Creation time: almost 1 year Ingredients: tuberose, jasmine, sandalwood Origin: India Quality: the purest quality on the market For: one person and their entire life
Preparation
1) Get up early on a June morning. Pick a few jasmine flowers and let them open before extracting their absolute; 2) Admire the tuberose fields in summer and wait for these extraordinary flowers to fully bloom at the beginning of autumn; 3) You're almost done! Distil a few pieces of sandalwood until the first drop of its essence transports you immediately to a woody and creamy universe.
Creator's note: ‘It took me more than twenty years of research and testing to create this fragrance. So don't waste any time!’
A true tribute to one of the countries without which perfumery would not be the same, as it is so rich in raw materials: India. Flowers, woods, spices, almost everything can be grown and extracted in India. In Michel Almairac's eyes, however, the finest and most beautiful materials that build the harmony of this creation are the following:
Tuberose: used in Robert Piguet's Fracas, Dior's Poison, Serge Lutens' Tubéreuse Criminelle and Frédéric Malles' Carnal Flower. Here, it is used as an absolute. Tuberose gives this accord all its character, leaving little room for other raw materials. However, these are what make it an innovative tuberose.
Jasmine absolute: Also used in the form of an absolute (there is no essential oil of jasmine), it has fruity, almost banana-like facets. It rounds off the accord and contrasts the particularly floral and intoxicating side of tuberose. Jasmine brings a fruity, almost aquatic freshness to the fragrance, making it a perfume for all seasons.
Sandalwood ‘album’. The finest variety of sandalwood, which originally grew in India but is now almost impossible to find there and therefore comes from New Caledonia in this case. A warm and creamy wood note par excellence, almost milky. The sandalwood rounds off the tuberose once again, turning it into a fresh floral accord – balsamic, woody, slightly fruity and spicy.
Gardens of India / 79 is the first ‘intoxicating’ or rather powerful floral fragrance in the collection, preserving the subtle finesse and timelessness of Michel Almairac's signature style.
