Our view
Never released during his lifetime, this secret perfume that only Thérèse, Edmond Roudnitska’s wife, was allowed to wear became a legend. Composed in the mid-1950s by one of the greatest perfumers of the 20th century, it opens with mandarin and melon, then unfolds a plum-fruity rose on a base of cedar, vetiver and leather. A cult, luminous perfume.
When to wear it
All year round, by day or by night. An elegant fruity floral from another era.
The notes
Main notes: melon, rose, plum, jasmine, vetiver, leather
Surprise touch: cucumber, in the opening
Olfactory family: fruity floral
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The perfumer
Edmond Roudnitska (1905–1996), considered the inventor of modern perfumery, creator of Eau Sauvage and Diorissimo for Dior, the house founded by Frédéric Malle’s grandfather. The Éditions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, founded in 2000 on the model of a publishing house, give the greatest perfumers free rein.
Sizes: Eau de parfum 100 ml – €320
Exclusively in Nantes at Passage 31.