An He Garden Respite via cuded.com

The scents of flowers can trigger memories, both good and bad, and fully immerse us in a time and a place past or present.  A whiff of roses can take us back to our mother's garden no matter where we grew up.  A certain flower back to our wedding day.  Other flowers, death or loss, a vacation or  a moment back in time wearing your prom corsage.  Without flowers there can be no perfume to fill our lives with lovely memories emphasized by beautiful perfumes. La Fleur by Livvy embraces opulent floral experiences and shares them with us in very different ways. 

Olivia Larson of La Fleur de Livvy

Artisan Fragrance Salon Award winning perfumer Olivia “Livvy” Larson of La Fleur by Livvy has many such happy moments steeped with luscious and captivating scents from her childhood growing up in India.  A culture so rich in fragrance and aroma of flowers left many impressions that Livvy which she has carried with her throughout the years a to her home in Colorado where she creates her gorgeous and breathtaking natural perfumes. Livvy’s Fleur series tell a story about a woman on her journey in life portraying her innocence, beauty, seductiveness, sensuality, her dreams and desires, hopes and faith

An He Spring Awakening

Fleur d’ Aspiration is a scent that speaks to me of spring, growth, and renewal.  It opens with a beautiful rush of flowers accented by a sparkling citrus, diffusive but light and uplifting.  This bouquet wears sweetly for hours before revealing a precious and powdered sandalwood base hovering close to the skin for the rest of the day. Sandalwood mixed with notes of Bergamot and Frangipani flowers

An He A Quiet Moment

A creamy and fruity opening announces that start of Fleur d’ Innocence, vanilla and orange intertwining gently yet both distinctly separate.  It deepens into a rich orange blossom and freesia heart that could read almost sultry but is retained just on this side of chastity by vanilla and heliotrope.  Tonka bean lends warmth and a hint of spiciness before settling to a base of the clean musk of ambrette.

An He Reflections of Summer

Fleur de l’Amour bursts with ripe red fruit and flowers, celebrating love and summer.  Champaka blooms and transitions wonderfully into the soft sandalwood finish.

An He Prima Ballerina

Fleur de Mystere departs from the sweet light floral theme with a complex herbaceous beginning that unfolds to reveal a geranium heart that lasts and lasts.  The geranium visits with many fragrant friends, rose, citrus, creamy ylang ylang and vanilla,before drying down to a skin scent  draping you in gauzy tulle.

An He Ankles

My favorite if the Fleur series though is Fleur de Seduite.  A beautiful rich jasmine rests over a slightly bitter yet irresistible blend of resins.  On my skin, it wears almost as a blend of leather and incense.  A contrast of soft flower and hard resins, fighting a back and forth tug of war, it keeps the wearer on their toes and repeatedly sniffing again at their skin to see who is winning at that moment.

Michael Singels, Editor & Natural Perfumery Editor

Editor’s Note: I chose the  neo romantic art of An He, born in China,  who moved in the United States in 1985. An He’s tremendous admiration and respect for women comes through in all his work. Like Livvy he was born in a different land and brings his own heritage to our culture.

Thanks to the generosity of Livvy Larson of La Fleur by Livvy, we have a sample set of the Fleur series available for draw a registered US reader.  To be eligible, tell us which of the Fleur series most intrigues you and if you have a particularly strong scent memory of flowers to share with us.    Draw closes 10/19/15.

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