Meliora

Parfums de Marly · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2013

≈ $300 · 75ml · approx. retail

Meliora, created by Nathalie Lorson in 2013, is a fresh floral-fruity fragrance of black currant and red berries over a rose and lily-of-the-valley heart with a soft musk-vanilla base.

The scent

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The opening · first 15 minutes

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The core · the next few hours

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The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

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Perfumer

Nathalie Lorson

French · 23 in collection

Born in Grasse and now a master perfumer at Firmenich (dsm-firmenich), Nathalie Lorson trained at the Roure Bertrand Dupont school and is celebrated for rich, sensual blockbusters, most famously co-creating YSL Black Opium, for which she won the 2015 Prix International du Parfum.

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