Bigarade Concentrée
Frédéric Malle · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2002
≈ $230 · 100ml · approx. retail
A radiant bitter-orange composition built from a molecularly distilled bigarade essence, drying down to warm hay and cedar. Vintage Jean-Claude Ellena minimalism.
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The opening · first 15 minutes
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French · 12 in collection
Jean-Claude Ellena is a celebrated French perfumer and author, Grasse-born and Givaudan-trained, who served as Hermès's exclusive in-house perfumer from 2004 to 2016. Famed for his minimalist, transparent, watercolour-like style, he created Hermès's Terre d'Hermès and the Jardins collection and has also composed for Bvlgari, Cartier and Frédéric Malle.
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