Musc Impérial
Atelier Cologne · Parfum / Extrait · 2015
≈ $155 · 100ml · approx. retail
A woody-musk Cologne Absolue inspired by Barcelona's Majestic Hotel, combining black currant and clary sage with fig and leather over an ambrette-cedar base. Notable for centering ambrette (musk mallow) rather than synthetic musk.
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French · 42 in collection
Jérôme Epinette is a French perfumer and Vice President of Perfumery at Robertet, where he works from the firm's New York creative center after training at the Grasse Institute of Perfumery. A self-described lover of woods, he is best known for shaping much of the Byredo line and composing for Atelier Cologne and Olfactive Studio.
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