10 perfumes in similar style to Romance by Ralph Lauren

A collaboration with Miguel Matos.

Clean, abstract and intriguing. Is it the smell of the new velvet seats in a dark cinema? Or the conditioned cool air? Or the fragrant echoes of trendy perfumes floating in between the spectators?

Cinematic is put together from an overdose of clean white musk, crisp hazy cashmeran, dry savory spices and a few drops of bitter carnation essence.

This perfume story is part of Brocard's fairytale queens and princesses series. This flowing shadowy rose perfume haze was inspired by the charachter of The Black Swan/Odile from the Swan Lake story. Odile, the dark alter ego protagonist who was not as innocent as she pretended to be, but a beautiful dark magic sorceress.

Black Swan is the slow rich magic of dark rose in the company of violet, patchouli and sandalwood.

Perfumer: Alienor Massenet (the nose befind most of the Memo perfumes and Maison Martin Margiella's Jazz Club among others)

The Orange Extraordinaire collection.

An homage to the role of spices in Western perfumery, history and culture. Naturally it’s a majestic aromatic flow of cinnamon and ginger, with numerous sparks of pepper and a rich incense background.

An important note from the brand: "Every production batch of MAAI might smell quite differently from the previous one due to the large amount of natural organic materials used in its composition".

MAAI is a bold and sophisticated chypre. A perfume experiment, it is not a fragrance for the faint of heart but for those who have mourned the loss of vintage glamour with an animalic edge. Black-tie galas seem like a perfect occasion for this incredibly opulent, concentrated scent, but so are moments when you want to seduce with naked sensuality. Maai’s unconventional floral heart beats with such wildness and passion, it feel almost alive. Yet, at the end of the day, everything pales before that luxurious oakmoss which is piled on in such lavish layers that it took our breath away. Maai is the epitome of sophistication in the grandest tradition of haute perfumery, and we’re sure its timeless beauty will impress even the most jaded connoisseur.

Layer after layer Maai will be changing on your skin smelling different for an infinite number of times.

For advanced perfume users.

“…I cannot overstate the joy that smelling something like this provides. It’s like sitting in the front row at the Vienna Philharmonic after listening to two months’ worth of ringtones: the sound is so glorious you don’t care if they play Die Fledermaus. And Maai is far better than that even, a big-boned, animalic woody chypre seemingly laden with every magnificent material we knew and loved…”

Luca Turin

Another work of Bertand Duchaufour for Brocard.

The concept of the perfume is full of references to fairy tales about beautiful smart princesses who knew magic and lived in enormous thick forests in the north of Russia well before modern states came about.

These northern forests and bogs were full of wild berries as well as magical creatures luring  travelers into the domains of the princesses. But in the Russian folk tradition the lady would usually welcome the guests, treat them to a meal and give directions for their quest.

So the perfume is imaginary strong tea (brought by caravans from China and thus smoked to endure the long trip). This smoky tea is infused with exotic cloudberries, stone bramble, cranberries, guelder-rose berries for flavor and vitamins. Finally, the tea is served in the house built of ancient tree logs, layered with moss for insulation.

If Hayao Miyazakii could create olfactory Kalevala.

Inspired by the innovative use of materials that allowed 18th century clockmakers to construct the first truly accurate marine chronometers, Lignum Vitae combines elements of wood, metal and salt to produce a truly unique, transportive fragrance. Lignum vitae itself is an incredibly dense wood - the only wood which is guaranteed to sink in water - which is indigenous to the Caribbean and the north coast of South America. The brand’s nautical theme is enhanced wonderfully by caramel, a madeleine cake accord and a cool winter lemon note which provide a truly unique gourmand experience akin to smelling warm shortbread, muffins or cupcakes.

In combining unexpected and exotic raw materials, Beaufort London celebrates the innovative spirit which brought to an end the search for lost time, and permitted the safe passage of ships across the world.

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The Sniff on Lignum Vitae:

"An innovative gourmand fragrance with a masculine slant, Lignum Vitae by Beaufort London is something rather unexpected. And who doesn’t love a plot twist?"

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ANGELS' POWDER

DIRTY HEAVEN

DIRTY RICE

FIG PORN

HAPPY NUTS

INDECENT CHERRY

NANATOPIA

SUGAR ADDICT

Moonlight was commissioned by Brocard to Bertrand Duchaufour. It is the brand’s first experiment with an approach to perfume making as conceptual art and luxury.

To understand this perfume you need to ponder on the nature of monlight and the fact that it is only sunlight reflected off the lifeless satellite.

The perfume feels even more tender, a bit like the Moon’s reflection in a pond. The formula is a uniform gentle flow of cool spices, splashes of freesia, mimosa and iris interlaced with oakmoss and musk. It stays close to skin as if designed to be a to be a secret known only by the wearer.

The bottle deserves a separate mention, it's heavy crystal with exactly 57 facets, the same number you have in the classic diamond cut, the perfect number to capture light inside the crystal and to make it pulse within. 

You can actually spin the bottle (the base has been cut in a special way) to admire the play of light inside the moonstone coloured tincture.

DRUNK SAFFRON

UNHOLY OUD

BURNT ROSES

ZEST Z&T

DGAF

DRUNK LOVERS

SMOKIN’ GUN

SEX & COGNAC

A rose bush in a dark, dusky, and cold air. Beauty in sadness, but magnificence in darkness.

PERFUMER
FLORIAN GALLO