Tabu by Dana is a women's fragrance created by Jean Carles

Jean Carles

Jean Carles was a French perfumer who worked in Roure in the early 20th century. He was the founder of the Roure Perfumery School and served as its first director in 1946....

 (1892-1966), a legend in the perfume

Perfume

Perfume is a mixture of fragrant essential oils and/or aroma compounds, fixatives, and solvents used to give the human body, animals, objects, and living spaces "a pleasant scent"...

ry industry. Jean Carles worked for Roure Bertrand, a company associated with noted fashion houses such as Nina Ricci

Nina Ricci (brand)

Nina Ricci is a fashion house founded by Maria "Nina" Ricci and her son Robert in Paris in 1932, and owned by the Spanish beauty and fashion group Puig since 1998. Nina Ricci designed gowns while Robert managed the business and finances. She worked with the fabrics directly on the mannequin to...

, Christian Dior

Christian Dior

Christian Dior , was a French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, also called Christian Dior.-Life:...

, Elsa Schiaparelli

Elsa Schiaparelli

Elsa Schiaparelli was an Italian fashion designer. Along with Coco Chanel, her greatest rival, she is regarded as one of the most prominent figures in fashion between the two World Wars. Starting with knitwear, Schiaparelli's designs were heavily influenced by Surrealists like her collaborators...

 and Cristóbal Balenciaga

Cristóbal Balenciaga

Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre was a Spanish Basque fashion designer and the founder of the Balenciaga fashion house....

.

The House of Dana was a perfume

Perfume

Perfume is a mixture of fragrant essential oils and/or aroma compounds, fixatives, and solvents used to give the human body, animals, objects, and living spaces "a pleasant scent"...

ry established in 1932 in Barcelona, Spain by lawyer

Lawyer

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 Javier Serra. It was later headquartered in Paris

Paris

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. In 1940, it relocated to America

United States

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 during the German occupation of France during World War II.
One of the notable creations of the House of Dana was Tabu. The long-running print advertisement -- showing a man with a violin kissing a woman -- is generally considered a classic, and has often been parodied.

Dana Classic Fragrances continues the tradition of selling well-known fragrances.