Presence d'Une Femme
Montblanc · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2002
≈ $40 · 75ml · approx. retail
Presence d'Une Femme is a 2002 oriental-vanilla for women by Michel Almairac, opening with pepper and mandarin before an orchid-cyclamen heart settles into rosewood, mahogany, sandalwood and vanilla flower. It was Montblanc's early women's counterpart to the original Presence line and has since been discontinued.
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French · 32 in collection
Born in Grasse in 1953 and trained at Roure Bertrand Dupont, Michel Almairac is a master perfumer long associated with Robertet, credited with shaping the olfactory signature of Chloé. He later co-founded the family house Parle Moi de Parfum with his son Benjamin.
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