California Réverie

Van Cleef & Arpels · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2014

California Réverie (2014) is a sun-drenched Collection Extraordinaire fragrance imagining a road trip through the American West Coast, built around lush frangipani and jasmine sambac. Antoine Maisondieu adds a honeyed beeswax facet that gives the white florals a warm, waxy richness.

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

SpringSummerDailyEvening

Perfumer

Antoine Maisondieu

French · 37 in collection

Antoine Maisondieu is a Grasse-born senior perfumer at Givaudan who trained at the company's in-house school after a law degree, and comes from a family steeped in perfumery. He is known for translating bright Mediterranean and natural materials into commercially successful designer scents.

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