L'Âme Perdue
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Composed by Rodrigo Flores-Roux
Lost love here does not smell fragile: it comes with enormous white flowers, plum, spices, and vanilla that fills the entire room. LE GALION L'Âme Perdue transforms sadness into a lavish vanilla chypre.
Green mandarin carries cardamom, coriander, white pepper, and datura. Jasmine, ylang-ylang, and lily then explode, while rose and broom add extra color to the bouquet.
Clove and cinnamon warm the flowers, and plum brings a dark, fruity richness. Ylang-ylang connects the spices and jasmine, making the heart feel both sunny and almost excessively opulent.
Rodrigo Flores-Roux was inspired by the story of Paul Vacher's 1928 fragrance Lost Soul, reportedly created in memory of a lost love. His 2018 version does not mimic the memory but gives it a new, monumental silhouette.
Madagascan and Mexican vanilla take over the base with patchouli, amber, benzoin, Peruvian balsam, honey, and oakmoss. On the skin, the flowers darken, and the vanilla becomes resinous and deep.
L'Âme Perdue is not a quiet breakup song. It is titanic vanilla over jasmine, plum, honey, and moss — a lost soul that refuses to go unnoticed.
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