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Memo Ilha do Mel ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 12 March 2015 11 Comments

Memo Ilha do Mel

French niche line Memo will launch Ilha do Mel, a new fragrance named for the island off the coast of Brazil. Ilha do Mel is the second scent in the Graines Vagabondes series, which started with Kedu.

Let us sow the seeds of delight on the Ilha do Mel, an island of sugary sweetness with the curvaceous outline of a whale. Just for you and me, honey meets mandarin — and nothing could ever tear us apart. A moon of juniper and vanilla deeply intertwined.

A wave of broom flowers swells, and washes over my pillow. I have the whole wide beach to unravel you. Hidden bliss; sheltered under the pink and hyacinth arches of the Encantada grottos, we lost all reason in the labyrinth of Camoes. Rays of honey soften the jasmine of my awakening. Their sweetness gives me musk fever, the palm fronds sway with your devilish smile. King Vetiver rules, I rush to dip in the swirling waters of joy, hurry, join me in the whirl of orange blossom waves. Lonesome without iris, I long for your tropics.

Ilha do Mel was developed by perfumer Aliénor Massenet. The notes include mandarin, hyacinth, juniper, broom flower, iris, jasmine, orange blossom, vetiver, vanilla and musk.

Memo Ilha do Mel will be available in 75 ml Eau de Parfum, $250.

(via press release)

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Filed Under: new fragrances
Tagged With: alienor massenet, memo

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  1. Lovestosmellgood says:
    12 March 2015 at 9:28 am

    Recently discovered Memo- very good!

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    • Robin says:
      12 March 2015 at 10:09 am

      I am looking forward to trying more of them now that they’re finally distributed in the US…

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  2. thegoddessrena says:
    12 March 2015 at 9:55 am

    Broom is so rarely used that I’ll definitely try this one

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    • Robin says:
      12 March 2015 at 10:09 am

      My thoughts exactly!

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    • kindcrow says:
      12 March 2015 at 9:48 pm

      Yeah, you don’t see it much. My local Whole Foods has a perfume oil (jojoba oil-based) — Bujari by Rare Essence/Rare Earth Naturals — that has notes of rose, broom/genet (the plant, not the animal), and tonka bean. One site says that it has frankincense, as well.

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    • AnnE says:
      13 March 2015 at 12:41 am

      Yes, and Santa Maria Novella makes a very nice one. 🙂

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  3. Dusan says:
    12 March 2015 at 11:41 am

    An early contender for Le Prix Eau Faux?

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    • Robin says:
      12 March 2015 at 12:27 pm

      Most certainly!

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    • sweetgrass says:
      12 March 2015 at 6:56 pm

      “Rays of honey soften the jasmine of my awakening. Their sweetness gives me musk fever, the palm fronds sway with your devilish smile. King Vetiver rules, I rush to dip in the swirling waters of joy, hurry, join me in the whirl of orange blossom waves. Lonesome without iris, I long for your tropics.”

      I think they wrote this section with Mad Libs.

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      • kindcrow says:
        12 March 2015 at 9:48 pm

        Ha!

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      • katrina says:
        12 March 2015 at 9:57 pm

        This just cracks me up! I laugh when I imagine someone writing this, changing it, pondering word choices; then finally having a Eureka moment, “musk fever! King Vetiver! That’s PERFECT!” Hahahahaha

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