Painters and Perfumers (WOMEN) 75ml EDP

La Surprise by Cécile Zarokian

Inspired by one of Fragonard’s paintings of the famous series “The Pursuit of Love”, part of the Frick Collection in New York, Cécile Zarokian has masterfully captured the lovely scene featuring an elegant young woman surprised in a fragrant and romantic garden by an admirer, a rose in his hand.

Main olfactive notes / ingredients
Head notes: green accord, cardamom, bergamot, rhubarb
Heart notes: white flowers, rose, peach, freezia, violet
Base Notes: woody accord, musks, solar notes, patchouli, sandalwood

After her acclaimed creations for men, L’homme aux Gants and Cuir Cavalier, Nathalie Feisthauer has once more masterfully captured the charm and the sweetness of the young Mrs Sériziat painted with her child by Jacques-Louis David in 1795, a timeless masterpiece that can be admired at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Main olfactive notes / ingredients
Head notes: bergamot, mandarin, blackcurrant bud
Heart notes: rose, jasmin, champaca, lily-of-the-valley, orange, heliotrope, orris
Base notes: raspberry, peach, cedarwoood, vetyver, patchouli, amyris, oakmoss, sandalwood, vanilla, amber, musks

The beauty and intelligence of the model, Mrs. Récamier, captured here by François Gérard in 1801, inspired Master Perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour to create this floral, gourmet and enchanting fragrance.

The original painting can be admired in the Carnavalet Museum in Paris.

Main olfactive notes / ingredients
Head notes: carambola, nashi, pomegranate, pink berry, caviar lemon
Heart notes: honeysuckle, osmanthus absolute, Sambac jasmin absolute, magnolia, ozonic notes
Bottom notes: sandalwood, driftwood, white muscs, marshmellow, vanilla