Encounters extrait de parfum 30 ml

A voluptuous and dirty Iris. Where East meets West: the fascinating point of contact between different cultures, where diversity produces a new language. Iconic materials from East and West – Oudh and Iris – blended into a new mysterious and voluptuous creature.

"I have always been fascinated by contaminations from different cultures, giving birth to new forms – called syncretistic, eclectic: to me, a new deviant marvel.I remember my enchantment for the exotic and mysterious Pseudo-Arabic scripts in the halos of some Renaissance painting focused on a quintessential character of Christian culture and yet contaminated by a reference to the Arabic culture. Or the incredible syncretistic forms such as Greek or Roman temples transformed into Christian Churches, or the Indo-Islamic architecture, merging two cultures in a new language.

I wished to render this obsession of mine with Encounters, thanks to a combination of two iconic ingredients from East and West, Iris and Oudh – a moment of contact from whom a new creature originates. You will find the sophisticated refinement of Iris butter, with its soft and mysterious powderiness; a material which develops in the soil to then generate the most lyric among flowers. And you’ll find Oudh, a material born out of an infection of the Aquilaria trees, which then produces one of the most mesmerising and complex odor in the perfumery range of ingredients."

Mood: assertively hedonistic, mysterious and luxurious.

• Made in Italy
• Olfactory pyramid: woody, oriental
• Top notes: Orange, Bergamot, Cassis, Coriander, Lavender
• Heart notes: Angelica, Iris Butter, Cinnamon, Rose
• Base notes: Ambergris, Balsam of Peru, benzoin, Castoreum, Cedarwood, Oud, Sandalwood
• New with designer packaging