Eau De Parfum - 103 - Tiare Flower/Jasmine/Hibiscus

A solar flower: Tiare flower, Jasmine, Hibiscus

Lie a holiday feeling: as soft as the sun on the skin. The fragrance opens with fresh notes of bergamot and neroli. Then, tiare flower, jasmine and hibiscus transport us to a warm sandy beach. The vanilla and musky base reveals a milky trail reminiscent of the sweetness of monoi and soothing holiday memories.

The Olfactory Pyramid

• Top notes 
  • Bergamot: sparkling, floral, reminiscent of earl grey tea
  • Broom: honeyed, hay, fruit
  • Hibiscus: floral, exotic, sunny
• Heart notes
  • Jasmine Sambac: greener, more orange blossom than the classic
  • Neroli: bitter orange blossom, floral, sweet
  • Tiara flower: solar floral, smells of monoi
• Base notes
  • White Sand Note: smells of the beach, driftwood from the seaside
  • Vanilla: addictive, round
  • Musk: soft, comforting, cottony
• The top notes are the first scents of the perfume. After a few minutes, the heart notes arrive and last for several hours. Then the base notes appear and can even persist for several days!

Details

• What is Sambac jasmine? Two varieties of jasmine are mainly used in perfumery: Grandiflorum jasmine, which can be found in Grasse and Egypt, and Sambac jasmine, mainly grown in India. Sambac jasmine has a greener scent, while Egyptian jasmine is fruitier and sweeter. Grasse jasmine, meanwhile, is more jammy and petal-like. What distinguishes Sambac jasmine physically is its large number of petals, which greatly outnumber Grandiflorum jasmine’s five.

• What is monoi? Monoi is a fragrant oil obtained by macerating tiare flowers in refined copra oil (from coconut). It is used as a massage oil to nourish skin and hair, as well as a tanning oil to stop skin from drying out in the sun (NB: it is not a substitute for sunscreen). Monoi is a traditional product of the islands of French Polynesia.

• Where does neroli come from? Neroli is the essential oil of the bitter orange flower. It is obtained by steam distillation. Many different extracts can be taken from this tree; bitter orange essential oil is extracted from the fruit, petitgrain essential oil from the branches and twigs, and orange blossom absolute from the flower, extracted using volatile solvents.

Ingredients 

• Alcohol denat., aqua (water), parfum (fragrance), anise alcohol, benzyl benzoate, benzyl salicylate, benzyl salicylate, geraniol, hydroxycitronellal, isoeugenol, limonene, linalool