Indie natural line Aftelier has launched Sacré Bleu, a new blue lotus fragrance.
The inspiration for my Sacré Bleu perfume is the marriage of sacred blue lotus absolute with divine hundred-year-old Mysore sandalwood oil. One of our most precious offerings, Sacré Bleu is luminous, honeyed, transcendent, and mesmerizing. The aroma of blue lotus is watery, but extremely complex and blissful with stone fruit and powdery floral facets. Truly legendary blue lotus was the most important scented plant in ancient Egypt. Rumored to have a psychotropic effect: this extraordinary aquatic plant played a prominent role in mythology and religion.
Over the last hundred years, this soft, sweet and woody Mysore sandalwood oil has aged, like a fine wine, into a smooth, sweet creamy woody aroma of profound richness and depth. Boronia plays a supporting role offering up a mouthwatering combination of aromatic raspberries, apricots, and freesia. Sacré Bleu dries down to the warmth of black tea wrapped around rare ambergris.
Additional notes include mimosa, beta ionone and methyl anthranilate.
Aftelier Sacré Bleu is available in 2 ($80) or 8 ($315) ml Parfum, or in 8 ($85) or 30 ($300) ml Eau de Parfum.
(via aftelier)
Uh oh – I’ve yearned to sniff blue lotus. Could this be based on the real thing, which is unbelievably rare. I could believe it of Aftelier.
Also where are they getting the Mysore sandalwood oil? In any case I would love to try this!
This one does sound very worth trying. Frankly I’d love to smell just the sandalwood.
I bought blue lotus essential oil from one of the perfume ingredient companies like Eden Botanicals or Floracopeia. (I would tell you which company but I am always misplacing these tiny EO bottles.) Or it might have been Enfleurage. It’s very beautiful but seems not very strong when one is used to modern synthetic fragrances.
The great thing about these companies is that you can buy minute quantities and aren’t paying for all the marketing and fancy bottles, which makes even something as rare as blue lotus affordable to try.
The downside of single ingredients is that most blossom when a skilled perfumer pairs them with other notes that highlight their best characteristics and extend the longevity of the scent. So it’s worth trying a sample size first.
Thanks for the information!
WANT ! ! ! 😻
It is pretty expensive and there doesn’t even seem to be a sample offered.
I do generally enjoy her work, but I have accumulated this big pile of samples-no more until I get through them and maybe think some bottles…