Sympathy for the Sun

Sympathy for the Sun is the most summery fragrance in the whole luxury range, and the one with the finest story.

— The opening is frank and luminous: lemon and bergamot. Nothing more — two citrus fruits, crisp.

— The heart is floral and light: peony and jasmine petal. Peony is a fresh, lightly peppery flower, the opposite of a heady white flower.

— The base is the signature: salty woods and oakmoss. It is the smell of skin after a day in the sun and in seawater — woody, mineral, a little salty.

A spring and summer fragrance, for daytime, feminine and very easy to wear.

The fragrance is signed by Fabrice Pellegrin, the same nose as Oud Vibration.

One point of honesty: production appears to have stopped. The 50 ml format is sold out everywhere and the house is no longer restocking it. Three sprays.

The notes

Top — Lemon, bergamot
Heart — Peony, jasmine petal
Base — Salty woods, oakmoss

Olfactive family

Marine and chypre

For hygiene reasons, this product cannot be returned once it has been unsealed after delivery. Your 14-day right of withdrawal applies in full to items whose original packaging has not been opened.

Oud Vibration is a French rose-oud, and that is what sets it apart: the same idea as the Gulf houses, treated with the restraint of Parisian perfumery.

— The opening is short and fruity: raspberry and cardamom. The raspberry brings the acidity that wakes you up, the cardamom the fresh spice.

— The heart is the subject: Bulgarian rose, clove and geranium. Bulgarian rose is the most honeyed and roundest of the perfumery roses. The clove bites into it, the geranium greens it — the classic rose-spice accord, very well done.

— The base is sober: agarwood (the oud) and labdanum. Two materials only, which is rare and deliberate: the rose stays legible to the end instead of being crushed by the wood.

An autumn and winter fragrance, for the evening, feminine.

It is composed by Fabrice Pellegrin, a recognised perfumer at Firmenich — a name that really exists, unlike the anonymous “master perfumers” of many brands. And Roos & Roos is a French house, founded by Chantal and Alexandra Roos, formerly known as Dear Rose. Two sprays.

The notes

Top — Raspberry, cardamom
Heart — Bulgarian rose, clove, geranium
Base — Agarwood, labdanum

Olfactive family

Oud and precious woods

For hygiene reasons, this product cannot be returned once it has been unsealed after delivery. Your 14-day right of withdrawal applies in full to items whose original packaging has not been opened.