Year: 2012
Notes: cardamom, star anise, cinnamon, iris, almond milk, tonka bean, cedar, sandalwood, cashmere wood, white musks
Lumière Blanche is a soft and mellow exercise in spicy white musk minimalism.
It's light and clean in its general demeanour – so much that it smells like some cheap moisturising lotion. The gritty white opening is redolent of the chalk cliff photo, which the composition is based on, and the tonka bean, iris and almond milk later provide a sweet milky nuttiness to the proceedings. As it evolves, a synthetic base of woods and musk gradually takes over.
Unfortunately, one is unable to muster any excitement towards it. It's both derivative and anaemic in its stature, staying close to the skin and lasting four hours. And just like this house's other releases, it smells more like a designer fragrance than a quality niche offering.
In a nutshell, it's completely unremarkable.
It's light and clean in its general demeanour – so much that it smells like some cheap moisturising lotion. The gritty white opening is redolent of the chalk cliff photo, which the composition is based on, and the tonka bean, iris and almond milk later provide a sweet milky nuttiness to the proceedings. As it evolves, a synthetic base of woods and musk gradually takes over.
Unfortunately, one is unable to muster any excitement towards it. It's both derivative and anaemic in its stature, staying close to the skin and lasting four hours. And just like this house's other releases, it smells more like a designer fragrance than a quality niche offering.
In a nutshell, it's completely unremarkable.
