Room 1015
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Tart cherry bursts across the skin with an almost medicinal sharpness, immediately complicated by saffron's peppery-mineral quality and Sichuan pepper's numbing spice—a full-frontal assault that feels deliberately antagonistic to conventional fragrance expectations. Within moments, you're not thinking of fruit; you're thinking of leather jackets and cigarette smoke filtering through spiced air.
The punk attitude softens into something genuinely seductive as jasmine absolute blooms, its indolic green-brown character melding unexpectedly well with the lingering cherry. Mimosa adds honeyed roundness whilst violet introduces a dusty, slightly animalic dimension that feels intimate rather than pretty. The leather emerges more prominently here, creating a creamy, fleshy quality against the floral brightness—like sniffing a fresh gardenia whilst wearing worn suede gloves.
Black leather and patchouli dominate, grounding the composition in earthy, slightly smoky terrain where tonka bean threads through like vanilla cream poured into strong coffee. The cherry has faded to a distant memory, replaced by a skin-like warmth that blurs the line between fragrance and the wearer's own musk. What remains is understated but distinctly tactile—a whisper rather than a declaration, yet one that lingers in conversation like an unanswered question.
Cherry Punk Room wears its contradictions like a leather jacket over silk. Jérôme Epinette has crafted something deliberately jarring—a fragrance that refuses the comfort of coherence. The opening cherry is not the demure fruit of conventional perfumery; saffron's metallic bite and Sichuan pepper's electric tingle immediately position it as something feral and confrontational. This is cherry as provocation, not indulgence.
The heart reveals the designer's sophisticated hand. Jasmine absolute and mimosa introduce a floral languor that initially seems at odds with the spiced fruit, yet the violet acts as liaison—its slightly peppery, slightly dusty character bridging punk aggression and perfumed femininity. There's a peculiar sensuality emerging here, as though someone's sprayed fragrance in a leather-bound library during a thunderstorm.
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