Pierre Guillaume
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The tangerine arrives diffuse and soft, more like the green-tinted steam from peeling citrus than the fruit itself, immediately woven through with that peculiar plant juice note—watery, chlorophyll-laced, almost cucumber-like in its coolness. The cypress resin starts building within minutes, adding a camphoraceous, resinous edge that creates tension against the sweetness lurking beneath.
Rosewood takes centre stage with its peppery-woody character, whilst the ambrette seed begins its slow reveal—that distinctive musky, slightly ambery warmth that smells like skin and crushed seeds simultaneously. The cypress maintains its balsamic grip, preventing the emerging vanilla from becoming too soft, whilst the sandalwood starts creaming everything together into a cohesive, gently spiced warmth.
What remains is a powdery, sandalwood-dominant embrace with vanilla providing sweetness and ambrette seed lending that intimate, second-skin muskiness. The wood notes have mellowed into something almost suede-like, soft and napped, whilst faint traces of spice occasionally surface like ghosts of the cypress resin that structured everything above it.
Cadjméré is Pierre Guillaume's meditation on woody sweetness, built around the curious interplay between Kenyan cypress resin and ambrette seed—a pairing that creates an almost narcotic warmth. The opening juxtaposes succulent plant juice with tangerine, but this isn't citrus as punctuation; it's more like the aromatic sap of crushed stems mingling with mandarin oil still clinging to your fingers. The cypress resin arrives early, bringing its balsamic, slightly mentholated character that stops the sweetness from tipping into obviousness. Rosewood adds a peppery, slightly soapy texture to the heart, whilst the ambrette seed unfurls its musky, vaguely floral-fatty quality that makes everything feel skin-close and lived-in. The sandalwood here reads creamy rather than austere, bolstered by vanilla that's been tempered with enough wood and spice to avoid pastry-shop territory. This is gourmand fragrance for people who find actual gourmands too loud, too literal. It has the comforting warmth of sweetness without smelling edible—more like standing in a woodworker's studio where someone's spilt vanilla extract on sawdust. The powdery accord emerges gradually, giving Cadjméré an almost vintage quality, like face powder compacts and sandalwood fans stored in the same drawer. It's for those who want presence without projection, complexity without showmanship. Wear it when you want to smell privately indulgent, something quietly opulent that doesn't announce itself across a room but rewards close proximity.
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