Les Élixirs Charnels - Floral Romantique

A bright, almost citric greeting arrives with mandarin and neroli cutting sharp and jewel-like through the ambrette seed's subtle animalic warmth. It's crisp and alive—almost sparkling—with petitgrain adding a green, slightly peppery edge that keeps the opening from feeling purely bright.

The white florals gradually emerge like a curtain slowly drawing closed on daylight. Orange blossom and jasmine meld into the lily and ylang ylang, creating a creamy, intensely floral core that's powdery and skin-like. The sweetness deepens considerably here, whilst the citrus retreats into the background, allowing the flowers to breathe and develop into something almost voluptuous.

Smoked tea and chestnut begin asserting themselves, introducing an unexpected dryness and subtle woodiness that grounds the remaining florals. The benzoin emerges as a soft, honeyed warmth, and cedar adds definition, transforming what could have been pure floral sweetness into something contemplative and genuinely distinctive—less perfume, more like a memory of flowers pressed between pages.