DISCOVERY KIT OF 8 GENDERFUL PERFUMES
inspired by travel photographs and made with more than 90% of ingredients of naturel origin.
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IMPERMANENCE invites to...
BECOME ONE WITH NATURE
WELCOME CHANGE
REENERGIZE IN HARMONY
BERGAMOT · BLUE GINGER · HINOKI LEAVES · ROSEMARY · ROSE · PALMAROSA · VETIVER · YERBA MATE
The fragrance IMPERMANENCE is inspired by photographs I made in Jin Ze, a village in the suburbs of Shanghai where I stayed for one month in an artistic residency. It was a month of pure happiness and well-being to wander in the early morning along the canals which traversed this village still preserved from tourism.
Back from China, I translated into scent the feelings of harmony and tranquility that I felt during this stay.
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MEANDERING SOUL invites to...
FLEE THE DAY, LIVE AT NIGHT
DREAM OF ANOTHER WORLD
FIND SERENITY
DREAM OF ANOTHER WORLD
FIND SERENITY
SWEET FENNEL · HINOKI WOOD · YLANG-YLANG · NARCISSUS · CINNAMON · CARAMEL · TOBACCO LEAVES
The fragrance MEANDERING SOUL is inspired by photographs I took in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan where I stayed for one month first in an artistic residency and then hosted in a private home. It was a chaotic month seeking to escape the noise and frantic pace of this Asian New York. My respite: going out at night, wandering peacefully according to my inspiration and reconnecting with nature that I missed so much.
Back from Taiwan, I worked to translate into scent the calm felt during these nocturnal walks.
Back from Taiwan, I worked to translate into scent the calm felt during these nocturnal walks.
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UNDERWORLD invites to...
LET GO
GET OUT OF ONE'S CAVE
ENTER LIGHT
GET OUT OF ONE'S CAVE
ENTER LIGHT
CUMIN · BLACK PEPPER · CARDAMOM · CARROT SEEDS · PATCHOULI · VETIVER . TUBEROSE · MIMOSA · INCENSE
The fragrance UNDERWORLD is inspired by photographs I made during frequent trips between Barcelona where I resided and Paris where I studied perfumery. The Murcia chapter in Southern Spain that lasted seventeen years was over. A new chapter was in the making, between shadows and lights, between Barcelona and Paris.
The fragrance UNDERWORLD is inspired by photographs I made during frequent trips between Barcelona where I resided and Paris where I studied perfumery. The Murcia chapter in Southern Spain that lasted seventeen years was over. A new chapter was in the making, between shadows and lights, between Barcelona and Paris.
After these few months, I worked to translate this feeling of intertwined fears and hopes into a scent.
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MEMORY LANE invites to...
GET TO THE ROOT
BREAK FREE FROM DEMONS
FOLLOW THE ROUTE, REASSURED
BREAK FREE FROM DEMONS
FOLLOW THE ROUTE, REASSURED
MERINGUE · MAGNOLIA FLOWERS · CLOVE · MYRRH . PARSLEY · CYPRIOL · WHITE OUD · GREEN VANILLA
The fragrance MEMORY LANE is inspired by photographs I took in Valliguières, a village in Southern France where I lived until 16. I walk away early hoping to be reborn different elsewhere. After more than 30 years of avoidance behavior, it became clear that the only way to end up with my old ghosts was to face them.
Past these few decades, I translated into scent the feeling of my childhood.
The fragrance MEMORY LANE is inspired by photographs I took in Valliguières, a village in Southern France where I lived until 16. I walk away early hoping to be reborn different elsewhere. After more than 30 years of avoidance behavior, it became clear that the only way to end up with my old ghosts was to face them.
Past these few decades, I translated into scent the feeling of my childhood.
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ENLIGHTENMENT invites to...
DESERT ABYSSES
SLOWLY AWAKEN
TO THE VERTIGO OF LOVE
WHITE SAGE · BAY LEAVES · ROCK FENNEL · ELEMI · SICHUAN PEPPER · LARCH NEEDLES · ORRIS · STYRAX · BLACK SPRUCE NEEDLES
The fragrance ENLIGHTENMENT is inspired by photographs taken in La Foux d'Allos, a ski resort in the French Alps where I was invited to present my combined practice of photography and perfumery. I prolonged my stay in the heart of the white-immaculate mountains to draw on its strength to keep going on the winding way to awakening.
The fragrance ENLIGHTENMENT is inspired by photographs taken in La Foux d'Allos, a ski resort in the French Alps where I was invited to present my combined practice of photography and perfumery. I prolonged my stay in the heart of the white-immaculate mountains to draw on its strength to keep going on the winding way to awakening.
After these few weeks, I translated into scent the need to gather myself so that to better embrace my way.
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SLOW LIFE invites to...
GET AWAY FROM HASTE
SESAME · GUAVA LEAVES · JASMINE SAMBAC · SPIKENARD · WHITE SANDALWOOD
The fragrance SLOW LIFE is inspired by photographs taken in Okubo, an isolated hamlet in the Japanese Alps where I stayed a month in a traditional house converted into artists' residence. After months of frenzy, I was catapulted overnight in a slowness that made me lose ground under my feet.
Back in France, I translated into scent the loss of bearings in a green environment from which I learned the language.
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ECHOES OF SILENCE invites to...
BREAK THE SILENCE
LEMON · LEMON TREE LEAVES · SPEARMINT · TURMERIC · MASTIC · ROSE · ARTICHOKE · RHODODENDRON · LITSEA CUBEBA · CINNAMON LEAVES · TONKA BEAN · ROSEWOOD LEAVES · HOLY STICK FRUIT
Back in France, I translated into scent the transition from taking refuge in the past to living a blossoming present.
The fragrance ECHOES OF SILENCE is inspired by photographs taken in Murcia, a Spanish region where I lived seventeen years. Off to satisfy my desire to travel and put an alienating environment at a distance, I felt again under the grip of slow deconstruction I knew so well, and from which I freed myself thanks to a long personal development process.
Back in France, I translated into scent the transition from taking refuge in the past to living a blossoming present.
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CELEBRATION invites to...
MAKE A PARADIGM SHIFT
SERENELY ASSERT ONESELF
BY CELEBRATING LIFE
SERENELY ASSERT ONESELF
BY CELEBRATING LIFE
COCOA · OGADEN OLIBANUM · TRUE FRANKINCENSE · ELDERFLOWER · GALBANUM · HONEY · BEESWAX · HOLY COPAL
The fragrance CELEBRATION is The fragrance CELEBRATION is inspired by photographs taken in Avignon, the city in Provence where I was born. I roamed the city in search for my original light to benevolently illuminate the path of my life.
After these few months, I translated into scent the gratitude I felt during this process.