French jeweler Mauboussin has launched Le Secret d’Arielle, a new fragrance in collaboration with French-American singer Arielle Dombasle.
Notes for the floral musk include white flowers, pink pepper, iris, tuberose, rose, amber and white musk.
Mauboussin Le Secret d’Arielle is €240 for 15 ml Extrait de Parfum.
(via wwd, hmauboussinparfums)
That bottle is slaying me (the box is also spectacular) and I kind of love that it’s only available in extrait, which seems like an afterthought in perfumery these days. Time to make extrait front and centre again!
I don’t know how front and center it will be since I’m not sure they’re distributing it outside of Mauboussin boutiques, but agree, there should be more extrait — even though I can’t afford it. Also worth hearing her inspiration, from WWD:
“I’ve been doing a very special mixture for years. I put some base of Cuir de Russie — a little sample that Karl Lagerfeld gave me 20 years ago — then a hint of musk that I only find in New York, and some aromatic elixir, tuberose and iris. I was doing my own little mixture for years…”
Now that’s inspiring!
It is! Hope the perfume reflects it. But I will almost certainly never smell it to know 🙂