Hemingway EDP 35 ml

Second Act

 

Interior Monologues Scene III

(Homage to) Hemingway

 

Interpreted by FANNY BAL

Sheer, bright vetiver. Caribbean Vibe.

 

Head Notes: Ginger oil fresh LMR, Rhubarb

Heart Notes: Vetiver heart LMR

Base Notes: Vetiver oil Haiti LMR, Vetiver oil Java Molecular Distillation LMR, Cedar wood oil, Patchouli oil Molecular Distillation LMR, Leather.

 

While working at IFF for the development of one of our previous fragrances, we heard speaking about Fanny Bal, young and promising trainee of Dominique Ropion (the master of Vetiver). Having heard about her talent and especially her inclination to work on a material such as vetiver, beautiful and difficult at the same time, we immediately knew we had found the next perfumer to work with.

Working with Fanny we had the pleasure to experiment with one of our favourite ingredients – vetiver – in all the variants available in the wonderful LMR (Laboratoire Monique Remy) fragrance library. We worked on the balance of three different versions:

Vetiver from Haiti, woody, dry and spicy, with a slight bitterness in the opening, which perfectly marries the rhubarb note.

Vetiver from Java is dirtier, with smoky tones and leathery facets.

Vetiver Heart* is a fantastic material, worked so to give a clean and dry vetiver note without the earthy part.

* Hydro distillation followed by fractional distillation to isolate heart.

With our line Masque Milano we became quite famous for discovering young noses which, after working with us, developed a streak of very successful niche fragrances. We really wish to Fanny the same stellar success, as she definitely deserve it!