Atelier Des Ors Iris Fauve, Nuda Veritas and Riviera Drive collage by Michelyn (images Atelier Des Ors pronounced Ah-tal-yay day Ore)
“Atelier Des Ors is grounded in the French classicism but we are reinterpreting our heritage with a modern twist.” – Jean-Phillipe Clermont for CaFleureBon 2016
Atelier des Ors inaugral perfumes were introduced at Esxence 2015 (collage Megan Paki)
Atelier Des Ors first fragrances were presented to the public at Esxence in Milan in March of 2015. The founder of the house, Creative Director Jean-Phillipe Clermont and house perfumer Marie Salamagne of Firmenich share a passion for French haute perfumery. Their fragrances are created from precious essences and exclusive raw materials, presented in glimmering sunburst patterned glass bottles, flecks of 24 K gold leaf floating in many of the perfumes.
Marie Salamagne and Jean Phillipe Clermont of Atelier Des Ors. Photo Atelier Des Ors ©
Atelier Des Ors’ stunning works of olfactory and visual art evoke some of the strongest sensations of scent/color synaethesia that I’ve experienced in my many years of enjoying and writing about fragrance. While I adore every one of Atelier Des Ors perfumes, today I have chosen three that I believe perfume lovers everywhere should be wearing.
Atelier Des Ors Iris Fauve with Bearded Iris. Photo by Gail Gross ©
Atelier Des Ors Iris Fauve (A CaFleureBon Best of Scent) – My first experience of House Atelier Des Ors was in 2016 with the sixth fragrance in their original Black Series, Atelier Des Ors Iris Fauve. The name “Iris Fauve” immediately evoked, in this gardener’s mind, the images and colors of two flowers, the North American wild flower, Iris fulva (also known as the Tawny or Copper Iris) and the luxuriously textured hybrid bearded iris. Atelier Des Ors Iris Fauve opens fresh and transparent like the iris fragrance I experience every spring when I bury my nose in the petals. Cool, lightly powdered with a hint of rosemary and fern-leaf, the floral realism quickly warms to a velvety-spiced blend of cinnamon, bergamot, orris and Liatris. Liatris absolute is noted for its dusty vanilla effect, at once powdery and green, the perfect pendant to the bouquet of orris and cinnamon, adding warmth and sweetness without turning the perfume gourmand. As Atelier des Ors Iris Fauve dries down, bergamot adds a bit of sparkling tang to the spiced flowers, giving an uplifting, cozy sensuality to the composition. Atelier Des Ors Iris Fauve finishes as a breath of myrrh, an undercurrent of sandalwood and a lingering suggestion of the original realistic bloom.
Notes: Bergamot, cinnamon, orrisroot, Liatris, cypress, patchouli, vetiver, cedar, labdanum, myrrh, sandalwood and musk.
Atelier Des Ors Nuda Veritas with White Flower. Photo by Gail Gross ©
Atelier Des Ors White Series, Nuda Veritas, “The Naked Truth”, plays like the ever-changing patterns of light and shadow reflecting from freshly painted walls. The white canvas that is Atelier Des Ors Nuda Veritas interacts with the colors of my personal chemistry to create a subtle veil of exquisite blooming citrus and delicate jasmine, a cool translucent white glaze of scent that floats in the air close to my skin. Clean, slightly crisp and almost spiritual in effect, Nuda Veritas opens with an invigorating rush of cool, wet, bergamot drifting on a breeze of orange blossoms. This refreshing, moist, misty introduction dries and warms after about an hour to a creamy, floral bouquet of jasmine, osmanthus and Tahitian gardenia. Despite the waxen white flowers, Atelier Des Ors Nuda Veritas is never heavy, but retains, through its twelve to fourteen hour life on skin, an airy, gossamer impression of orange groves in bloom, finished and varnished with a spicy combination of tagetes, musk and oakmoss.
Notes: Bergamot, Transluzone, orange flower petals, Jasmine Sambac, jasmine absolute from China, osmanthus absolute, tiare flower, patchouli, tagetes absolute, ambroxan, musk and oakmoss.
Photo of the French Riviera by Allie Gross ©
Atelier Des Ors Riviera Collection Riviera Drive (2019) – Like treasured postcards from long lost friends, or current photos from my granddaughter as she vacations in Nice, Atelier Des Ors Riviera Collection Riviera Drive revives my memories, painting olfactory pictures of scenic drives, fragrant gardens and the deep azure blue of the Mediterranean. The first breath of Riviera Drive is extremely fresh, a little wild and ever so exhilarating. I imagine myself speeding around in my old 1968 British Racing Green MGB roadster, the soft top down, zipping over narrow winding roads high above the sea. A glint of bright lemon and a loose bouquet of fresh herbs – wild marjoram and rosemary – create the aromatic impression of summer wind in my hair, a sense of freedom, youthful exuberance and possibility. Bright blues and chartreuse hues are intensified in the heart by deeper resinous greens of cedar leaf and absinthe. In Atelier des Ors Riviera Drive the vivid, adventurous spirit and fragrant vistas are grounded in the luminescent warmth of patchouli, Cashmeran and musk.
Notes: Lemon, marjoram, rosemary, cedar leaf, absinthe, patchouli, Cashmeran, cedar and musk.
Disclaimer: I would like to thank Atelier Des Ors for the generous decants and samples of Atelier Des Ors Iris Fauve, Nuda Veritas and Riviera Drive. My opinions are my own.
Gail Gross – Senior Editor
Art Direction – Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief
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Editor in Chief Michelyn Camen with Jean-Phillipe Clermont at Osswaldnyc 2016
Thanks to Jean-Philippe Clermont and Megan Paki we have a reader’s choice of one beautiful 100ml bottle of Atelier Des Ors Iris Fauve, Nuda Veritas or Riviera Drive for one registered reader anywhere in the world. Please be sure to register if you have not done so.
To be eligible let us know what appeals to you about any or all of these three perfumes based on Gail’s reviews, which one you would want should you win and where you live. You can also mention your favorite fragrance from Atelier Des Ors. Draw closes 8/25/2019
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