After the success of Musc Ravageur, Frédéric Malle asked Maurice Roucel to create a new fragrance that was just as carnal, but less expansive. Sculpted from cashmeran, sandalwood, musk, and patchouli, reinforced with a cocktail of salicylates and incense, softened by heliotropin, and colored by a violet accord, Dans tes Bras evokes the deep, savory scent of warm, slightly salty skin. A sensual and intimate composition, a sublimated skin scent, “the very essence of perfume.”
The Perfumer : Maurice Roucel
Olfactory Family: Floral, Oriental
Top Notes: Violet
Heart Notes: Cashmeran, Heliotrope
Base Notes: Sandalwood, White Musk
Details
The Perfumer : Maurice Roucel
Having joined the Chanel laboratory in 1973 as a chemist, this self-taught perfumer describes himself as “an explorer wandering through formulas.” From that time on, he began to break down and study every composition and every raw material with the part-aesthete, part-chemist perspective that remains his strength today. His generous writing style is often based on notes of musk, white flowers, or amber. This is how he generates the opulent sensuality that is his signature. Maurice Roucel’s strong personality allows him to resist “trends.” This is how he created Musc Ravageur, a fragrance that went against the fashion of the time and was a precursor to the wave of new orientals that emerged starting in 2001.
Les Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle
Frédéric Malle founded Editions de Parfums based on the model of literary publishing houses. The greatest noses of our time enjoy total freedom to compose completely original fragrances of absolute modernity.
An expert in perfumery, Frédéric Malle selects these artists himself, then helps them give the best of themselves. The result of this collaboration is the finest fragrances in every olfactory category.
Together, they strive to push the creative boundaries of their profession. Perfume thus becomes an object of art.