Paysagesdistillés

The Provençal scrubland after summer rain. Crushed thyme, wild rosemary, and cistus resin open into a dry oakmoss heart before settling on warm grey stone and vetiver. Austere, mineral, deeply alive.

Cut mimosa branches carried indoors on a cold January morning. A bright powdery-floral accord of absolute mimosa from Mandelieu, ylang-ylang, and white musk that stays close to the skin like a second warmth.

The estuary at low tide. Sea salt, marine grasses, and a precise accord of ambergris and white cedar recreate the particular silence of the Camargue shoreline at dusk. Spare, hypnotic, saline.

Not the lavender of tourist shops. This is high-altitude lavandin from the Plateau de Valensole at 1100 m, distilled in our own copper alembic. Camphorated, herbaceous, and grounded by Virginian cedarwood and a trace of black pepper.