Chloé
Chloé
125 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Blackcurrant bud's sharp, vegetal top crashes against bright citron, immediately establishing a green-citrus vocabulary that feels almost crisp enough to cut. The neroli hasn't yet emerged, so you're suspended in that peculiar moment where fresh and fruity collide—tart rather than sweet.
The Moroccan neroli's papery bitterness surfaces as the blackcurrant recedes, introducing a creamy-powdery dimension that finally justifies the rose classification. Bulgarian rose appears not as a singular note but as an undertone to the neroli's increasingly complex development, whilst mimosa's honeyed warmth begins its gradual ascent.
Cedarwood and mimosa create a sparse, almost austere base that evaporates with suspicious haste. Within hours, you're left with a faint woody-powdery residue, more memory than presence—a whisper that's already halfway to silence.
Rose Naturelle Chloé arrives as a deliberate rejection of rose's theatrical posturing. Michel Almairac has composed something deliberately restrained—a fragrance that whispers rather than declaims. The blackcurrant bud absolute opens with a leafy, almost green tartness, immediately establishing this isn't a conventional floral. Citron adds a bracing brightness that prevents the composition from drifting toward sweetness, whilst the green accord cuts through with herbaceous precision.
What emerges is a rose for those who find traditional rose fragrances suffocating. The Moroccan neroli brings a slightly bitter, powdery quality that dialogues beautifully with the Bulgarian rose—you're not inhaling a bloom so much as experiencing the plant in its living state, complete with stems and foliage. The mimosa absolute at the base doesn't sweeten the composition; rather, it softens the neroli's sharper edges and introduces a whisper of powdery warmth. Cedarwood provides architectural support without imposing woody density.
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