Musc & Jasmin - Eau de Parfum

L'atelier Ellena opens this first chapter with a return to Jean-Claude Ellena's childhood, where he recounts the birth... see more

L'atelier Ellena opens this first chapter with a return to Jean-Claude Ellena's childhood, where he recounts the birth of a disquieting desire. An instinctive, fledgling emotion, recounted through the pairing of White Musk and jasmine.

The perfumer's words

“I have a strong attachment to jasmine that goes back to my childhood. In the mornings, during the summer holidays, I would accompany my grandmother, who went to ‘pick the flower’, an expression used to refer to jasmine. These were terraced gardens where the men were absent. The women picked, chatted, laughed and seemed happy to be together while their children ran around. The younger ones picked bare-armed. Their skin, gilded by the caress of the sun, seemed soft to me; drops of sweat beaded from their faces down to the necklines of their white blouses, which revealed the rounded shape of their breasts as they leaned over the bushes laden with flowers. On the ground, the baskets filled up. I dared not look at them, except distractedly, in passing. The musk of their sweat and the narcotic floral scent of jasmine mingled and unsettled me.”
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