The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
Iridium 71% arrived in 2019 from Tom Daxon's London laboratory, a collaboration between the house founder and perfumers Jacques and Carla Chabert. The name points to iridium itself, the element that sits at the center of the periodic table's precious metals, cold, dense, and extraordinarily rare. The original Iridium introduced that tension between powdery sophistication and something harder underneath. The 71% variant pushes the dial further.
The 71% concentration doesn't simply amplify, it distills. More concentrate means less alcohol carrier, a slower evaporation, and a more immediate translation of the raw material onto skin. With iris as the sole heart note, that powdery, slightly metallic quality becomes the structural spine rather than a passing phase. The base of Iso E Super, cedar, and vetiver holds everything in place without softening it.
The evolution
The opening arrives with carrot seed's unexpected earthiness alongside angelica's aromatic bite and juniper's cold snap. It reads like the first breath on a frosty morning, clean, crisp, faintly green. Within minutes, the iris takes over. Powdery. Silvery. Present without being loud. The Iso E Super extends the mid-palette without adding sweetness, while cedar and vetiver build their dry, slightly smoky architecture beneath. By hour three, the scent has settled into something close and intimate, skin-warm rather than room-filling, the kind of presence you notice when someone walks past you, not when they enter.
Cultural impact
Iridium 71% has become a quiet reference point for those seeking woody-powdery sophistication without the theatricality common to modern niche perfumery. The fragrance's restrained sillage suits it to professional environments and those who prefer scent as personal signature rather than room-filling statement.
