Frapin
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Tangerine's bright volatility clashes immediately with nutmeg's warm spice, creating a slightly peppery, almost savoury citrus impression. The combination feels alive and slightly surprising, with none of the expected sweetness you might anticipate from tropical fruit.
The woody backbone emerges with genuine authority as cedar and oakmoss assert themselves, while rum's fermented sweetness adds an almost boozy depth that makes the fragrance feel aged and contemplative. Nutmeg lingers, bridging the fruity opening to this woody, slightly sweet middle register where the fragrance finds its true character.
Leather and patchouli create a soft, earthy base that's more skin-like than animalic, with the cedar providing structural dryness that prevents any heaviness. The spice fades considerably, leaving a quiet woody-leather signature that clings closely, preferring whisper to declaration.
Passion Boisée occupies that compelling territory where spiced rum meets forest floor—a fragrance that smells more like a mood than a moment. Jeanne-Marie Faugier's 2007 composition is defiantly ungendered, neither floral nor fresh, instead anchored in the marriage of fermented sweetness and woody austerity that feels almost contradictory until you experience how seamlessly these elements dance together.
The opening gesture is tactile warmth: tangerine peel catches against nutmeg's peppery bite, creating immediate friction that prevents any cloying sweetness. But this citrus duet exists merely as an introduction to what emerges beneath—a dark, spiritous heart where rum's boozy character spirals into cedar and oakmoss. There's something deliberately aged about this composition, as though you're inhaling the interior of a wooden cask long after the spirit has evaporated, leaving only wood-stain and the ghost of its contents.
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