Officially listed notes: Cypress Absolute, Sea Spray Accord, Seaweed Absolute. Spraying myself with Un Air De Bretagne, I feel the invigorating droplets of the ocean kissing my face as they’re being carried by the breeze – a sensation that resonates deeply with a Mediterranean soul living in the Paris Metropolis, perpetually missing the view, sound and scented aura of the sea. Overall, the wearer of the fragrance experiences the aromatic equivalent of a trip to diverse, fascinating Brittany: crisp air, crystal-clear waters, shores covered with dunes and pebbles, dramatic cliffs and moors, and the alternation between humid, sunny days and intense rains. Furthermore, this sea spray accord is wisely contrasted with the radiant energy of juicy citruses and bright neroli, as well as the mineral tones of an ambergris note. In her olfactive carte-postale of the peninsula of Brittany, IFF perfumer Juliette Karagueuzoglou captures the coastline’s iodized, salty atmosphere with one of the most satisfactory, well-balanced marine accords I’ve ever experienced: light on Calone® (and certainly using it tastefully), the delightful oceanic vapor effect of L’Artisan Parfumeur Un Air De Bretagne is based on a combination of seaweed and cypress absolute, whose unusual, underlying greenness additionally evokes the forests and moorlands of the Breton landscape. Un Air De Bretagne (Juliette Karagueuzoglou, 2017)Ī creation from the brand’s Les Paysages Collection (composed of fragrances that offer figurative, naturalistic representations of famous French regions), L’Artisan Parfumeur Un Air De Bretagne is a fresh, airy aquatic scent of diaphanous beauty that manages to avoid the clichés of its fragrant genre. L’Artisan Parfumeur Un Air De Bretagne bottle, travel spray, and IFF perfumer Juliette Karagueuzoglou (Collage: Despina Veneti)© Several of the fragrances I’ve been wearing lately come from the historic French House of L’Artisan Parfumeur, and that’s hardly a surprise: the brand has always been offering perfumes that encapsulate the essence of a particular city or region, from Provence to Réunion, Seville to Istanbul, Rio de Janeiro to Bhutan… The recent introduction of the brand’s customisable leather roll-up case, securely holding three travel sprays, marks the perfect time for me to present my three choices of L’Artisan Parfumeur fragrances – all of them reflecting journeys I yearn for… My travel craving seems to be currently defining, to a large extent, my fragrance choices as well for the last month, I’ve been clearly gravitating towards creations that enliven my voyage memories, and trigger off dreams of the journeys to come. In times when my daily expeditions pretty much amount to a walk towards the nearest Seine Bridge, I find myself feverishly thinking about past, and future, journeys: to places familiar and beloved, near family and old friends, as well as to destinations yet to be explored, images of which are luring me like siren’s calls. Choosing the final three… (Photo: Despina Veneti, from her own L’Artisan Parfumeur collection)©
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