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CHYPRE

15Nuances

Attributes

Traditional
Timeless
Powerful
Faceted
Complex
Intense
Generous
Singular
Persistent
Sophisticated
Elegant

Description

Back in 1917, when Francois Coty created ‘Chypre’, a perfume featuring bergamot, floral notes, patchouli, oak moss and labdanum, he invented a structured accord that would go on to inspire decades of perfumers. The ‘Chypre’ family was born! Nowadays, chypre fragrances are experiencing a tremendous success in perfumery, reinterpreting this timeless construction with modernity.

Oakmoss tends to disappear from contemporary creations, but they keep their characteristic citrus and floral notes enhanced with patchouli that gives off an incredible trail and diffusion to the fragrances!

Combining with CHYPRE, the citrus notes add an energetic contrast, offering a sparkling and tangy freshness.

Combining with CHYPRE, the green notes add a contrasting, vibrant and effusive light. They reinforce the natural notes by adding a vegetal touch, and a scent of the outdoors.

Combining with CHYPRE, the watery notes add scents of algae, iodine and marine breeze but also an effect of transparency, air, or even ozone. They give a contrasted clarity to the patchouli notes and the Chypre accord.

Combining with CHYPRE, the aromatic notes add a complex freshness, associated to countless plants, aromatic herbs and the smell of fields warmed by the sun. They transmit an energetic and clean sexiness.

Combining with CHYPRE, the aldehydic notes give a scent of laundry room, clean cotton or even whiteness, like a freshly ironed white shirt. They reinforce the durability of the Chypre accord, in a natural and fresh way.

Combining with CHYPRE, the floral notes breathe a blooming heart into the fragrance. They comprise an incredible diversity of nuances, that provide nobility, delicacy or richness to fragrances.

Combining with CHYPRE, the fruity notes add velvety or juicy, sour or sweet accents, giving more modernity to the Chypre accord.

Combining with CHYPRE, the spicy notes provide character, personality and relief. They varied from pungent freshness to enveloping warmth.

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Combining with CHYPRE, the woody notes reinforce the patchouli, bringing dry, creamy or powerful effects. The research of synthetic molecules has increased the perfumer’s palette with interesting woody notes, completing the natural one.

An olfactory family which highlights an accord composed of bergamot, floral notes, patchouli, oakmoss and labdanum, and which is constantly being modernized and reinterpreted.

Combined with CHYPRE, the notes of tobacco reinforce the silkiness and richness to the fragrances, playing with a pleasant scent, reminiscent of blond tobacco, through nuances of woods, honey and freshly mown hay.

Combining with CHYPRE, gourmand notes add warm, appetizing, tasty and generous scents. They provide comfort and well-being to the perfumes, with notes that are reassuring as they most often evoke the scents of childhood.

Combining with CHYPRE, ambery notes enhance the heady, voluptuous, warm and captivating personality. They add very soft, enveloping and sometimes powdery notes, extending the scented trail by providing a velvety accent and sensuality.

Combining with CHYPRE, leathery notes add quite an unusual scent, with dry or sometimes very dry notes, trying to reproduce the smoky odour of leather, the softness of the styrax, or the velvety touch of suede.

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"Combining with CHYPRE, musks enhance the persistence and roundness of the fragrances. They add a comfortable, reassuring, soft and slightly fruity scent, that makes the perfume rounder and more mellow. They add a clean effect and sensual notes… similar to the smell of skin. "