Estēe Lauder
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The blast is arrestingly bright—bergamot and blue hyacinth collide with that unusual jabuticaba, creating a fruity-floral opening that feels almost effervescent. The citrus dominates initially, sharp and metallic-tinged, but the fruit note immediately signals something less conventional is happening here.
As the composition settles across the third hour, the fruity opening recedes and the florals emerge with newfound intimacy. The orchid becomes creamy and slightly soapy, whilst the honeysuckle develops an intoxicating sweetness that borders on indolic. The woody base—zebrano and paperbark—begins asserting itself, creating an unexpected earthy counterpoint that prevents this from becoming too honeyed or cloying.
By the fourth hour, the fragrance has become predominantly woody and slightly medicinal, with only whispers of the original florality remaining. The ambrette seed and paperbark dominate, creating a dry, almost herbal skin scent that bears little resemblance to the opening. It's understated, intimate, and frankly quite fleeting—this isn't a fragrance built for projection or permanence.
Beyond Paradise is an intoxicating study in the tension between nature and artifice. Calice Becker has constructed something deliberately paradoxical here—a fragrance that feels simultaneously ethereal and grounded, organic yet unmistakably modern. The blue hyacinth and bergamot arrive with crystalline clarity, but they're immediately complicated by jabuticaba, a Brazilian fruit note that lends an almost gourmand quality to what could have been a straightforward citrus-floral. This fruity insistence (88% fruity accord) prevents the composition from ever becoming precious or overly delicate.
The heart reveals where Beyond Paradise truly distinguishes itself. Rather than pursuing conventional florality, orchid here develops alongside honeysuckle and jasmine in a deliberately creamy, almost creeping manner—there's something quietly intoxicating about how these notes refuse to shout. The honeysuckle in particular develops a honeyed, slightly sticky character that feels lived-in rather than fresh-picked.
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