Perris Monte Carlo
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
True lavender snaps into focus with almost clinical brightness, that herbal-green quality immediately evident. Within minutes, blackcurrant bud emerges—tart, slightly leafy—refusing to let the lavender settle into anything conventionally pretty, instead pushing it towards something more verdant and slightly peppery.
The cedar takes precedence, introducing a cool, resinous woodiness that anchors the composition. Lavender and blackcurrant dance around it, creating a trinity of green-woody-slightly tart impressions that feel genuinely aromatic rather than traditionally perfumed. There's a spiced thread running underneath, barely perceptible but essential to preventing softness.
Musk and cedar dominate now, the composition becoming increasingly abstract. Lavender fades to memory, leaving behind a woody, slightly warm skin-scent with vestigial herbal whispers. It becomes almost transparent, a suggestion rather than a presence—fitting for a fragrance that never sought to dominate space.
Lavande Romaine arrives as a mastclass in restraint—a fragrance that refuses theatricality in favour of architectural precision. Ellena's signature minimalism is evident immediately: true lavender leads with an almost austere clarity, stripped of the honeyed sweetness many expect from the note. What makes this composition compelling is its refusal to sit comfortably within floral boundaries. The blackcurrant bud in the heart introduces a tart, slightly herbaceous dimension that prevents the lavender from ever becoming soapy or grandmotherly. Instead, it reads green and slightly tart—reminiscent of crushed leaf rather than a nosegay.
The Blue Atlas Cedar deepens this woody inclination, adding a cool, almost minty resinousness that transforms what could have been a simple lavender into something architecturally complex. There's a spicy thread woven throughout—not pepper, but something more subtle, a gentle bite that keeps the composition from becoming drowsy. The white musk base is minimal, a whisper of skin-like warmth rather than a projection device.
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