The Different Company has launched De Bachmakov, a new perfume inspired by artistic director Thierry de Baschmakoff's Russian origins and celebrating the Année France-Russie.
De Bachmakov was developed by perfumer Celine Ellena, and the notes include cedar, bergamot, shiso leaves, coriander leaves, freesia, nutmeg and craie douce.
The Different Company De Bachmakov is in 12% concentration, and is available in 90 ml refillable bottles, 145€. (via press release)
Update: see a review of The Different Company De Bachmakov.
Hi Robin,
Nice post… I didn’t know that Russia also had a perfume potential, most of the fragrances are from UK, Italy or France! I think i’m going to give it a try when I find it in the local store!
This is a French perfume, even if the inspirations are Russian…but there are many Russian perfumes as well!
I don’t think I have ever seen (or smelled) Russian perfume. Do you know of any specific brands and where we can buy them?
Novaya Zarya is the big one, and might be the only one currently produced inside Russia. You’ll find lots of blog reviews if you do a google search…
So what is craie douce?
Something chalky, and admit I don’t know what. Sweet chalk, soft chalk?
They have not yet translated their press release, but when they do I’ll update the article.
Will add -> the term can refer to those pastel crayons (they’re kind of like a cross between chalk & crayons) that are commonly referred to as “pastels”. But do not know if that meaning applies here.
Cray-Pas? Like the oil pastel?
Do I sense any play here at all? Like the PlayDo accord? Or is my brain just having some fun where nothing exists?
Cray-Pas do have a bit of a scent, but not as much to me as an oil stick. Hmmm. I’ve got to admit, the list has me curious…in a “how is that going to come together?” way…have NO concept of what it could be.
I did like Oriental Lounge. Very curious to see what this C.E. is about.
Interesting ingredient. Not sure what they’re going for, since I don’t really find any references to it in perfumery in a cursory Google search. Nathan Branch made this sound interesting.
This sounds interesting. I was wondering about “craie douce”. As best as I can determine, it means “soft chalk”; is this correct? It certainly sounds unusual. Lucky Scent carries The Different Company fragrances, so I would expect they will pick up this one as well. I may try a sample, although the TDF scents I have tried before (Bois d’Iris and Un Parfum des Sens et Bois) have disappointed me by being nice, but too short-lived.
See the comment above — I don’t know what it is.
This is a higher concentration so might be longer lasting, we’ll have to see.
Thought it might be nice to get one just as a commemorative, then saw the price. oof.
It’s the same price as their last two releases…hopefully they’ll end up doing this one in 50 ml and/or the travel sizes.
Yes, ever since I discovered niche fragrances, I have been getting sticker shock as well. Some of the prices make the Guerlain and Chanel fragrances seems like bargains! I wish some of these houses would make smaller sizes available, at a correspondingly lower price. I think 15 ml bottles would be good; you would have enough to allow for multiple wearings, but would not have to commit to a 50 or 100 ml bottle.
Loves me some TDC, and loves me some Cray-Pas. Can’t wait to try this one.
I love the sound of the notes (not that that means all that much)! The “craie douce” note is certainly intriguing.
I love the way pastels smell, although it would not occur to me to want to wear it! I wonder how they woulc capture such a smell?
I was so excited when the Play-Doh perfume came out, because Play-Doh is one of my favorite scents ever, but the perfume lacks the saltiness of the actual smell of Play-Doh.
Is it weird that I pretty much want to smell like all the arts and crafts stuff I was immersed in as a kid?
“Craie douce” is an intellectual interpretation of the composition musk and cedar wood.
Céline Ellena wanted to translate a powdery but not sweet “minéralité”, smooth, mat and as tender as chalk with this special scent when it is humid.
It’s the wind scraping rocks and snow in that particular moment when spring takes over winter.
In reality, craie douce is the association of macro-cyclique musks (the most eco-friendly) and woody notes composing the perfume.
Elsa for The Different Company
Thanks Elsa.