Esxence 2019: Atelier des Ors Riviera Drive, Atelier des Ors Pomelo Riviera and Atelier des Ors Riviera Lazuil + Riviera Assortment Draw

  Scene from 1955 To Catch A Thief with Cary Grant and Grace Kelley

The carefree, cinematic romances of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, set in opposition to the sunshine and glamour of the Côte d’ Azur, have been the stuff my adolescent goals have been product of.  Movies like Alfred Hitchcock’s “To Catch a Thief” distilled and stuck in my thoughts the magnificence and the spirit of the occasions. Immediately, as I write this overview of Atelier des Ors’ three new fragrances (The Riviera Assortment): Atelier des Ors Riviera Drive, Pomelo Riviera and Riviera Lazuil, I discover myself re-living my youthful fantasies of the French Riviera.

Jean-Phillipe Clermont and Marie Salamagne by way of Atelier des Ors          

Like treasured postcards from lengthy misplaced mates – or present images from my granddaughter as she holidays in Good – the perfumes of the Atelier des Ors Riviera Assortment, created by  artistic director Jean- Philippe Clermont and award successful perfumer Marie Salamagne, revive my reminiscences, portray olfactory photos of scenic drives, aromatic gardens and the deep azure blue of the Mediterranean.

Riviera Drive and Street Map of the Côte d’Azur by way of Bon-Bon Journey ©

 

The primary breath of Riviera Drive may be very recent, slightly wild and ever so exhilarating. I think about myself rushing round in my 1968 British Racing Inexperienced MGB roadster, the comfortable prime down, zipping over slender winding roads excessive above the ocean. A glint of brilliant lemon and a unfastened bouquet of recent herbs – wild marjoram and rosemary – create the fragrant impression of summer season wind in my hair, a way of freedom, youthful exuberance and chance.

Sirène au Poisson by Marc Chagall from Good & the Côte d’Azur.

Brilliant blues and chartreuse hues are intensified within the coronary heart by deeper resinous greens of cedar leaf and absinthe.  The vivid, adventurous spirit and aromatic vistas are grounded within the luminescent heat of patchouli, Cashmeran and musk.

Notes: Lemon, marjoram, rosemary, cedar leaf, absinthe, patchouli, Cashmeran, cedar and musk.

 

 

Picture by Atelier Des Ors  and Gardens on the Riviera, particulars from a photograph by Allie Gross ©

I drive for the sheer pleasure of driving, however quickly uncover that my Riviera Drive is main me to a quiet and charming vacation spot. I uncover an historic villa perched on a steep hillside, overlooking the ocean.  The outdated home is surrounded by a walled backyard crammed with citrus, white flowers, roses and palms.  Atelier des Ors Pomelo Riviera greets me with the glowing zest of my favourite citrus fruit, the pomelo, seasoned with a zephyr of salt air. A radiant sharpness of brilliant citrus relaxes into the seductively hypnotic and silky aromas of jasmine and orange blossoms.

Femme au Bouquet by Marc Chagall from Good & the Côte d’Azur.

The enchanting backyard retreat that’s Atelier des Ors Pomelo Riviera tempts me to a protracted afternoon nap within the shade of tropical palms.  I depart the backyard refreshed and proceed my highway journey to the shore.

Notes: Grapefruit, jasmine, bergamot, orange blossom, salt accord, rose and cedarwood.

 

  Picture from Atelier des Ors and Sailboats on the Mediterranean, particulars from a photograph by Allie Gross ©

After discovering the liberty of winding roads and the comfort of historic gardens, Atelier des Ors Riviera Lazuli brings me to sea degree and to the scents of sand, driftwood and sunshine.  Sea breezes refresh with notes of lemon and cypress.  From my seaside towel on the strand I gaze out on the sailboats and yachts bobbing, shiny and white, within the blue Mediterranean afternoon.  Clary sage, gaiac wooden and immortelle create the candy, softly spiced impact of heat sand on tanned pores and skin. I shut my eyes, having fun with the solar, sea breeze and the resinous soothing results of balsam and incense.

 

Palms and Bougainvillea – particulars from a photograph by Allie Gross ©

Atelier des Ors Riviera Lazuli leaves me with pictures and reminiscences of an ideal day on the French Riviera, reliving youthful goals and revisiting reminiscences and fantasies of days passed by.

Notes: Lemon, cypress, bergamot, clary sage, cedarwood, gaiac wooden, immortelle, fir balsam and incense.

Disclaimer:  I wish to thank Megan Paki of Atelier des Ors for the beneficiant decants of  the Atelier Des Ors  Riviera Assortment from Esxence 2019.  My opinions are my very own.

Gail Gross – Senior Editor

Artwork Course – Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief who thanks each Gail’s grand-daughter Allie for her wonderful images of the French Riviera and Lucas  of Chemist in A Bottle for that spectacular three flacon shot

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Picture of Riviera Drive, Atelier Des Ors Riviera Pomelo, Riviera Lazuli by our buddy Lucas @chemistinabottle

Due to Jean- Philippe Clermont now we have a reader’s selection of 1 stunning 100ml bottle of Atelier des Ors  from the Riviera Assortment  for one registered reader anyplace on this planet. Please you’ll want to register when you’ve got not finished so. To be eligible tell us what appeals to you about any or all the three perfumes within the Atelier des Ors Riviera Assortment primarily based on Gail’s opinions which one you’ll need must you win and the place you reside. You can even point out your favourite perfume from Atelier des Ors. Draw closes 5/25/2019

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