $12.50-$40.00."

Mademoiselle, 1949:

"Dana has a special way with perfumes, and Voodoo, their newest, is the most strangely- exciting and wonderful of them all."

Tomorrow, Volume 10, 1950:

"VOODOO. . . Dana's newest perfume masterpiece. Known in Paris as "the perfume of the night." It has long been the deepest desire of Dana to go beyond the acknowledged powers of perfume ... to do more than glorify, by surrounding a lovely woman with a glittering veil of fragrance. . . . For Dana believed$40 the ounce."

Town & Country, 1951;

"Each Dana cologne, in fragrance, is truly the bewitching Dana perfume itself. TABU Cologne is truly TABU. VOODOO Cologne is truly VOODOO. Likewise, the colognes of PLATINE, EMIR and 20 CARATS. And so very, very lasting." 

Fate of the Fragrance:

Discontinued, probably in the early 1960s.

Read more about Voodoo here.

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