Musc & Jasmin - Eau de Parfum 50 ml

The Ellena workshop opens this first chapter with a look back at Jean-Claude Ellena’s childhood, in which he... see more

The Ellena workshop opens this first chapter with a look back at Jean-Claude Ellena’s childhood, in which he recounts the birth of a stirring desire. An instinctive, nascent emotion, brought to life through the combination of White Musk and Jasmine.

A Word from the Nose

“I have a strong attachment to jasmine that stems from my childhood. In the mornings during summer vacation, I would accompany my grandmother as she went to ‘pick La Fleur’—an expression that referred to jasmine. They were terraced gardens where men were nowhere to be seen. The women would pick the flowers, chat, laugh, and seemed to enjoy each other’s company while their children ran about. The youngest ones picked with bare arms. Their skin, gilded by the sun’s caress, seemed soft to me; beads of sweat trickled down their faces to the neckline of their white blouses, revealing the curve of their breasts as they bent over the flower-laden bushes. On the ground, the baskets were filling up. I didn’t dare look at them, or only glanced at them distractedly as I passed by. The musky scent of their sweat and the intoxicating floral aroma of jasmine mingled and unsettled me.”
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