M V2Q
Puredistance · Parfum / Extrait · 2022
≈ $325 · 60ml · approx. retail
M V2Q, created by Antoine Lie and launched in 2022, is a reworked successor to the original Puredistance M, replacing it within the Magnificent XII Collection. It is a leathery-woody composition with a smoky pine-tar and cypriol heart over a warm cedar, labdanum and vanilla base.
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French · 27 in collection
Antoine Lie is a French perfumer, born in Strasbourg, who spent nearly three decades at Givaudan, IFF, and Takasago before going independent in 2018 to found ALOE in Paris. He is equally at home with commercial blockbusters and provocative avant-garde niche creations.
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