Creative Director and fashion designer Shalini has announced to ÇaFleureBon exclusively that she will be launching Iris Lumière, the fifth fragrance under her eponymous brand in the Autumn of 2020. Once again she worked in collaboration with master perfumer Maurice Roucel of Symrise (Shalini Paradis Provence 2019, Shalini Amorem Rose 2018 (Fragrance Foundation Finalist for Indie Perfume 2019), Jardin Nocturne 2017 and her cult classic white floral Shalini (2004).

The press release included an excerpt from an 1899 poem by W.B. Yeats

“Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
I have spread my dreams under your feet”- Aedh (Fire) Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven by W.B.Yeats

Where her first fragrance Shalini (2004) was inspired by memories of Seville,  Jardin Nocturne of Dubai at night, and Shalini Paradis Provence by the solar light of Provence, Shalini Parfum Iris Lumière is inspired by the silver light of peace, acceptance and the energy of the full moon. Paradis Provence and Iris Lumière are ”the twin lights of creation… “

“The Moon shines upon the earth and lights everything in its path.  The night is cool and peaceful, a moment of respite for the world.

 Orris butter is the heart of Iris Lumière. It is extracted from the rhizome of the Iris root. Creating an exquisite woody, violet-like aroma of unearthly beauty and luxurious delicacy.  

French Muguet’s elegant sweet floral bell shape is borne in sprays during springtime bringing a sense of tender happiness and inspiration.

Hyacinth Orientalis creates a heady green soft note like crushed fresh leaves – deep and exhaultic..Hyacinth promotes well-being.

Galbanum grows in the marshes of Iran – where the two rivers meet the sea.  It brings an earthy, green and fresh watery quality to the parfum. Verdure.

Frankincense, the purest of incense, lends a fresh balsamic, and woody note to the parfum.  It is a resin from the Boswellia tree that has been used since biblical times for prayer, clarification and healing.”

Orris Absolut, Hyacinth Orientalis, French Muguet, Galbanum and Frankincense.

Iris Lumière is presented in the Lalique crystal flacon “Deux Fleurs”, entwining the silver light with the golden light. The “Deux Fleurs” flacon was designed by René Lalique in 1935.  Shalini Iris Lumière will be priced from $150 for the quarter-ounce to $3000 for the Deux Fleurs Lalique Flacon. The pure parfum will launch in September 2020 in retailers where Shalini Parfum is sold including Bergdorf Goodman, Harrods Salon de Parfum, Jovoy Paris and other high-end perfumeries such as Indigo Perfumery

Via press release and my own synopsis

Michelyn Camen, Editor-in-Chief

@cafleurebon @shaliniparfum @symriseag