Built around an accord of iris, orange blossom and woods, the fragrance Dafneïs expresses the minerality of white marble, the deep-rootedness and melancholy of a woman undergoing metamorphosis, and the elegance and beauty of the Italian Renaissance…

First there is the minerality and whiteness of the marble in Bernini’s sculptures (white sandalwood, orange blossom), then the pursuit of Apollo, "carried on the wings of love", and Daphne’s frantic flight, "her body exhausted, overcome by the exertion" (styrax), followed by “the heavy torpor” that seizes the nymph, whose once-nimble feet become immobile roots (corps racine®, iris, patchouli, …), her chest “enveloped in a thin bark” (cedar, vetiver, ...), “her hair becomes foliage, her arms branches” (galbazine, laurier). Finally, immortelle pays tribute to a woman’s vow to “enjoy her virginity for ever”.

The texts in quotation marks are extracts from Ovid's epic poem "The Metamorphoses" (1st century AD)

Iris, "corps racine", orange blossom, Peruvian balsam, sandalwood, styrax, amyris, Virginia cedar, immortelle, patchouli, vetiver, ...

Isabelle Larignon

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