Many perfumistas steer clear of aquatic fragrances; most contain the aroma chemical synthetic ingredient Calone which is used in so many mainstream fragrances to evoke "sea breezes" (Calone also can smell like melon). It is a devisive note in perfumery and isn't often used in artistic perfumes. Enter Pierre Guillaume, one of the most creative perfumers today, best known for PG Generale and Huitieme Arts. Pierre is a truly independent perfumer, who is as much a chemist as an alchemist. If anyone can change the olfactory "seascape" and inject new excitement into this classification, it is Pierre. Using travel themes and concepts of open spaces, wilderness and far-flung destinations, he will explore aquatic fragrances in his new line ‘Collection Croisière.’
Pierre Guillaume at the beach photo: Pierre Guillaume
Two years and three laboratories have been utilised to assemble the precise raw materials that inspired Pierre Guillaume; these include a molecular distillation of Pacific algae, a specific saline interpretation of vanilla and a fractionated distillation of Champaca. Collection Croisière will not be a simplified representation of Calone or a catalogue of iodised molecules, but instead a more complex reflection of sea, distant islands, tropical jungle; but above all… a portrait of movement.
The collection will consist of eight eaux de parfums, representing key places on Pierre’s global olfactive journey of trains planes and automobiles. The first four, Entre Ciel et Mer, Jangala, Paris Seychelles and Long Courrier will be officially launched in Milan at the 2015 Esxence -The Scent of Excellence showcase event March 26-29, 2015. The next four will follow sometime between June 2015 and February 2016.
Collection Croisière will be available in stores April 2015, in 50ml and 100ml sizes.
Via Pierre Guillaume who graciously chose ÇaFleureBon as the US site to officially make this announcement and to The Silver Fox for his translation from the French
–Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief