French niche line Neela Vermeire Créations will launch Niral, a new fragrance.
The fragrance NIRAL (unique, calm, serene) is a perfume inspired by an interesting and unique relationship between British sericulture expert, author, printing-dyeing industrialist Sir Thomas Wardle (1831-1909) and India, celebrating his immense contribution to the promotion of Indian wild silk trade from Bengal and Kashmir to Europe.
[...] Wardle perfected the technique for natural dyeing of the textured “tussar” silk, achieving stunning jewel toned colours reflected in our new box. His wife, Lady Elizabeth Wardle, founded the Leek Embroidery Society working on artistic needlework projects with tussar silk.
NIRAL, through its blend of rich raw materials is an ode to this quietly forceful silk ambassador. The perfume opens with iris, tea and liqueur notes weaving an intricate pattern with floral notes and spices akin to the textural delight of a piece of tussar silk, and symbolizing a unique relationship between two countries linked by a common heritage.
Niral was developed by perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour. Additional notes include pink pepper, rose, lie de vin verte, cabreuva, angelica seed, ambrette seed, cardamom, leather, magnolia, jasmine, sandalwood and cedar.
Neela Vermeire Créations Niral will be available in 60 ml Eau de Parfum.
(via press release)
Yay!!! Neela does an iris!!!!
And tea. I am tempted already.
I know! I am far too excited about this!
I’m so looking forward to trying it. I love Neela as a person and I have 2 of NVC fragrances in my collection.
And bottle for Niral is gorgeous
Neela is wonderful. I wish I had any of her fragrances
It will be different from the other bottles?
“For our new creation NIRAL, we have redesigned our packaging blending
the purple colour of our Mohur Extrait and our EDP flacon, cradled in soft
champagne gold within a two toned silken purple jewel box.”
It will be their Edp transparent bottle with purple hues
Like this: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf3fFicgoB_/
Iris and tea and liqueur….this sounds interesting!
Oh my! It is very tempting to get a large sample.
I mean get be getting a 60 ml sample
???? EXACTLY
Oh my, this is so exciting. Iris and tea, liquor and spices?!
I wonder what lie de vin verte and cabreuva are.
You can use google translate here:
http://www.albertvieille.com/fr/produits/95-huile-essentielle-lie-de-vin-verte-roumanie.html
And cabreuva is a wood note:
http://www.whitelotusaromatics.com/product/cabreuva
The celebration of a white man in India? A common heritage? Hmm. That’s one view of colonialization and slaughter. I’d be much quicker to write it off if Neela herself weren’t Indian. I can’t imagine not trying this one, though, being a huge NVC fan.
Yes to this. It’s so endemic to the perfume world – or parts of it – and so strange to me how unthinking and unapologetic it is.
Neela is a beautiful and joyous soul, one who is capable of celebrating the good in things, while letting go of the negative and not dwelling in the past.
Several of her fragrances have been about connections between India and Europe, see
https://nstperfume.com/2016/09/14/neela-vermeire-creations-rahele-new-perfume/
I have all of Neela Vermerie’s fragrance and I am sure I will eventually own this one as well. I’m so happy it will be an Iris oriented scent! Do you know when it will be launched?
Her FB page says “soon”.
And Jovoy in Paris already has it