FAMILY:  WOODY
TOP NOTES:  bergamot, elemi, cardamom, black pepper, pink pepper
HEART NOTES:  lily of the valley, jasmine absolute, incense, heliotrope
BASE NOTES:  benzoin, tonka bean, cedarwood, musk, vanilla

 

Poudre Impériale (‘imperial powder’) is a woody scent dressed with bergamot oil, elemi oil, cardamom oil, black pepper oil, pink pepper oil, lily of the valley, jasmine absolute, incense oil, heliotrope, benzoin resin, tonka bean absolute, cedarwood oil, musk, and vanilla. ‘Be the wake … Leave behind the trace of a smile. That which obsesses us weaves its web and our gaze will still be able to dare. Within the strength of our embracing, absence is already a fantasy, the exquisite torture of lovers. At dawn the exhalation lingers, the sweetness of the carnal clutch.’