Robert Piguet
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Aldehydes detonate with brightness, supported by bergamot and that distinctive tarragon note—green, slightly peppery, almost herbaceous. Galbanum adds waxy sharpness, whilst orange and ylang-ylang introduce a creamy floral lift that feels decidedly feminine before the composition's darker impulses take hold.
Carnation's clove-tinged warmth emerges as the top notes recede, accompanied by violet's powdery-spicy character and a rose-jasmine pairing that smells slightly soapy and clean. The leather and oakmoss begin their ascent, introducing a dry, slightly metallic quality that transforms the fragrance from floral to deeply chypre.
Leather dominates entirely, smoky and slightly dry, supported by myrrh's resinous warmth and civet's animalic depth. Amber provides sweetness, vetiver contributes earthy dryness, and a ghost of coconut lingers—the fragrance becomes a skin scent, intimate and faintly animalic, clinging close rather than projecting.
Bandit is a fragrance that arrives not as a whisper but as an audacious declaration—a leather-forward chypre that refuses the genteel restraint expected of 1944. Germaine Cellier constructed something genuinely transgressive: aldehydes crackle against tarragon's anisic bite, whilst galbanum's green sharpness cuts through a creamy gardenia-neroli accord that threatens to soften the composition. But tenderness is swiftly ambushed. The heart pivots decisively toward carnation's peppery spice and a violet that reads almost animalic rather than sweet, anchored by rose and jasmine that feel more architectural than romantic—they're here to frame, not seduce.
The base is where Bandit's true personality emerges: a confident marriage of oakmoss, leather, and civet that smells almost feral, restrained only by amber's honeyed warmth and a whisper of coconut that prevents the animalic notes from tipping into genuine roughness. Myrrh and patchouli add earthy complexities, whilst vetiver provides a subtle woody backbone. This is a fragrance for those who recognise elegance in restraint but refuse apology for their edges—the silk-clad figure in the noir film, equally comfortable in a drawing room or stepping into shadow.
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