Divine is a small independent perfume house owned by Yvon Mouchel and located in the Brittany region of France. I reviewed their L’Homme de Coeur a few weeks ago, and now Marlen & I are trying L’Homme Sage, which like L’Homme de Coeur was created for Divine by nose Yann Vasnier. It has notes of saffron, mandarin, lychee, cardamom, mace, gaiac wood, atlas cedar, balsam fir, everlasting flower, patchouli, oakmoss, amber, styrax, and incense.
He says: An amber forest at sunset, the sky glows orange, the mossy earth is warm and a breeze stirs the glowing yellow leaves. Nearby a crackling fire burns, cinnamon bark, flower petals, mandarin peel, and wood resins release a smoky incense that mingles with the scent of the earth. A man in saffron robes tends the fire…