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Bergamot is a lasting pleasure: starting with materials whose aromas most often evoke the lighter Eaux de Toilettes, Jean Claude Ellena wanted to compose a marvelous and timeless fragrance.

Bergamot is mixed with ginger, which delivers a spicy, luscious note. Orange flower is added to delicately underline the floral note of this hesperidium; Vert-de-Feuille enhances the freshness, while rhubarb wood and musk prolong the pleasure.

• Top Notes: Bergamot, orange blossom
• Middle Notes: Ginger, rhubarb, green leaves
• Base Notes: Wood, musk
• Olfactive Group: Citrus
• Perfumer: Jean-Claude Ellena
• Created: 2001

• Top Notes: Whisky, saffron, cumin, coriander, aldehydes, angelica root
• Middle Notes: Tuberose, ylang-ylang, iris, sandalwood, clove
• Base Notes: Musk, amber, immortelle, vetiver, oud, castoreum, heliotrope, tolu
• Olfactive Group: Oriental / Woody
• Perfumer: Bertrand Duchaufour
• Created: 2012

• Top Notes: Saffron, cinnamon rose berries, davana essence, rum
• Middle Notes: Turkish rose, St Thomas berries, nagarmotha
• Base Notes: Oud, cist absolute, sandalwood, amber, patchouly, leather, musc, vanilla, tolu
• Olfactive Group: Oriental / Woody
• Perfumer: Bertrand Duchaufour
• Created: 2012

• Top Notes: Orange, cardamom
• Middle Notes: Carrot seed, iris
• Base Notes: Leather, musk, wood
• Olfactive Group: Citrus
• Perfumer: Émilie Coppermann
• Created: 2012

A refreshing, green Eau de Cologne with basil top notes. Star jasmine and cyclamen petals taint the fragrance with a soft light and an overdose of musk reveals a deep sensual feeling.

• Top Notes: Basil, dandelion, blackcurrant
• Middle Notes: Jasmine, cyclamen
• Base Notes: Gaiac wood, musk, amber
• Olfactive Group: Fresh
• Perfumer: Émilie Coppermann
• Created: 2012

A modern olfactory take on the classic tale of the Orient, One thousand and One Nights. Mysterious and provocative, luminous and troubling, Oriental Lounge is a sensual yet luxurious amber fragrance blended with curry leaf, tonka bean, labdanum, red rose and satinwood.

• Top Notes: Curry tree, pepper, bergamot
• Middle Notes: Rose
• Base Notes: Labdanum, tonka bean, amber
• Olfactive Group: Oriental
• Perfumer: Céline Ellena
• Created: 2009

A pure and smooth composition with evanescent musk, linen flower and mimosa accented by a warm almondy base note of dried fruits and cedarwood.

• Top Notes: Aldehydes
• Middle Notes: Linen flower, mimosa, rose
• Base Notes: Callison, cedarwood, musk
• Olfactive Group: Oriental / Musk
• Perfumer: Céline Ellena
• Created: 2011

A salty and sweet harmonious scent, sensual and fresh, the scent of the skin's softness after one has bathed in the sea. To create this astonishing fragrance, Celine Ellena worked with two essential oils of different extractions. The first one is obtained by traditional steam extraction: the essence is earthy, heavy and sour. The second is of a molecular origin whereby only the lightest molecules are kept to obtain a more transparent scent.

The dusty effect has vanished, the zest of grapefruit is stronger, the woody notes warmer. Ceylan cardamom and grapefruit from Florida are used for the sensation of humidity and freshness. Geranium from the Bourbon islands and livéche give the fragrance are salty sensation. Haitian vetiver and Indonesian patchouli are working the sour and spicy warmth. 
Given five stars by the New York Times fragrance critic in 2006!

• Top Notes: Grapefruit, cardamom
• Middle Notes: Vetiver, geranium, ylang ylang
• Base Notes: Iris, vetiver, patchouli
• Olfactive Group: Woody
• Perfumer: Céline Ellena
• Created: 2006

A delicate white floral fragrance with the freshness of orange, petitgrain and a wild elderflowers.

• Top Notes: Petitgrain, neroli, orange
• Middle Notes: Star anise, elderfolwer, hazelnut flowers
• Base Notes: Prune, musk
• Olfactive Group: Floral
• Perfumer: Céline Ellena
• Created: 2006

"Un Parfum de Sens et Bois" has a sort of black and white flavor to it, a fragrance full of contrasts made of shade and light, a spicy woody scent which traces its path through bushes and clear woods. Streams of purity and grace escape from the White Violet which conjures up images of a fragile flower draped in a silken white dress, her pretty little silver eyes gazing at the earth's darkness. The spicy notes coming from the black pepper and the elemi, join the floral accord creating a sensual and penetrating fragrance.

To create this absolutely alluring mix Céline Ellena selected the very special Chinese cedar wood, famous for its longevity and strength. The floral note comes from the White Violet, a rare and vivid flower with scented petals. Black pepper blends magnificently with ginger and elemi. This bewildering warm and spicy twist enhances the beauty and grace of the white violet pervading the fragrance with a smoky, warm and spicy note. A must for those in search of sumptuous treasures in the most exceptional scented woods.  

• Top Notes: Black pepper, ginger, bergamot
• Middle Notes: Cedarwood, violet, elemi
• Base Notes: Incense, patchouli
• Olfactive Group: Woody
• Perfumer: Céline Ellena
• Created: 2006

A dense Eau de Parfum, curled up in a warm, woody, amber and floral alcove. A bewitching olfactory whirl, a skin-deep sensuality to celebrate the mysteries of the night, this pleasant weightlessness where senses are awakened.

This sensual sillage opens with the freshness of ginger and mischievous blueberry, to better let the carnal flowers appear sustained by a luxurious amber and woody base.

The perfumer Christine Nagel says "I have created this perfume as a magnet that physically attracts. The materials I have chosen create contrast and affinity, in an olfactory magnetic field with amber wood at the core. Benzoin, patchouli and musk are melted in amber and attract heart flowers while prune holds them back in its sweetness. Ginger, blueberry and bergamot fuse and gravitate, tinting the scent of fresh, spicy and fruity facets.”

• Top Notes: Ginger, blueberry, bergamot
• Middle Notes: Jasmine, roe, tuberose, prune
• Base Notes: Amber, benzoin, patchouli, amber, musk
• Olfactive Group: Floral / Oriental
• Perfumer: Christine Nagel
• Created: 2013