French niche line Memo has launched Zante, a new fragrance in the brand's Graines Vagabondes collection. Zante follows Ithaque and Corfu in the brand's trilogy of fragrances "that whisk you away to the sun-soaked beaches, lush landscapes, and rocky cliffs of the Ionian islands".

"Zante: this timeless cologne opens with an explosion of freshness thanks to sparkling citrus notes. Its floral and aromatic heart leads to softness and refinement. Patchouli, emblematic of the chypre accord, combines with ambrox and musks to bring an airy intensity to this eternal fragrance." ⁠ ⁠ Sophie Labbé​, perfumer⁠

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If you are lucky, as you arrive from the Ionian Sea you may catch a glimpse of Navagio Beach lying in the shadow of an elegantly sprawling, languorous cliff. Under the eternal spell of this Greek island, its regal rock basks in the turquoise splendour of Zante's waters. As their depths reach towards one another, like old friends reuniting, the intense blue takes on a lavender shade. In the sky, the sun is as full and inviting as a bergamot. A musky cloud floats, tempering the mandarin orange fire. It feels delightful on the skin. Goddesses keep watch from the stony heights, aromatic like rosemary, floral like neroli, green like patchouli. Meanwhile, the animal silhouette of a ship takes pride of place onshore: it is an embodiment of time, like a memory of Ambrox, that component of ambergris that also once washed up on the sand, that ancient treasure of a marine mammal. This is an eternal island for a solstice fragrance. Zante.

Memo Zante is available in 75 ml Eau de Parfum.

(first two quotes via Memo Paris at Facebook, third quote via memoparis)

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