The delightful paradox of this native Australian is how such an unpretentious flower has a fragrance so valued and memorably vivid. Pollinated by just one type of tiny, day-flying moth, itself dependent for survival on the flower makes it one of the world’s rarest botanical miracles. This is Bertrand Duchaufour’s second composition for Grandiflora. With his legendary skill and insight he has touched the complexity of Boronia with exquisite hints of cassis and freesia, of sunburnt hay, hemlock and immortelle absolute. These and his other intrigues create a fragrance for the senses as well as for the engaged mind.
This beautifully orchestrated fragrance joins Grandiflora’s suite of florals and is an encore for Michel Roudnitska, the creator of Magnolia grandiflora Michel. His artistry has again achieved, with great subtlety, a spiritual integrity that captures the glory and intensity of this almost devout white flower. His Madagascan jasmine interpretation may rank among the classics.
This fragrance, like its creator, Michel Roudnitska, has a compelling and intriguing heritage. His father was Edmond, one of the great 20th Century parfumers, whose creations include Eau Savage and Diorissimo. Michel’s own career embraced many creative facets yet he was compelled to return regularly to the challenge of fragrance. Beginning with the top notes of lemon, bergamot and grapefruit, the heart of the Michel scent glows with jasmine, ylang-ylang, rose and of course magnolia. Adding richness, depth and sensuality are the subtle bottom notes of vetiver, patchouli and musk. The effect is one of limpid and rich beauty: a magnificent flower in its evocative prime.
With unique insight Bertrand Duchaufour has thrown a noose of light around the fragrance of Queen of the Night. The flower that famously blooms for one night a year and dies in the dawn is simply one of nature’s most beautiful, most fleeting scents. Yet here it is; a captivating mix of memory and desire, of love itself without regret.
Sandrine Videault, the fragrance composer, describes the composition of this parfum as a symphony of chords. The top notes are bracing: citrus, grapefruit and pepper. The middle is clean and meditative, with chords of greenery and dry wood and then the bottom note, expanding and enveloping the senses fuses elements of musk and marine, ocean and tree, petal and sky. Sandrine Videault spent her first four years as a perfumer under the guidance of Edmond Roudnitska. He always said, “A beautiful perfume is one which gives us a shock: a sensory one followed by a psychological one” a belief Sandrine held close to her heart. She was a firm believer that perfume composition should be unique, much like a musical score.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Saskia Havekes’ floral atelier Grandiflora, based in the heart of Sydney, Saskia is a an olfactive celebration of the ever-shifting redolence of nature's most remarkable perfumes. From first impact to long-lingering afterglow this fragrance is the interpretive essence of the Grandiflora store itself, bursting with blooms and walls saturated with the scents of nature. Top Notes: Ginger, Pink Pepper, Violet Leaves, Tasmanian Myrtle, Water Hyacinth Heart Notes: Gardenia Petals, Flowershop Accord, Touch of Petrichor and Ylang-ylang Base Notes: Tasmanian Boronia Leaves, Immortelle, Oakmoss, French Mimosa