Memoir Woman
EDP · 2010
Olfactive Profile
spicy · smoky · floral · leathery · resinous
About the Fragrance
A smoky floral chypre with absinthe, white flowers, spices, leather, oakmoss, and incense.
Note Pyramid
The composition
Composed by Karine Vinchon Spehner. A unisex fragrance for autumn & winter.
Top notes
the opening- Cardamom
- Mandarin
- Pink Pepper
Heart notes
the soul- Absinthe
- Clove
- White Flowers
- Rose
- Jasmine
- Pepper
Base notes
the trail- Frankincense
- Styrax
- Labdanum
- Oakmoss
- Leather
- Musk
Scent Profile
The fingerprint.
Performance
Wearable in
Main accords
Signature Moodboard
The world this scent lives in.
Sacred, cold smoke, stone vaults.
Textures
- — Cold stone
- — Resin tear
- — Smoked silk
- — Aged hide
- — Birch tar
- — Riding glove
Materials
Frankincense · Limestone · Brushed pewter · Vegetable-tanned leather · Bridle brass · Horsehair
Atmosphere
The room
Empty cathedral at the end of vespers
Weather
The air
Fog at dawn, 5°C
Interior Design
Monastic
Stone walls, beeswax candles, a single icon
Season
Autumn · Winter
Wears best in autumn and winter.
City Match
Rome at six in the morning
Also at home in Kyoto, Mount Athos, New York.
Literary Match
Endō — Silence
Silence — Endō · The Cloud of Unknowing — Anonymous
In one line
Amouage
Memoir Woman — sacred, cold smoke, stone vaults.
Imagery courtesy of Unsplash
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