With Love

The white floral heart is where With Love earns its name. White heliotrope brings a creamy, almost marzipan softness, a material often overused into sickly territory, but here kept precisely in check. Jasmine sambac adds tropical warmth without indolic weight, while lily of the valley keeps the composition airy. Rose appears late, almost as an afterthought, giving the powdery warmth something to lean against rather than overwhelm. The unusual choice is amberwood in the base, a modern captive that gives contemporary perfumery its clean, slightly sweet wood character without the heaviness of traditional oriental bases. The real artistry here is in the restraint: nothing shouts, nothing competes, nothing insists.

The evolution

The opening announces itself quickly: peony and pink pepper, bright and clear, with a freshness that reads almost citrus-adjacent despite the absence of any citrus note. The pepper does its job, a clean, slightly sparkling lift, then disappears entirely within the first hour. Peony hangs around longer, settling into something softer as the florals below it begin to unfold. The heart phase takes its time arriving. White heliotrope emerges around the one-hour mark, bringing its creamy, slightly bitter almond character. Jasmine follows. Lily of the valley appears as a brief green whisper before the rose finally shows up, not the main event, but a quiet powdery warmth that arrives once the initial sweetness has calmed. The drydown belongs to the amberwood and white musk. Clean. Close. Skin-but-better. The amberwood gives just enough warmth to keep the musk from reading flat, and together they extend the wear well beyond what the opening suggested. This is the part that lingers, not projecting, just present. On fabric, the drydown can last into the next day.