Products in the “Neroli” Category

Timeless. Wild. Free.

Based on the glorious white and pink rugosa roses that grow wild along the sandy beaches of Cape Cod.

I have had this dream of making a mushroom perfume for many years now… Cuir et Champignon embodies all the soft and inviting qualities of white button mushrooms, then leads you to a more hidden place where the darker mushrooms grow and on to rich rawhide and dusty leather. I hope that you will love wearing Cuir et Champignon as I do; for me it’s a new classic.

* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled.

La Vie en Rose: Paris Perfume: c.1983
Taking a cue from YSL himself, I was as much inspired by the dress (The Paris Bow Dress) as by the original design of the 1983 perfume itself. YSL allowed himself to be inspired by the perfume to create the dress… La Vie en Rose is an expanded version of the original rose, violet, aldehydic perfume with added sparkling notes to suggest a gloriously youthful exuberance and a champagne fete along a Springtime Champs Elysees.

*EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled.

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.

Limited Edition, Spring 2011:
Inspired by vintage lily of the valley perfumes and the challenge to create an all botanical muguet fragrance, Muguet de Mai Perfume is a floral  bouquet centered around lily of the valley; not a mere soliflore taken from the ground and placed, sequestered, in a bottle but a perfume that brings the atmosphere of May, warm and sunny with blooming flowers everywhere, green grass and wet earth. Muguet de Mai is feminine and sweet; slightly girlish and womanly, too. She is a maiden of the fields covered in lily of the valley.

100% Botanical.

* For this limited edition perfume we created 9, 5 ml antique perfume flacons in 2011.  We currently have 2 left for sale.  As well, an original art work (acrylic on canvas painting) was created through the inspiration of creating the perfume design.  “Muguet de Mai”, 2011, can also be seen and purchased here.

Universal. Spiritual. Illuminating.
Lotus, the universal symbol of beauty and enlightenment, encapsulated.
* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled.

A Hymn.  My Homage to the City of Perfumes.

Parfum de Grasse’ elegant fragrance honors the great classical masterpieces of French perfumery and their magical birthplace, the City of Grasse.

* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled; Perfume / Extract sample vials are filled.

* 98% Botanical perfume.

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.

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.

Inspired by “Venus and Cupid”, attributed to Girolamo di Benvenuto, 1470-1524, the image and delightful scent are reminiscent of earlier Roman themes decadence ad luscious natural sensuality. Venus and Cupid is a sensuous perfume filled with floral fecundity and the nectar of the Gods.
(*image credit: attributed to Girolamo di Benvenuto, 1470-1524, Venus and Cupid, about 1500, Tempera and oil on panel, Denver Art Museum, Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1961-1972)

* please note: 1 ml sample vials of EdP are 1/2 filled; Perfume / extract vials are filled.