However, what you might not have known about Audrey Hepburn is that, alongside clothing, she had a perfume specially designed for her by Hubert de Givenchy himself. Hepburn’s signature scent was first gifted to her in the late 1950s and was titled “L’Interdit,” meaning “forbidden” in French. The original version included featured notes of rose, bergamot, iris, jasmine, violet, and sandalwood per Town & Country.
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Interestingly, when Givenchy asked Hepburn if he could sell the perfume commercially, Hepburn supposedly refused, presumably wanting to be the only one associated with her signature scent. She was the only person to wear the perfume for about a year until it became commercially available in 1957 with Hepburn as the face of the product. According to Vogue UK, the collaboration and release of the scent was the first instance of an actress being the representative for a perfume brand.
