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The story goes like this: " Founder Beatrice Aguilar knows that true luxury is found in nature’s perfection: on virgin land, in cascades of crystal water, in the reflection of light on a diamond and in the white truffle, an aroma that penetrates everything around it with an intense fragrance of flowers, woods, silence and mystery. To express these subtle sensations, Beatrice put her trust in the Parisian perfumer, Shyamala Maisondieu. She was to incorporate the white truffle (also known as white gold due to the high prices reached on the world market) for its exquisite fragrance."
The new niche collection "Scent on Canvas" so far includes five perfumes created by an eclectic mix of perfumers: Jórdi Fernandez (for Rose Opéra and Noir de Mars), Shyamala Maisondieu (Ocre Doré) , Alexandra Kosinski (Brun Sicilien) and the founder, Beatrice Aguilar herself (Blanc de Paris). The collection spans five fragrance genres with nuanced olfactory work within them: the starchy, woody musk, a predetermined crowd-pleaser (Blanc de Paris); the dark musty-mossy with guts (Noir de Mars); the mysterious, coppery woody (Ocre Doré); the rosy floral with mysterious, spicy-suede tonalities (Rose Opéra) and the complex hesperidic-leathery (Brun Sicilien). Each fragrance is accompanied by a painting by a well-known painter who is inspired by the aromatics in the composition, then the painting is turned into an engraving which is used for the packaging of the fragrance: the inside of the box holds the engraving ready to be framed and hung on your walls.
Notes for Ocre Dore by Scent on Canvas:
Top: Iranian galbanum, dried tea leaves, mate
Heart: white truffle, oakmossm, undergrowth
Base: guaiacwood, Paraguay wood, Virginian cedar, Indonesian patchouli, labdanum gum
The perfumes are priced at 130 Euros for 100 ml of perfume/eau de parfum (only Blanc de Paris is an Eau de Parfum by design, the rest are extrait de parfum). A great value sample pack of all 5 scents is offered for only 10 euros online at the official e-shop. More information: scentoncanvas.com
Just ordered the samples. Thanks so much for providing information like this so we can sample for very reasonable $$$ before investing. All in Spanish, but easy to translate with just a little knowledge(like I have)of the language. Also PayPal friendly!
ReplyDeleteDearest Shrine
ReplyDeleteThis does actually sound like an interesting collection - I do prefer them when they're diverse, not just variations on a theme.
The sample back also seems a snip, so I may be a click or two away from a try out!
Yours ever
The Perfumed Dandy
Oh my can't wait to get samples of this. I love collecting perfumes. I'll def check on this one for it is really interesting.
ReplyDeleteJ,
ReplyDeleteglad you found it easy.
Just wanted to add that there is an English and French option as far as I recall on the site; you just hit on the proper flags ;-)
PD,
ReplyDeletehi there! :-)
They're quite interesting and I think you'd find at least a couple to catch your fancy. Do give the sample pack a try (or include some samples on your next LS order or pick them up on Ebay, whatever works). And then I want to hear all about it! :-)
Alice,
ReplyDeleteglad to be of inspiration for more perfume sampling! :-)