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After his Tubereuse Couture, the dazzlingly gifted Pierre Guillaume offers up another floral portrait, that of the most couture of blossoms: the gardenia. Couture, not only because of its haughty elegance, but because its essence is not used in perfumery, so that each rendition of it is the showcase of the perfumer’s personal vision.
In Gardénia Grand Soir, Pierre Guillaume has captured the flower at its most natural, in an almost photographic rendition of its suave, green-tinged notes. As its petals lazily unfurl, they release milky, smoky wafts of sandalwood. If this is a “grand soir” gown, it is made of the creamiest silk barely skimming the skin, in a cut so deceptively simple it could only have been designed by an artist in a midsummer night’s dream.
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Gardenia accord, Australian sandalwood, Mysore sandalwood, Sandalore
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