Bête Humaine

Name: Bête Humaine Eau de Parfum (EDP)
Brand: Liquides Imaginaires

Liquides Imaginaires · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2021

≈ $285 · 100ml · approx. retail

The wild man of the forest: chestnut, mastic and violet leaf with a cumin skin-warmth over sandalwood and cedar, then a dark floor of Haitian vetiver, papyrus, cypriol and pine. Dry, rooty and smoky.

Woody Earthy Green Smoky Warm Spicy Animalic

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Chestnut Mastic Violet Leaf Cumin

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Woody Notes Sandalwood Labdanum Virginia Cedar

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Vetiver Cypriol (Nagarmotha)Papyrus Guaiac Wood Pine

Best for

FallWinterDailyEvening

Perfumer

Amélie Bourgeois

6 in collection

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