Lucien Ferrero Par amour pour elle photograph by Ermano©
Probably the most thrilling debuts over the last version of Esxence – The scent of excellence was Lucien Ferrero together with his eponymous line. Sadly through the present I missed Monsieur Ferrero, however I used to be launched to his stunning works by his distributor Roberto Drago, who established two years in the past PER FUMUM Torino, an incredible cultural occasion about fragrance and olfactory tradition.
Lucien Ferrero, Roberto Drago and the Osmothèque ‘s Anne-Cécile Pouant at PER FUMUM Torino
It’s down there in Turin that I obtained to satisfy Lucien Ferrero as we each had been lecturing for the Osmothèque Versailles about completely different historic subjects: first his convention about Chypres, then it was my flip to speak about “The golden age of Italian perfumery”. In the meantime we had a while to speak about his creations. For who’s not conversant in his title, Lucien Ferrero spent a few years in Grasse with perfumers like Jean-Claude Ellena, and Jean-Claude Gigodot and signed over 50.000 formulation for Expressions Parfumées, a few of which had been produced and the others are a part of the corporate’s library.
Jean Claude Ellena and Lucien Ferraro courtesy of Roberto Drago©
“After couple of years I left Expressions Parfumées, Roberto satisfied me to get again to the lab and compose for myself. After nearly 40 years I used to be uninterested in creating with many constraints, funds, advertising and so forth. I nonetheless had so many unexpressed concepts that when Roberto gave me carte blanche, I couldn’t be extra blissful”.
Photograph by Ermano© Par Amour Pour Lui, Syringa Blanc and Par Amour Pour Elle
“Lucien was so blissful he instructed me he’ has like forty-something formulation in his drawer. I instructed him let’s begin with three!” added Roberto Drago, who’s additionally the founding father of Laboratorio Olfattivo for which Lucien Ferrero signed additionally two new creations within the Masters Assortment. This can not make me happier given the result’s a trio of lovely perfumes expressing timeless French refinement with a pinch of up-to-date sparkle. All of the three creations had been extraordinary, I selected to evaluation Par Amour pour Elle, a perfume Lucien Ferrero created for his spouse (belief me I used to be fortunate sufficient to scent it on this elegant girl and was completely smitten).
Pentax Calendar by Man Bourdin, 1980
Described as a love hymn to ladies, Lucien Ferrero Par Amour pour Elle is an incredible inexperienced floral unexpectedly opening with the crispness of neroli and dewy hyacinth boosted by the sulphurous juiciness of blackcurrant buds that renders the uber-chic bittersweet path price of Man Bourdin’s early Queens blushed by Heidi Morawetz. The blooming coronary heart is valuable, however by no means pretentious and the opulent white florals avoid prosaic fruits and cream, balanced by the powdery piquancy of dianthus and tuberose’s toxic greenness.
Dalida carrying a fringe costume for her disco-show, 1979
This bouquet echoes the leathery flesh of Casablanca lilies and also you swear you smelled this golden lady in one other life within the late 1970s sharing the dry champagne glamour of predecessors like Jean-Claude Ellena’s Van Cleef & Arpels First and the Scherrer aromatic debut by IFF perfumer Josette Ramisse. She’s stylish as ever and trendy due to a mysterious balmy sandalwood sweeping away the mustiness and the aldehydes hairdos and lending a extra androgynous oriental vibe that makes it wearable additionally by adventurous guys. She’s not the common wishi-washy lady searching for consolation gourmands and approval, she’s the unbiased girl you received’t neglect. It’s Dalida wearing a Scherrer silver sequins robe, singing and dancing one of the best of the French disco-hits in her Italian accent, however remixed by Cerrone to an electro-house hit filling the dance flooring. And the boys echo “Laissez moi créer”, ops, danser I imply…
Prime notes: neroli, wild hyacinth, Bulgarian rose essence, blackcurrant buds; Coronary heart notes: Candy William, orange blossom absolute, Indian Jasmine absolute, ylang-ylang; Base notes: tuberose absolute, white musks, labdanum resinoid, sandalwood, myrrh resinoid
Disclosure: This evaluation was primarily based on a pattern of Lucien Ferraro Par Amour pour Elle obtained from Kaon, Lucien Ferrero distributor throughout Esxence. Par Amour pour Elle has good longevity however by no means is overpowering with a mean sillage.
–Ermano Picco, Editor
You may “meet” Lucien Ferraro and listen to him discuss his fragrances through Sebastian’s Esxence video right here
Due to the generosity of Kaon, now we have samples of Lucien Ferraro Par Amour pour Elle and Seringa Blanc that we’ll supply to a registered reader within the EU or USA solely. To be eligible please go away a remark with what you loved about Ermano’s evaluation and the place you reside by 7/1/2019.
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