d'Orsay
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The pineapple and plum arrive with surprising vibrancy, almost peppery and green, immediately tempered by that whisky note which feels both fruity-sweet and slightly sharp, like alcohol vapour cutting through fresh fruit. Within moments, you understand this won't be a simple fruity proposition.
As the initial brightness fades, the spice settles into its groove—cinnamon and clove create a warm, almost cardamom-tinged sweetness while ginger adds a subtle bite and cooling sensation. The tonka bean begins its work beneath, introducing a creamy, vanilla-adjacent sweetness that makes the spices feel less harsh and more refined, like they've been married together rather than merely layered.
The fragrance becomes almost amber-like in quality, the tobacco and patchouli creating an earthy, slightly smoky foundation whilst sandalwood adds a creamy, almost talc-like dryness. What remains is sweetish but masculine—benzoin and Peru balsam create a soft, honeyed background that could linger for hours on someone who treasures depth over projection.
Le Dandy pour Homme is a fragrance that refuses to whisper. Opening with a conspiratorial alliance of pineapple and plum—the pineapple bright and almost tropical, the plum dark and fermented—there's an immediate sense of something edible, almost gourmand. But then comes the whisky, and the entire composition pivots toward sophistication. This isn't a sweet fruit fragrance; it's a fruit fragrance that has spent an evening in a gentleman's study.
The heart is where Preyssas reveals his true intent: a spice bazaar reimagined as a boudoir. Cinnamon and clove dominate, but ginger and cardamom weave through with genuine complexity—the cardamom especially adds a cooling, almost minty counterpoint to the warmth of cinnamon. Nutmeg arrives as a supporting player, lending an almost creamy texture to the spice accord. The peach from the opening has mellowed into something more sophisticated, bleeding into the spiced warmth rather than fighting against it.
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