![]() Monsieur Duchaufour translated the Malian art of making perfume and love spells by juxtaposing the playfulness of mango and the spicy radiance of pink peppercorns against a bouquet of smoked woods. ![]() Wusulan is an ancient art, one that has been handed down through the generations from mother to daughter as an aid to seduce and keep your beloved. L’Artisan Parfumeur Timbuktu with pink pepper by Ermano© Once more this precious root was the main ingredient of a love potion. In 2004 L’Artisan Parfumeur’s former Creative Director Nick Steward now of Gallivant) worked for the second time with Master Perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour (the first creation for the brand was Mechant Loup) to compose a perfume inspired by the intense scents of West Africa and the traditional art of Wusulan. ![]() In the 21 st century L’Artisan Parfumeur debuted some of the most innovative and memorable interpretation of a woody bouquet ruled by Vetiver. Vetiver immediately became a staple in the masculine fragrant wardrobe for its authentic bracing dryness, and in 1978, at the dawn of niche perfumery, Jean Laporte gave his interpretation with L’Artisan Parfumeur Vetiver dipping the iconic root in bittersweet coffee and lavender. Vetiver is actually a root, not a wood © unsplash apped by MC It is only in the last decades that woods centric perfumes have been explored by perfumers… and used in invocative ways ( Serge Lutens Feminité du Bois focused on cedarwood). Madame Carven) created Vetiver de Carven for her husband, the first vetiver solinote. Did you know the youngest olfactory family of woods (according to the official classification from the Societé Française des Parfumeurs i.e.), appeared in context of love when in 1957 Carmen de Tommaso (a.k.a. Both can catch us unaware and we become ensorcelled. Love and fragrance have been linked for a millennia. L’Artisan Parfumeur Timbuktu ad circa 2004
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