Products in the “Chypre” Category
Bancha Extreme
The long awaited, much requested ‘sequel’ to last Spring’s engaging all-botanical “Bancha” comes Bancha Extreme. While still remaining refreshing and balancing, Bancha Extreme fulfills the wish for an even deeper more enveloping, entrancing aroma experience. (And this time, we even used a favored tea in the composition).
Bancha Extreme is comprised of 100% botanical essences.
* sample vials are 1/2 full.
Celadon: A Velvet Green
Budding. Plush. Tender.
A sheer and ‘frosted’ green tonality expressed in scent form without the conventional sharp edges found in green fragrances. A soft and green variation on a chypre – fougere theme.
Divine Gardens (Mantua)
Inspired by the allegorical image, “The Triumphs of Time, Fame and Divinity”, by a follower of Andrea Mantagna, Divine Gardens not only speaks to the imagery in the work but also Mantua’s exquisite homes and gardens of the wealthy and powerful.
This green and glorious fragrance is my first green chypre utilizing a tomato leaf note.
* please note: 1 ml sample vials of EdP are 1/2 filled; Perfume / extract vials are filled.
DSH New Creations Collection Box
Simplicity. Beauty. Art. These are the concepts behind DSH New Creations, a startling collection of perfumes. DSH New Creations is an artist’s vision of beauty, perfection, and subtlety in aromatic form. They combine the innovation of the designer with the traditions of aromatherapy and old world perfumery techniques.
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A perfect gift and a way to try an entire collection at once! Our collection boxes are a boxed set of mini flacon bottles (5 ml each) of each fragrance in the series.
Firefly
At night in the early autumn, the firefly dances and dazzles the eye. Firefly is composed of dense richness, woody dryness, and a smoldering soft sweetness!
Inner Sanctum
A winter sanctuary: That place of deep serenity and peace represented by a warm, oude-incense chypre with a lovely winter rose heart.
Le Smoking
Le Smoking: The Tuxedo: c.1968-1975
The Tuxedo for a woman was revolutionary and avant-garde at the time that YSL began introducing the style into his collection. Inspired somewhat by the smoking jacket and women’s liberation, the Tuxedo was a continuous muse for every subsequent collection right until the last. “Le Smoking” , named after the first Tuxedo design, is a sophisticated green chypre fragrance based of course on the Blond Tabac (fine cigarette) note as well as the new ‘marijuana’ cigarette and Moroccan incense.
* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled.
Memory & Desire no.1
A perfume interpretation of Ezra Pound’s poem: In A Station of the Metro:
“The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.
A fragrance collaboration with the art blog Memory and Desire”.
*EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled; Perfume samples are filled.
Minuit
Dreamy. Silent. Exquisite.
At Midnight, the winter moon shone.
Waves of light, beaming through the dark night sky.
This is when we dream.
An exquisite oriental / chypre of the vintage ‘riche’ style; beautiful on both men and women.
* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled; Perfume / Extract sample vials are filled.
* 89% Botanical Perfume.
Mirabella
Mirabella perfume encompasses the energy of a mature, sophisticated woman and the sense of a grand floral perfume that has morphed into a rich fruity-floriental – chypre. This is *not* a perfume for a young girl.
90% botanical perfume.
* 1 ml sample vials: EdP samples are 1/2 filled and PERFUME / extract samples are filled.
Nourouz (aka Tamarind/Paprika; Holiday Edition)
Our Limited Edition Collection would not be complete without a special Holiday Fragrance.
*EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled; Perfume/Extract sample vials are filled.
Pandora
Pandora: A Beautiful Evil
The “Beautiful Evil” is a quote from the story of Pandora as told by the Greek, Hesiod. She is the all gifted, all giving one, a singular woman and synonymous with Eve in many respects. It is she who opens humankind to the knowledge of good and evil and ultimately breaks the utopian ideal. With Pandora, mankind has plagues but also knowledge and maturity. She opens the door to truth and hope.
What began as an all-botanical design for a project changed direction with the addition of a subtle synthetic influence. It made all of the difference. This is also a perfume that also utilizes some new and exotic botanical materials…in Pandora, the ancient meets the 21 century.
97.5% Natural (Botanical / Natural Animal Essences)
Parfum de Luxe
On the Riviera, I was overwhelmed by the charm and grace of my surroundings. The Perfume in the air was magnificent. Inspired by the Art Deco movement of the 1920´s and ´30´s, Parfum de Luxe is rich, pure and confident.
* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled; Perfume / Extract sample vials are filled.
*94.5 % Botanical Perfume.
Perfection Connoisseur Fragrances Collection Box
Four fragrances warrant the name. They are beyond compare. Perfection Connoisseur Fragrances is a luxury fragrance line. The perfumes are: Cafe Noir, Rose Vert, Parfum de Grasse, and Parfum de Luxe. These exclusive perfume designs are a step above the norm: They are all based on fine natural essences, seldom used in commercial fragrances due to their extreme rarity and cost. Here are miniature (one dram) bottles of the precious members of this collection.
Rose Vert
In a dream, I am lost in fields of roses. They are dew-drenched and velvety against my skin. Their rich scent pervades my waking hours with remembrances of deep red and green…
* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled; Perfume / Extract sample vials are filled.
* 100% Botanical.
The Beat Look
The Beat Look: c. 1958-1964
The Americanization of French culture was at it’s height in the late 1950’s and YSL was not immune to it’s influence. Inspired by the street looks of youth culture, the beats and the motorcycle chic of the “Wild One”, “The Beat Look” was revolutionary. The perfume is not only inspired by YSL’s collection and French culture of the time but also by his very first perfume launch “Y”, a fruity-aldehydic chypre, of 1964.
* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled.
Thé Vert
Classical. Refined. Minimalist.
A light and refreshing, yet classical chypre design green tea scent. Thé Vert imparts a wonderful simplicity and delightful sophistication.
*EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled.
Umber: bois de rose
Secretive. Aesthetic. Spellbinding.
Inspired by the deep, moody earth tones of umber, as well as the enigmatic Renaissance image “The Tempest” by Giorgione. Umber: bois de rose is most certainly for lovers of the sensually strange not of the perfume novice. The subtitle of bois de rose connotes a deep rosy/ woody / violet nuance made to sparkle with true bois de rose in the topnote.
*EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled.
Vert pour Madame
Inspired by the utterly chic and sophisticated style of the late 1970′s and early 1980′s classic green floral chypre, Vert pour Madame has power but more than that, she has depth. She’s achieved it. As well, Vert pour Madame is the perfect harbinger of Spring with notes of hyacinth, jonquil and lily of the valley sewn into the earth with cedarwood, patchouli and moss.
* sample vials are 1/2 filled; Perfume/ Extract sample vials are filled.
Vintage Patchouly (aka Patchouli)
Nostalgic. Worldly. Belle Epoque.
Inspired by the Orientalist movement in Europe in the late 1800′s and rich turn of the 20th Century perfume designs.
Violetta di Murano
Deep. Saturated. Glorious.
My Italian Journey No. 4: Based on a dark and mysterious deep purple violet I found in a hidden garden on the Island of Murano. I fell in love at first sniff.
* sample vials are 1/2 filled.
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