Secretions Magnifiques
EDP · 2006
Olfactive Profile
marine · metallic · milky · animalic · salty
About the Fragrance
A scandalous conceptual perfume evoking bodily fluids — blood, sweat, saliva, semen — through metallic aldehydes, iodine sea notes, and milky-coconut accords. Less a fragrance than a confrontation.
Note Pyramid
The composition
Composed by Antoine Lie. A unisex fragrance for autumn & winter.
Top notes
the opening- Sea Notes
- Aldehydes
- Iodine
Heart notes
the soul- Milk
- Coconut
- Blood Accord
- Adrenaline Accord
Base notes
the trail- Sandalwood
- Cedar
- Opoponax
Scent Profile
The fingerprint.
Performance
Wearable in
Main accords
Signature Moodboard
The world this scent lives in.
Smoke, sweat, saddle, midnight.
Textures
- — Aged hide
- — Birch tar
- — Riding glove
- — Sea salt
- — Wet pebble
- — Linen sail
Materials
Vegetable-tanned leather · Bridle brass · Horsehair · Calone · Bleached oak · Mother of pearl
Atmosphere
The room
A saddler's workshop after closing — leather and oil and dust
Weather
The air
Cold dry night, 6°C
Interior Design
Old-club library
Library with worn Chesterfield, brass desk lamp, single malt
Season
Autumn · Winter
Wears best in autumn and winter.
City Match
Tangier, the medina at midnight
Also at home in New York, Buenos Aires, Reykjavik.
Literary Match
McCarthy — Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian — McCarthy · The Sheltering Sky — Bowles
In one line
Etat Libre d'Orange
Secretions Magnifiques — smoke, sweat, saddle, midnight.
Imagery courtesy of Unsplash
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Available samples.
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