N°22 Eau de Parfum

The aldehydes do the work. They don't smell like a flower, they smell like the idea of flowers, the way light smells like the idea of sun. This is the same language Beaux used in N°5, but here the proportions shift. Ylang-ylang and jasmine lead the heart, sweet and almost indolic, with rose and nutmeg deepening the warmth. The base is powder via iris, softened by vanilla and grounded by vetiver. It builds not from single notes but from the blur between them.

The evolution

The aldehydes arrive first, fizzy, bright, almost electric. For the first thirty minutes, it reads sharp, like light through glass. Then the florals settle: orange blossom, neroli, tuberose moving as a single impression rather than distinct notes. The white florals lose their edges, becoming warmth rather than scent. The frankincense appears but doesn't dominate, more memory of incense than actual smoke. By hour three, something shifts. The florals have done their work and the base takes over. This is where it lives: powder, iris, vanilla. A drydown that stays close, intimate, almost tactile. Ten hours later, on fabric and skin, there's still something there, faint, warm, persistent.