French Lover

Description

Here are the ingredients … or at least the ones the designers are willing to divulge: pimento, bergamot, galbanum, angelica seed, bay rum, clove, cardamom, juniper, frankincense, opoponax, ambroxan, cedar, trimofix, patchouli DM, vetiver, tree moss, karanal and white musks.

At a glance

A masculine scent of wood and angelica composed by fragrance designer Pierre Bourdon

History

Working with designer Pierre Bourdon, Frédéric Malle’s original idea was a fuller-bodied version of the fragrance Angéliques sous la Pluie. But they went beyond that concept, arriving at a sophisticated, full-bodied, ‘super-sensual but not trashy’ scent. A sort of plant-based animal quality that immediately evoked a man’s odor for the creators. As for the name, Frédéric Malle was hesitating. ‘Angélique / Bois’? ‘Angélique Intense’? Then one day in New York, he met a friend for lunch, ‘drenched in trial n° 34 C’. When she embraced him in greeting, she exclaimed: ‘Ooh, very French Lover!’ Et voilà, the name was found! For more info: www.editionsdeparfums.com

Range

Eau at 7% concentration: 1.7 and 3.4 fl. oz spray bottles

Bottle

A luxuriously minimalist cylindrical bottle covered with a black label and topped with a cap of the same hue.