Photo Luckyscent:  Each flacon is packaged in a jewelry box

Perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour has taken on many  intriguing projects for established and emerging niche brands (as well as interpret the  fragrant stories of individuals). I am fascinated  by and eagerly awaiting  the collection he created for Parisian Jeweler  Ann Gérard, whose sophisticated and feminine jewelry use  precious, semi-precious gems and metals .

 There are three fragrances in the  debut line that are fragrant interpretations of  Madame Gerard’s signature style.

 

Cuir de Nacre  “If mother-of-pearl could somehow magically be transformed into the most melting calfskin, this is what it would smell like…Bertrand Duchaufour achieves what must be his most elegant interpretation of leather yet.”  This fragrance was first created for Ann Gérard in a limited edition under the name Pleine Lune in 2010, which I first learned about by reading Patty White of Perfume Posse's obsession with it on her trip to Europe last year. Patty was smitten by the Iris concrete.

 Notes of angelica root, ambrette, aldehydic ozonic notes, cassie, iris concrete, leather accord, sandalwood, white musk and styrax. 60 ml Extrait de Parfum, $165.

Ciel d’Opale  “Is there anything more intoxicating than basking in the heady, honeyed scent of a linden tree? Bertrand Duchaufour’s “Opal Sky” for Ann Gérard translates the languid pleasure of an early-summer reverie dusted with fragrant pollen under a sky made opalescent by feathery clouds…”

 Notes: quince, lemon, galbanum, Sichuan pepper, cassie, jasmine, mock orange, honeysuckle, amber, cedar, guaiac wood, vetiver, sandalwood and vanilla.  60 ml Eau de Parfum, $165.

 

Perle de Mousse ~ “In a masterful reinvention of the green floral chypre, Bertrand Duchaufour stretches out the muguet theme until it becomes a full orchestra… truly original,  with the balance and elegance of a contemporary heirloom piece.”

Notes: aldehydes, pink pepper, bergamot, green mandarin, galbanum, ivy, lily of the valley, hawthorn, Bulgarian rose, clove, jasmine, gardenia, lentiscus absolute, ambergris, musk and vanilla.  60 ml Eau de Parfum, $165.

 photo: Luckyscent

There is a Discovery kit of three 9ml  bottles for $65.00

  Ann Gérard Cuir de Nacre, Ciel d’Opale and Perle de Mousse are available in the U.S. at Luckyscent.

 Source: luckyscent.com