Heaven Can Wait

Frédéric Malle · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2023

≈ $280 · 100ml · approx. retail

A whisper-soft iris glowing with warm clove and ambrette over cool vetiver and a trace of vanilla. Jean-Claude Ellena at his most refined and intimate.

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Perfumer

Jean-Claude Ellena

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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