Liis Lucienne (Jérôme Epinette) 2023+ The Light We Know Giveaway

May 12, 2023

Liis Lucienne courtesy of the brand photo @emilydulla styling @leliehenden

I have been here before,
But when or how I cannot tell:
I know the grass beyond the door,
The sweet keen smell,
The sighing sound, the lights around the shore … ~ Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Sudden Light (written in 1853-54)

Martha’s Vineyard by Ida©

Today is a warm, seabreeze-y day in May, illuminated by the light we know and welcome with gratitude. The scent of the Atlantic Ocean drifts through my sunlit window, a reminder of where I find myself as the earth brings forth luxuriant verdancy and colorful blooms. “Be at ease”, intones the delicate, persistent aroma. “No ill shall befall you.”

Via Liis photo lemon and hyancinth@misterleedesigns

So murmurs Liis Lucienne – which the brand refers to as ‘a different light’. I feel it as the light that dances barefoot in the waves along the coast – lighthearted and frolicsome, drifting on a zephyr. It is weightless and full of wonder, as so many of Robertet perfumer Jérôme Epinette’s fragrances are. In Lucienne, clarity weds symmetry: vivid citrus tones balance (and echo, as well) the lemony sweetness of magnolia, with its rosy facets. A subtle melonlike (and/or kiwi fruit) limpidity can be perceived in the dragon fruit (Firmenich named it flavor of the year 2023), and also in the fantasy note of waterlily (lightly sweet, faintly aquatic with a lemon lilt). The crisp amber listed here I take to mean a form of ambergris (likely an art essence) – utilized with a sparing hand to assist in developing a marine accord which doesn’t scream ‘Calone®”. Lucienne’s composition smells blithe and airy, effortless.

Martha’s Vineyard Lighthouse Summer by Ida

Lucienne combines fruit with florals and umami, all in a single breath: the bracing tonicity of a radiant day spent in salt air, without pushing the envelope. Overstatement is unnecessary when intimation is everything, all by its lone. There exists a purity and immediacy in the freshness of which it sings; the immense pleasure of simpler things, of sun and shore as you will it. Liis Lucienne is the light that we know intimately, unfettered by adornment or illusion – and it is precious. Wear it and grow wings. “For in the dew of little things, does the heart find its morning and is refreshed.” ~ Khalil Gibran, on Friendship

Notes: pomelo, lemon zest, magnolia, dragonfruit, waterlily, crisp amber, marine accord

Sample kindly provided by Ann Bouterse of Indigo Perfumery – many thanks! My nose is my own…

~ Ida Meister, Deputy and Natural Perfumery Editor

Liis Lucienne photo by Indigo Perfumery via Instagram

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