Laboratorio Olfattivo
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Green leaves crash through first with a slightly metallic snap, immediately tempered by lily of the valley's creamy-sweet restraint. The effect is disarmingly fresh and almost herbaceous, like crushing green stems between your fingers, with no trace of floral lushness yet in sight.
Lilac and jasmine materialise with quiet dignity, their indolic sweetness settling into a powdery, slightly soapy bed that magnolia punctuates with cool, mineral-tinged florality. The composition becomes noticeably softer here, almost aqueous, with the green notes receding into a supporting role rather than dominating.
Magnolia pollen and musk establish themselves as the primary anchors, creating a delicate, skin-scent finish that hovers just above the surface—woody whispers and powdery magnolia exhale gently outward without demanding attention. The fragrance becomes increasingly translucent, lingering more as a suggestion of floral sweetness than anything substantial.
Décou-Vert unfolds as a distinctly botanical study in restraint—a whispered conversation rather than a declaration. David Maruitte has constructed something almost translucent here, where green leaves and lily of the valley establish an immediate herbaceous clarity that feels less like a floral fragrance and more like stepping into a garden at dawn, before the sun fully commits. The interplay between the fresh green accord and the indolic sweetness of lily of the valley creates an unusual tension; one pulls toward crisp vegetation whilst the other insists on a creamy, almost soapy delicacy.
As the composition settles, a trinity of florals—lilac, jasmine, and magnolia—begins to emerge with a powdery, slightly translucent character rather than opulent fullness. The magnolia dominates here, lending a cool, slightly bitter-sweet mineral quality that prevents this from becoming saccharine. There's something almost institutional about the floral arrangement, as though Maruitte deliberately chose restraint over indulgence, creating a scent that feels more like a refined water than a traditional perfume extract.
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