Ganymede EXTRAIT –

Jupiter’s immense satellite has not only inspired our perfume’s name, but is also known to be full of craters and to have an underground ocean vaster than all of earth’s oceans put together. The perfume’s creators, Marc-Antoine Barrois and Quentin Bisch, have imagined it here in a world with an atmosphere brimming with aromatics that it becomes combustible: its sky is gleaming with the sour spike of mandarin and the holy fumaroles of incense and myrrh. It’s a planet covered with warm velvet dunes where the spicy and caramelized everlasting flower is preponderant. The fiery heart of this fragrance reminds us that the gods gave Ganymede eternal life so that his beauty would never fade. Is it the smoldering skin hidden underneath the wild leather? This precious perfume extract is as much a sophisticated perfume as a carnal one.
Ganymede EXTRAIT unfolds in its dizzying trail the seduction of great Classics.

The sound of the waves from far away. The wind is sweeping a field of everlasting flowers. The sun takes out its right and heats the spicy, almost syrupy scent of these yellow flowers. The waves are caressing the dune.
The wind picks up the sand into warm, leathery, heady gusts- incense, myrrhe? Grains of sand are twirling, incandescent. The rock is flushing, the Akigalawood and Mandarin bring minerals and freshness. The air becomes… captivating.

The fragrances of the Maison MARC-ANTOINE BARROIS are the result of the meeting of two young designers. One is a couturier, the other a perfumer. Their childhood memories brought them together. Remembering captivating smells; of the leather from an elegant attaché case or an immaculate desk blotter; of the distinct smells of wood during the regular gatherring, or of fuel to warm the family home. The artistic skills of the former and the olfactory talent of the latter together sparked the magic of these beautiful fragrances.

MARC-ANTOINE BARROIS perfumes and candles are 100% made in France

• Release Date: 2017
  Country: France
  Made in: Italy
  Gender: for women
  Scent Type: flower, fruit
  Top Notes: Grapefruit, Pink Peppercorn, Red Orange, Rum, Wormwood
  Heart Notes: Damask Rose, Orange Blossom, Osmanthus
  Base Notes: Cashmeran, Labdanum, Musk, Patchouli, Sandal, White Ambergris

To the green fragrances and citrus, carnation gives intensity and mint brings an air of youth. Amber envelopes in a cape of nobility and elegance, while patchouli and leather lend strength and persistence.

Head notes: Lebanese Grapefruit, Mandarin Leaves, Peppermint
Heart notes: Cardamom, Reunion Cinnamon, Rose, Pepper
Base notes: Patchouli, Leather, Amber, White Woods
Olfactory Description: Fresh, Aromatic, White Woods, Amber

• Country TM: France
  Made in: France
  Gender: for women
  Scent Type: eastern, gourmet
  Top Note: Hedione, Myrrh, Peach, Sicilian Lemon
  Heart Note: Saffron, Vanilla
  Base Note: Ambergris, Frankincense, Musk, Patchouli, Sandal, Tonka Beans

 "Albine de Vassal's gift of love to Napoleon.

Albine de Vassal, Napoleon's love-struck partner, chose to follow the exiled Emperor to Saint Helen, where she gave birth to Hélène, the fruit of their love. Hélène and Albine were two rays of sunshine that brought light into Napoleon's life.

 " With his coronation as King of Italy on May 26th, 1805 in Milan, thus taking on the dual title of Emperor and King, Napoleon reached the peak of his glory. Only Charlemagne, one thousand years before him, had succeeeded in bringing the whole of europe under his rule.

This was the hightest consecration of military and political genius, which led to the fulfilment of the ideas of Liberty and Reform of the French Revolution. The Whole of europe acclaimed the hero, and François Rancé, his master perfumer and devoted admirer, created for him a fragrance which expressed his virile an fiery nature.

The fresh scents of levender and orange flower, together with the green, aromatic overtones of anise, blend with amber and reunion cinnamon to create a symphony of intense accords.

Leather exalts the masculine character; while cedar and musk give intensity and persistence of the fragrance.

Head notes:  Lavender, Orange flower, Anise

Heart notes:  Cardamon, Iris, Rose, Violet

Base notes:  Amber, Leather, Reunion Cinnamon, Cedar, Woodland Musk