Shay & Blue
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Black raspberry detonates with wild berry brightness, almost sharp, crackling across the skin with a cool fruitiness that feels both fresh and slightly fermented. The initial blast is undeniably appealing—a moment of uncomplicated berry intensity before the composition's darker intentions reveal themselves.
Iris pallida emerges with a soapy-powdery dryness that clashes beautifully with the lingering fruit, whilst white oud creeps in like smoke, adding an earthy, slightly animalic dimension that makes the berries feel less like a dessert and more like something preserved in spice and shadow. The woody accords become pronounced, transforming the sweetness into something smoky and aged.
Black woods dominate completely, reducing the fruit to a memory—a faint echo of berries beneath a skin of musk and charred wood, smoky and intimate against the body, losing definition but gaining a soft, skin-scent quality that demands proximity to be properly appreciated.
Framboise Noire arrives as a contradiction wrapped in dark fruit—approachable yet introspective, sweet yet unsettling. Julie Massé has constructed something deliberately restless here: black raspberry and wild berries burst with immediate vibrancy, but there's an undercurrent of something far less innocent. The iris pallida, that classically powdery note, refuses to soften the composition; instead, it becomes architectural, lending a cool, almost austere quality that prevents the fruit from tipping into gourmand territory.
What truly distinguishes this fragrance is the white oud in the heart—a bold choice that transforms the entire olfactory narrative. Rather than provide a delicate counterweight, it mingles with the fruit in a deliberately uncomfortable way, creating an effect somewhere between fermented berries and aged leather. The fruity accord dominates at 100%, but it's the woody elements (88%) that ultimately dictate the personality: black woods don't cosy up to the raspberry so much as they wrestle with it.
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3.7/5 (113)