Jeunesse Dorée

Jeunesse Dorée ('gilded youth'), a party name given to those young men of Paris who, during the French Revolution, struggled to bring about the reaction or counter-revolution after Robespierre's fall (27th July 1794). Other nicknames bestowed upon the same party were Muscadins ('scented darlings') and Petits-Maitres ('elegants'). The term jeunesse dorée is still in use to designate young men about town, who always go elegantly dressed, have the air of spending money, and live a butterfly life of enjoyment and pleasure.