Jovoy

The most powerful Jovoy’s candle is a tribute to the eponymous perfume. This olfactive signature of the shop on rue de Castiglione is a gourmand musk. It runs though the surrounding streets, from the Opéra to The Tuileries Garden, passing by the “Place Vendôme”.  Notes of Amber, patchouli, musk and vanilla.

The candle and a bell jar are presented in the boutique's signature red hat box making it the perfect gift.

A definite homage to Hemingway, who made Mojito cocktail popular as it was his favorite cocktail. The freshness of the cocktail for the first time in a candle. Notes of lime, mint and rum.

The candle and a bell jar are presented in the boutique's signature red hat box making it the perfect gift.

• Top Notes: Bergamot, orange, nutmeg
• Middle Notes: Rose
• Base Notes: Amber, patchouli, vanilla, musk
• Olfactive Group: Oriental
• Perfumer: Michelle Saramitot
• Created: 2011

• Top Notes: Aldehydes, coriander seeds, black pepper, cyclamen, tomato leaf
• Middle Notes: Ylang-ylang, jasmine, mimosa, gardenia, white lily, styrax
• Base Notes: Virginia cedar, styrax, musks, vanilla, raspberry, oak moss.
• Olfactive Group: Floral
• Perfumer: Bertrand Duchaufour
• Created: 2013

From the damp crypts and the hundred-years-old chapels rise swirls of incense smoke that elevate the spirit as well as the soul. The smell of cold, mossy stone, waxed wooden benches and delicate fumigations inviting to deep thoughts. Notes of cistus, myrrh and incense.

The candle and a bell jar are presented in the boutique's signature red hat box making it the perfect gift.

We brush by it, we risk it, without ever thinking about the consequences… Incident Diplomatique clearly possesses its share of superb provocation – bold, owned, and entirely inevitable when desire exudes from our every pore. As unexpected as it is audacious, the fragrance refuses convention and knowingly parades itself. Just as we might give into a staggering impulse too strong to resist, it declares its urges, teasing tension to the breaking point…

• Top Notes: Mandarin, orange
• Middle Notes: Vetiver, nutmeg
• Base Notes: Patchouli, sandalwood
• Olfactive Group: Woody / Aromatic
• Created: 2017

A classic French perfume meets the beauty of the Orient in this stunning Extrait de Parfum.  Jovoy's unique Jus Interdit  starts with a warm amber note, roses and musk burning from afar with oud, iris, cedarwood and patchouli.

This suave summer scent evokes meditation, the relaxation of mind and body, like a nap under a sacred fig tree. Notes of Hawthorn, fig and sandalwood.

The candle and a bell jar are presented in the boutique's signature red hat box making it the perfect gift.

L’Arbre De La Connaissance which translates to "The tree of Enlightenment" is inspired by the Bodhi Tree, the ancient sacred fig tree of India where the Buddha found enlightenment by meditating.

A fresh start with green notes of fig leaves mingle with the fruity fig extract. Sandalwood, fig tree bark and a hint of patchouli give it its woody character.

• Top Notes: Bergamot, rhubarb
• Middle Notes: Lavender, immortelle, nutmeg, violet
• Base Notes: Patchouli, sandalwood, leather, oak moss, cistus
• Olfactive Group: Aromatic
• Perfumer: Vanina Murraciole
• Created: 2014

• Top Notes: Nutmeg, coriander, cumin
• Middle Notes: Sandalwood, cedarwood, dates
• Base Notes: Musk
• Olfactive Group: Spice 
• Perfumer: Jacques Flori
• Created: 2012

• Top Notes: Cypress
• Middle Notes: Incense, cistus, myrrh, olibanum
• Base Notes: Musk
• Olfactive Group: Incense / Spice 
• Perfumer: Jacques Flori
• Created: 2011

Intense tuberose flower that normally reveals its heady fragrance only from dusk, is now in a candle. Tribute to the ladies of Paris who inflame the hearts on the French Cancan rhythm. Notes of tuberose, musk and ylang ylang.

The candle and a bell jar are presented in the boutique's signature red hat box making it the perfect gift.

• Top Notes: Angelica root, gin
• Middle Notes: Cumin, tobacco leaf
• Base Notes: Sandalwood, labdanum, vanilla, leather, patchouli
• Olfactive Group: Spice
• Perfumer: Dorothee Piot
• Created: 2013

An emblematic candle for the autumnal evenings. A spicy version of the hot chestnuts  that are cooked by the fire. Notes of tonka, coffe bean and candied fruits.

The candle and a bell jar are presented in the boutique's signature red hat box making it the perfect gift.

• Top Notes: Papyrus, vetiver, leather
• Middle Notes: Patchouli, sandalwood
• Base Notes: Cistus
• Olfactive Group: Spice / Wood
• Perfumer: Cécile Zarockian
• Created: 2011

• Top Notes: Hesperides
• Middle Notes: Rose, geranium, amber, patchouli, cistus
• Base Notes: Vanilla, musk
• Olfactive Group: Woody
• Perfumer: Jacques Flori
• Created: 2011

Rouge Assassin is inspired by the Garconne, born in the roaring Twenties. These emancipated women, who started wearing pants or reveal their legs, ended the established order and broke the rules.

The fragrance is an homage to feminity that blends lipstick notes (iris butter) with the scent of skin, and echoes of Parisian cabarets.

Jovoy's Sans un Mot, a show-stopping creation with sparkling pink peppercorn and zesty mandarin mingling with rose, ylang, and blackcurrant.

The powdery effect is created by musk and vanilla which give Sans un Mot it's classic, floral, powdery character leaving behind a trail of soft and woody violet notes.

Not being a perfumer, having no special gift or predisposition to compose, is a huge frustration for me. I have ideas, I know the raw materials for having distilled some in Vietnam and I know the perfume vocabulary from working in Grasses. But I will always be missing the talent to express myself, fragrances that haunt me, that grow on me. However, this frustration is overcome by the richness of my encounters with perfumers who embrace my stories. It’s like being a writer who meets an illustrator with his own style and who will create a universe that someone else would see another way.

During my years in Grasses, I was lucky enough to be sent to India and to experience the distillation of Mysore sandalwood. It left me a unique memory of creamy, saturated, almost deafening notes. And such a strong fragrance! Clothes and skin seemed soaked in it. It is hard to forget such an alchemy when you’ve experienced it.

Beyond that note which has become a fantasy (you can no longer use Mysore sandalwood; the forests are protected after having been overexploited ...), I needed a story to give volume to a single note. Sandalwood is good, but it is a bit monotonous on its own. The trilogy taking shape, the personality of “Sombre Dessins” ("Dark Designs") imposed itself during a discussion with friends, suddenly becoming obvious.

For me sandalwood expresses a dark beauty. The opulence of its oil and its strength makes it an extraordinary raw material in the longevity of a composition. By itself, it's almost supernatural, it’s a potion that embraces you, it’s mesmerizing, it’s the Holy Grail of raw materials when we wish to express sensuality.

Like most Jovoy’s perfumes, the name "Sombres Dessins" revolves around a pun. We could have called it “Sombre desseins”, "Dark Intentions". But he who wears it doesn’t have those intentions. He is not Machiavellian, he doesn’t not need to be.

He has a natural understanding of our codes, standards and of how things work. On his skin, his perfume is a trap. It is a hot and sweet cocoon full of intoxicating spices and hidden flowers. It is the Siren’s song from which no one can escape.......Francois Henin (Jovoy)