Papier Froid
Ink, cold stone, linen
50 ml168 €
Haitian vetiver stripped of its smoke, held against iris root and a thread of white pepper. Dry, mineral, and closer to paper than to earth.
A short opening on purpose. White pepper over Calabrian bergamot, which burns off quickly and is meant to.
Haitian vetiver, distilled twice and stripped of its smoke, held in suspension by orris butter from Tuscany.
Dry cedar and ambrette, which reads more like warm skin than like wood. No vanilla, no musk cocktail.
A perfume should be recognisable from across a room and impossible to describe from beside one.
Ink, cold stone, linen
Salt, fig leaf, sea air
Sandalwood, tonka, smoke
Vetiver, iris, white pepper