The Different Company
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Star anise and mandarin open with spiced liquorice clarity, the bergamot adding resinous complexity rather than citrus effervescence. Within moments, cinnamon's warm prickle arrives, promising the spiced florality to come.
Jasmine emerges as the composition's anchor, rendered creamy and approachable by cardamom's cardamom's gentle sweetness and cinnamon's continued warmth. The spice-floral interplay settles into something almost gourmand—less perfume, more atmospheric experience, like standing near simmering spices at dusk.
Amber and patchouli embrace sandalwood in a creamy, softly sweet finale that suggests skin warmth rather than projection. The scent becomes increasingly intimate, a gentle sweetness with textural depth that fades gradually rather than vanishing abruptly.
Jasmin de Nuit announces itself as a spiced nocturne, where star anise and mandarin create a conspiratorial whisper rather than a shout. There's an almost savoury quality to the opening—the anise brings liquorice-like warmth, whilst the bergamot refuses the typical citrus brightness, instead yielding a slightly resinous, almost herbal quality. This is no fresh-scrubbed morning fragrance; the title promises night, and the composition delivers it.
The heart exposes why Céline Ellena chose her notes with such deliberation. Jasmine enters not as the heady, indolic powerhouse of some fragrances, but tempered by cardamom and cinnamon—spices that ground the floral into something almost edible, vaguely reminiscent of chai or mulled wine. The jasmine is creamy rather than headily exotic, as though filtered through cream or milk. The spice accord (dominating at 100%) prevents any cloying sweetness, instead maintaining a smouldering, almost peppery tension.
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