German magazine and publishing house Mare has launched Eau du Levant, a new fragrance developed by perfumer Geza Schön.
Fresh lemon? Salty? Sunscreen and ozone? The ideal sea scent for us is more than just a smell. It is a mood, a feeling. "Eau du Levant" smells of distance, of warmth. Of the Mediterranean.*
Eau du Levant is a chypre inspired by sunrise in the Mediterranean. The notes include bergamot, mandarin, lemon, basil, iris, jasmine, osmanthus, labdanum, vetiver and ambergris.
Mare Eau du Levant is available in 100 ml Eau de Toilette, €125.
(via eaudulevant.de)
*Quote was translated by Google, with some help from me, from the original German and is not necessarily an accurate representation of the original!
I think you did a good job with the translation, Robin
I never knew (as the web site claims) that Chypre is meant to refer to the “scents and aromas of islands like Cyprus.” Is that really so?
Ha — I just “fixed” google!
Yes, that was the original inspiration for Coty Chypre. Other chypre fragrances might just be building on that structure rather than trying to likewise smell like Cyprus, though, if that makes sense.
I’ve never smelled Coty Chypre, but I always picture the Mediterranean isle of Cyprus as having a coastline that smells like Eau Sauvage, breezes that smell like Chanel Pour Monsieur, and wooded groves in which shepherds smelling of Antaeus or Aramis herd their flocks between stands of pine trees redolent of Polo Green… Not bad!
LOL!