Soft leather, more like suede, combined with bright mimosa, a sprinkling of spices, resting on a soft woody base. Un Air d’Apogée by Maison Violet is softly spoken with lots of character; modern, elegant and not easy to classify…
Inspired by Apogée from 1932, this was the pride and joy of Maison Violet. A tribute to the worldwide success of Violet’s glorious past. The original perfume was, in the image of its time, a fight between shadow and light. The bright and sensual facets of white flowers such as ylang ylang and jasmine contrasted with the dark facets of the animalic and leathery side of the composition.
Maison Violet on this modern take of Apogée: “We also added a radiant Mimosa that brought this contrast and this dimension of luminous caress. The whole thing is linked perfectly with notes of honey, hay, and tobacco. A composition that brings us back directly to the thirties and its enchanted cabarets.”
Amber, Honey, Star anise, Sage, Cedarwood, Cistus labdanum, Leather, Tobacco, Mimosa
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Leather
Discover the multiple facets of leather in perfumes. Think of the smell of a leather jacket, a pair of suede shoes, the inside of a leather bag, or an old Chesterfield… Leather gives a luxurious, seductive and elegant touch to the fragrance. But it is also dark, robust and slightly animalic which makes this smell mysteriously tantalizing.
Un Air d'Apogée - extrait de parfum
Nathalie Lorson
Nathalie Lorson was born in Grasse and has been surrounded by perfumes all her life. Her father was a chemist at Roure Betrand Dupont (now Givaudan, one of the largest international perfume companies). She trained to become a perfumer at Roure and then worked at IFF and currently at Firmenich. With dozens of successful and beautiful perfumes to her name, she is undoubtedly a master of her art.