Masque
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Green tangerine and lemon burst forward with genuine vigour, their brightness immediately hijacked by clary sage's peppery, almost resinous character. You're hit with an opening that feels fresh yet somehow austere—citrus rendered herbaceous and slightly sharp-edged rather than conventionally sunny.
The composition settles into its most intriguing territory as curry leaf and thyme move centre stage, joined by everlasting flower's papery, honeyed dryness. This is distinctly botanical—think dried herbs, spice drawers, the slightly bitter green of crushed foliage rather than anything floral or conventionally pretty.
Juniper and cypress arrive to reshape the narrative entirely, layering a cool, almost gin-like character over the herbal warmth below. Cedarwood and mastic provide a dusty, resinous foundation that feels more structural than comforting—the fragrance becomes increasingly woody and mineral, fading to a whisper of spiced timber on the skin.
Masque by I-I Terralba is a fragrance that refuses sentimentality, built instead on the architecture of a Mediterranean herb garden caught at golden hour. Delphine Thierry constructs something deliberately austere here—the green tangerine and lemon opening establishes brightness, but it's immediately tempered by clary sage's peppery, almost medicinal grip. This is not a cheerful citrus; it's citrus rendered herbaceous and slightly acrid, as though you've crushed aromatic leaves between your palms.
The heart reveals the fragrance's true preoccupation: culinary botanicals twisted into perfumery. Curry leaf arrives with genuine warmth—not the synthetic approximation common in lesser fragrances—whilst thyme and myrtle create a dusty, slightly bitter green bed beneath it. There's something almost savoury about this accord, reminiscent of being inside a spice merchant's cabinet where dried flowers hang alongside peppercorns. Everlasting flower (helichrysum) adds a whisper of honeyed dryness without sweetening the composition.
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