LEGENDE DE SABA, By Maurice Roucel

To introduce the noble flower, geranium soars with rosy elements to create a sensation of radiant freshness, like fruity rhodinol. Middle Eastern cumin offers a spicy touch that is both animalic and leathery and elevates the accord to create a perfect delicacy, sweet like a piece of rose Turkish delight.

In another form, the rose rises up in contrast to a reclining orientalist nude, showing itself to be an elegant, defiant flower. Damask rose absolute is joined by myrrh and fir balsam from pine needles to create a velvety, almost tactile, base.

Woody tones envelop the perfume in a dual illumination: transparent thanks to cedar that dazzles the whole composition, and opaque to enhance the chypre vibration thanks to patchouli essence studded with musks. It is a splendor of light and dark.