The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
Triangle arrived in 1996 from a Barcelona house with deep roots in Spanish perfumery. Myrurgia had built a catalogue full of considered Spanish compositions, working from Catalonia for decades by that point, and by the mid-90s the label carried the weight of quiet authority rather than chasing headlines. The brief for Triangle was a women's floral-spicy with enough structure to reward attention, composed by Ramon Monegal, whose name has become closely associated with the brand's perfumery. From what little the documentation confirms, Monegal worked in a house that prized density and warmth over the skinned-down minimalism that defines so many launch profiles in modern perfumery, and Triangle reads like that ethos given shape.
What makes Triangle worth slowing down for is how densely the notes refuse to sit politely in sequence. The top notes, apple, bergamot, blackcurrant blossom, read as a green-fruity chord rather than a typical citrus burst; the apple brings a crisp, almost confectionery sweetness while bergamot lifts it with bright acidity, and the blackcurrant blossom grounds that brightness with a darker, bud-like bitterness that keeps the opening from feeling naïve.
The evolution
Triangle opens with a clean snap of apple and bergamot, bright and almost confectionery, the blackcurrant blossom adding a green, bud-like bitterness underneath that keeps the fruit from reading as mere sweetness. The opening phase feels lively and almost edible, the fruit chord sitting close to the nose rather than throwing itself wide. Then the cardamom arrives, not as an accent but as a shift in temperature, warming the florals before they fully open and shifting the whole composition from bright to honeyed. The heart phase is where Triangle becomes itself: jasmine and rose thickened by freesia, the whole arrangement dusted with orris powder that lends a soft, suede-like haze to the bouquet. There's a soapy edge here that some skin will amplify and others won't, a flicker between floral transparency and powdered density that defines this stage.
Cultural impact
Triangle is a floral-spicy from 1996, and its reputation has grown unevenly in the decades since. Fragrantica reviews describe it as the kind of composition that appeals to wearers who already know what they want from a fragrance, a juice that rewards repeated wear rather than a single spritz. Because production was apparently discontinued, sourcing has become a small project for anyone who wants to try it, and word spreads among collectors and devotees more than through counters or mainstream press. What keeps the discussion alive is the composition itself.
