Olfactive Studio
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The wasabi hits like a green flash grenade, all sinus-clearing sharpness alongside fig leaf's milky sap and galbanum's bitter edge. Bergamot and lemon barely register as distinct entities—they're absorbed into the overall verdant assault, adding brightness rather than traditional citrus character. The bamboo leaf contributes a particular mineral quality, almost like sucking on a fresh-cut stem.
The grass and violet leaf create an unexpectedly aqueous coolness, like running your hand through wet lawn clippings, whilst cardamom's spice offers a warming counterpoint without sweetness. Fir balsam emerges more prominently, its resinous, slightly camphorous character threading through the greenness and hinting at the woodier base to come. The composition feels less sharp now, more rounded, though still decidedly fresh and outdoorsy rather than skin-close or comforting.
What remains is a subtle, musky-green skin scent with the myrrh and labdanum providing a gentle, ambery warmth that feels almost incidental. The patchouli adds earthiness without going full hippie market, whilst vanilla and tonka create a barely-there sweetness that softens rather than sweetens. It's a quiet finish after such a bold beginning—contemplative, slightly melancholic, like the memory of a sharp sensory experience rather than the thing itself.
Panorama opens like a blade slicing through dewy meadow grass at dawn, the kind of green that makes your sinuses tingle and your eyes water slightly. Clément Gavarry has constructed something genuinely sharp here—the fig leaf and bamboo create a lactonic, almost milky verdancy that's immediately undercut by wasabi's nasal heat and galbanum's bitter resinousness. This isn't the gentle, crowd-pleasing green of a spring fragrance; it's assertive, almost confrontational in its first minutes. The citrus elements feel incidental, mere sparks of brightness against the dominant chlorophyll assault.
As Panorama settles, that initial aggression softens into something more contemplative. The violet leaf brings its cucumber-like coolness whilst the cardamom adds warmth without sweetness, creating an intriguing temperature contrast. What's clever is how the fir balsam weaves through the composition from early on, its coniferous character reinforcing the outdoor atmosphere without turning this into a conventional woody fragrance. The base materials—myrrh, labdanum, patchouli—provide just enough darkness to ground all that greenness, preventing it from floating away entirely. The tonka and vanilla are restrained, offering texture rather than gourmand sweetness.
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