CUIR D'ORIENT N°3

Eau de Parfum

The beautiful fragility of Cuir D’Orient belies its name, less leather more vintage rose-coloured suede, worn away in places, knap polished to sensual perfection. The powdered DNA of Sous le Manteau is very distinctive in this whispering moreish composition. It suggests abandoned desert cities like Petra, built by the Nabataean people who founded the city near the incense trading routes. Often known as the Rose City on account of the pinkish tone of its sandstone structures, Petra is one of the most unique places in the world, the light on the stone, the winds that flow and murmur through the carved stone of the hidden city.

The heart of Cuir D’Orient is powder, dust, the embrace of clean, warm skin, created by the marriage of orris and heliotrope, a note that adds soft facets of sugared almonds and cherry. A herbaceous woodiness is introduced at the start by ginseng and dash of lime; and this is the quietly delicious overture to the delicate coating of scented ash that defines the scent.

On paper the base notes give the impression of being weightier, suede, patchouli, benzoin, opoponax, vanilla and suede, but each of them lends elegant resinous textures to a gorgeous fade of musky ambrosia.

Cuir D’Orient is the fantasy dust left by centuries of footsteps in ancient sand. Senses swirl, the poignant powder of skin traces haunts the mind. A perfume for those who live in quietude and desirous of gentle enticement.

Composition:

• Bergamot
• Orris, Heliotrope, Suede
• Patchouli, Vanilla, Ambrette, Benzoin, Opoponax, Musk

Perfumer: Nathalie Feisthauer, 2016

inci list: Alcohol, Parfum (Fragrance), Benzyl Benzoate, Citral, Coumarine, Limonene, Linalool, Cinnamal