Le Garçon

Unless you don’t see or understand anything about modernity, we know that young men of all kinds are interested in beauty devices almost as much as girls of the same season. And that perfume is at the forefront of their pleasures. Le Garçon was created with those under 20 ? 30 ? 35 years old? in mind, who every day are invaded by a cloud of good smell. Not really heady, but rather joyful, it opens with a basket of citrus fruits: beautiful Calabrian bergamot picked in late spring – that is, almost ripe but not yet candied-, a very red tangerine, and therefore very fruity, lime and yellow lemon juice, tangy, dapper and even, no doubt, cheeky… The rest confirms it: verbena leaf absolute is a citrus wonder, a concentrate of powerful yet fresh aromas; geranium essence (in which the leaves play an important role) adds a touch as rosy as it is assertive; and carnation, with its peppery sting to the nose and curiosity, lifts the already (pre)sensed impertinence. For all that it is not an « eau de Cologne » and it is the bottom which misses least: white musks, tonka bean (crushed cookie, vanilla and dust of bottom of pocket), formidably smoked vetiver of java, a little earthy, rooty with a « je-ne-sais-quoi » of forbidden grass. Which we hope will put everyone in agreement !