Women’s perfumes

The initial surprise of the fresh hesperidia, citrusy, nearly wild notes precedes the sweetness and the sophistication of honeyed notes from the heart and the depth of this rare and original perfume, not necessarily easy, but irreplaceable for its devotees.

Main olfactive notes/ingredients
Top notes: bergamot, Brazilian tangerine, Californian lemon
Heart notes: Egyptian jasmine, ylang-ylang
Base notes: Indian sandalwood, tonka bean, vanilla

Vêpres Siciliennes

by Jeanne-Marie Faugier

A perfume which seems to have innumerable facets, a composition which turns out and unwinds, unfolds for hours and hours, revealing all its complexity and sophistication.

Main olfactive notes/ingredients
Top notes: tangerine, grapefruit, orange, pepper, lily-of-the-valley, magnolia, cardamom
Heart notes: jasmine, ylang-ylang, rose, tuberose, heliotrope, orange blossom
Base notes: osmanthus, raspberry, clove, prune, peach, musk, vanilla

Péché Cardinal

by Amandine Marie

A Cardinal Sin, a gourmand and sensual explosion, for many people a…sin they are unable not to commit.
Enchanting, voluptuous, subtle, generous, feminine, from the first to the final note.

Main olfactive notes/ingredients
Top notes: davana, peach, coconut, blackcurrant
Heart notes: tuberose, prune, lily
Base notes: cedar, sandalwood, musk

Un cœur en mai

by Patricia de Nicolaï

All the freshness of Spring for a happy perfume that marks the awakening of the body and the senses. A light breeze, the first yellow mimosa blossoms, the heady caresses of the first roses calling forth happiness and joy.

Main olfactive notes/ingredients
Top notes:  Sicilian bergamot, petitgrain Paraguay, galbanum, blackcurrant, melon
Heart notes:  Bulgarian rose, Bourbon geranium, mimosa, black pepper essence, coriander 
Base notes: precious woods, musks

Le Rivage des Syrtes

by Patricia de Nicolaï

An olfactory poem about a journey in remote and lost islands, deserted shores from where the poet brought back rare fragrances, valuable substances or simply delicious.
A delicious scent which is like a second skin for the person who wears it, carries the wearer far away from a world which is too complex and goes too fast, wrapping them in softness and serenity.

Main olfactive notes/ingredients
Head notes: sweet orange, pineapple, Iranian galbanum
Heart notes: ylang-ylang, tuberose, orange flower absolute, Arabic incense
Base notes: ambergris, vanilla from Madagascar, musk

La Belle Hélène

by Bertrand Duchaufour

Here, Bertrand Duchaufour has created an indisputably original composition, one where magnificence and sweetness are inseparable. Like a rich velvet or embroidered silk from another era, but also, in a completely different way, like a grandmother’s dessert, a nostalgic evocation of lost paradises, yet wearable every day.

Main olfactive notes/ingredients
Top notes: pear, aldehydes, tangerine, lemon blossom
Heart notes: Bulgarian rose, osmanthus, mimosa, ylang-ylang, iris, hawthorn, mirabelle plum
Base notes: myrrh, vetiver, patchouli, cedar, amber, sandalwood, oakmoss, white musk, licorice

Nuit Andalouse

by Cécile Zarokian

An enchanting composition around the gardenia theme which carries us into the heart of a warm summer Mediterranean night, languid, with the rustling whisper of the fresh fountains and of distant voices and song which can be heard in the splendor of the gardens.

Main olfactive notes/ingredients
Top notes: orange, green notes, violet
Heart notes: gardenia, ylang-ylang, Bulgarian rose
Base notes: vanilla, sandalwood, musks

Cio Cio San

by Cécile Zarokian

An olfactory work on a rarely explored theme: the Far East, dreamed of, idealized and in the end a poetic fragrance and of an extreme sophistication but above all joyful and happy.

Main olfactive notes
Top notes: yuzu, lime, ginger, grapefruit
Heart notes: cherry blossoms, peony, litchi, “reed” for a refreshing and aqueous effect, Oolong tea (blend of lightly smoked green tea)
Base notes: guaiac, cedar, musk, Oolong tea

Les Indes Galantes

by Cécile Zarokian

Fêtes Persanes

by Cécile Zarokian

After “Cio Cio San” and “Les Indes Galantes”, another stage on the long journey through the Asian continent from the shores of the Pacific to those of the Mediterranean.

Named after “Fêtes Persanes”, another opera-ballet by 18th-century French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau, Cécile Zarokian has signed this elegant creation that unfolds its complex formula with a startling grace, and leaves a refined sillage distinctly different from the sparkling and spicy top notes that announce a happy and memorable fragrance.

Main olfactive notes/ingredients
Head notes: bergamot, black pepper, elemi
Heart notes: rose notes, cardamom, cinnamon, clove
Base notes: white muscs, guaiac, cedarwood, patchouli, vanilla

La Surprise

by Cécile Zarokian

Inspired by one of Fragonard’s paintings of the famous series “The Pursuit of Love”, part of the Frick Collection in New York, Cécile Zarokian has masterfully captured the lovely scene featuring an elegant young woman surprised in a fragrant and romantic garden by an admirer, a rose in his hand.

Main olfactive notes/ingredients
Head notes: green accord, cardamom, bergamot, rhubarb
Heart notes: white flowers, rose, peach, freesia, violet
Base Notes: woody accord, musks, solar notes, patchouli, sandalwood

L’Aimée

by Nathalie Feisthauer

After her acclaimed creations for men, L’homme aux Gants and Cuir Cavalier, Nathalie Feisthauer has once more masterfully captured the charm and the sweetness of the young Mrs Sériziat painted with her child by Jacques-Louis David in 1795, a timeless masterpiece that can be admired at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Main olfactive notes/ingredients
Head notes: bergamot, mandarin, blackcurrant bud
Heart notes: rose, jasmine, champaca, lily-of-the-valley, orange, heliotropee, orris
Base notes: raspberry, peach, cedarwood, vetiver, patchouli, amyris, oakmoss, sandalwood, vanilla, amber, musks