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.

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

FallWinterEveningSpecial Occasion

Perfumer

Antoine Lie

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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