Woody
Notesaldehydesambergeraniumhoneymuskorangepatchouli
Tags
#fresh
Style
unisex
Orange and geranium do a slinky sleight-of-hand creating a phantom pineapple effect: tart, fruity, somewhat metallic. The sheer crispness is assertive and long-lasting, gradually softened and warmed by amber and woody patchouli.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
A brisk daytime conversation in a sunlit room: the tart, metallic fruit illusion gives your presence a quick, alert edge. As the pace settles and people draw closer, amber and patchouli soften that initial sharpness without turning the mood sugary or languid.
How to wear
Mild spring and autumn temperatures suit the contrast between crisp freshness and warm woods. Start with one or two sprays on skin and allow the assertive opening to settle before adding more. In warmer weather, apply lightly; the lasting freshness gradually softens into amber and patchouli.
Who it’s for
For those who enjoy aldehydic brightness, tart fruit effects and woody drydowns rather than straightforward citrus or sweet tropical scents. Its faintly metallic edge and abstract character appeal to a taste for contrast, with enough amber warmth to temper the sharpness.
Release year
2015
The nose
Julien Rasquinet is credited with the fragrance’s composition. Known for expressive contrasts and richly textured woods, amber and incense, his work includes Amouage’s Royal Tobacco and Naomi Goodsir’s Bois d’Ascèse. Here, that sense of contrast takes a brighter form: sharp aldehydic freshness set against a warm, woody foundation. Gérald Ghislain also receives a perfumer credit, though the division of formula authorship is not clearly established.
Collaborators
Gérald Ghislain, founder and creative director of Histoires de Parfums, shaped the project’s conceptual direction. He wanted to move away from prescribed historical stories and create a fragrance understood through smell and emotion, leaving the wearer free to interpret it.
Histoires de Parfums’s story
Histoires de Parfums approaches fragrance as an olfactory library, translating personalities, cultural references and ideas into compositions worn on skin. Founded by Gérald Ghislain, the Parisian house values creative freedom and expressive storytelling. The Blue Bottle collection reverses its usual approach: the wearer supplies the story rather than receiving one already written.
This Is Not A Blue Bottle 1/.1 – Abstraction’s concept
1/.1 was conceived as a departure from the house’s narrative-led perfumes. Its name draws on René Magritte’s The Treachery of Images, questioning the relationship between an object and its representation. The blue bottle suggests abstraction, emptiness and infinity rather than a literal scent story, inviting an encounter with the fragrance before interpretation.
Extra info
The pineapple impression is an olfactory illusion created by orange and geranium, not a pineapple note in the published pyramid. The official notes also receive playful abstract descriptors, including Hypnotic Aldehyde and Electric Orange.
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Notesaldehydesambergeraniumhoneymuskorangepatchouli
Tags
#fresh
Style
unisex
Orange and geranium do a slinky sleight-of-hand creating a phantom pineapple effect: tart, fruity, somewhat metallic. The sheer crispness is assertive and long-lasting, gradually softened and warmed by amber and woody patchouli.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
A brisk daytime conversation in a sunlit room: the tart, metallic fruit illusion gives your presence a quick, alert edge. As the pace settles and people draw closer, amber and patchouli soften that initial sharpness without turning the mood sugary or languid.
How to wear
Mild spring and autumn temperatures suit the contrast between crisp freshness and warm woods. Start with one or two sprays on skin and allow the assertive opening to settle before adding more. In warmer weather, apply lightly; the lasting freshness gradually softens into amber and patchouli.
Who it’s for
For those who enjoy aldehydic brightness, tart fruit effects and woody drydowns rather than straightforward citrus or sweet tropical scents. Its faintly metallic edge and abstract character appeal to a taste for contrast, with enough amber warmth to temper the sharpness.
Release year
2015
The nose
Julien Rasquinet is credited with the fragrance’s composition. Known for expressive contrasts and richly textured woods, amber and incense, his work includes Amouage’s Royal Tobacco and Naomi Goodsir’s Bois d’Ascèse. Here, that sense of contrast takes a brighter form: sharp aldehydic freshness set against a warm, woody foundation. Gérald Ghislain also receives a perfumer credit, though the division of formula authorship is not clearly established.
Collaborators
Gérald Ghislain, founder and creative director of Histoires de Parfums, shaped the project’s conceptual direction. He wanted to move away from prescribed historical stories and create a fragrance understood through smell and emotion, leaving the wearer free to interpret it.
Histoires de Parfums’s story
Histoires de Parfums approaches fragrance as an olfactory library, translating personalities, cultural references and ideas into compositions worn on skin. Founded by Gérald Ghislain, the Parisian house values creative freedom and expressive storytelling. The Blue Bottle collection reverses its usual approach: the wearer supplies the story rather than receiving one already written.
This Is Not A Blue Bottle 1/.1 – Abstraction’s concept
1/.1 was conceived as a departure from the house’s narrative-led perfumes. Its name draws on René Magritte’s The Treachery of Images, questioning the relationship between an object and its representation. The blue bottle suggests abstraction, emptiness and infinity rather than a literal scent story, inviting an encounter with the fragrance before interpretation.
Extra info
The pineapple impression is an olfactory illusion created by orange and geranium, not a pineapple note in the published pyramid. The official notes also receive playful abstract descriptors, including Hypnotic Aldehyde and Electric Orange.