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Un jardin après la mousson

Tue, 20 May 2008 14:11:47 +0200

A spicy, green, damp, citrussy eau that evokes the scent of ginger lemonade, with the tart, peppery smell of lime. It describes the scent of plants, cool spices, longose blossom and green vetiver.

Kelly Calèche

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:50:12 +0100

A joyful and feminine fragrance inspired by a leather with a flowery scent, more like a suede than a Russian leather, an accord with burnt-wood notes. Climbing rose bestows the floral-leather sensation. Softened with green notes (lily-of-the-valley, narcissus, iris and more), the perfume possesses a gentle woodsy-chypre character that is surely a nod to Vetiver de Calèche (by Guy Robert, 1961). Designed by: Jean Claude Ellena.

Brin de Réglisse

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:46:32 +0100

A refined, aromatic lavender strewn with floral notes (including orange blossom) and evolving towards a gourmand but light base of licorice and hay.

Paprika Brasil

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:06:54 +0100

Waves of spices, cloves and pimento ‘set fire to the wood’. A powdery note of iris, mixed with ‘the raw greenness of leaves,’ comes to cool the blaze. The imposing woods are allied with ‘aqueous notes of reseda, which establish a strange, dark coolness’.

Elixir des Merveilles

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:06:29 +0100

A note of candied orange peel makes an appearance, in a blend of citrus pulp and chocolate. Then comes a sweet biscuit note, composed of tonka bean and vanilla blended with sugar and milk. Oak, frankincense balms, ambergris and Peruvian and Siamese resins weave a sensual oriental-woodsy thread into this eau de toilette.

Eau des Merveilles 'Constellation'

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:42:48 +0100

A subtle trail in which ‘the spirit of wood vibrates with the mellowness of Peru balm, […] the ambergris accord […] and glittering sparks of Seville orange, elemi and sweet spices’.

Terre d'Hermès

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:41:28 +0100

Terre d’Hermès is described as being like ‘a voyage across the elements’. The fragrance blends sparkling citrus accents, mineral notes of flint and waves of plants and spices. A voyage that goes on to unveil the earthy sensuality of wood notes softened with benzoin.

Osmanthe Yunnan

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:33:36 +0100

While composing Osmanthe Yunnan, Jean Claude Ellena was inspired by the tea-apricot-and-freesia scent exhaled by osmanthus’s miniscule white blooms. The opening is refreshed with a drop of orange, the whole is fresh and delicate, tart, joyful and creamy.

Parfum des Merveilles

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:29:49 +0100

A fragrant alchemy of enchanted forest notes (oak, patchouli) wedded to whale amber, a ‘cross between leather and flowers’. The essence’s voluptuousness results from a pinch of balms and resin and bark notes, as well as leaves, roots and the mysterious scent of davana, with its cognac and candied fruit notes.

EAU D’ORANGE DOUCE

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:09:23 +0100

A trail with a bright blend of freshness and gentleness, it is built around a keynote of orange. Garbed in gentleness, thanks to Seville orange petitgrain and neroli, the fragrance is graced with the airy, honeyed accents of linden. The base is given over to chic and sensual precious woods.