Our Top 8 Forest Fragrances
When the weather turns hot and the cruel sun is scorching, what is lovelier than the grateful shade of generous trees in full late leaf? How irresistible, to rest and sleep beneath their cool branches; to picnic under their heavy boughs; to walk and wander through a dappled veiled light in the strangely silent August weather. Not a bird sings but bracken, pine needles, lichens, leaves, herbs and flowers creak, yield, snap and rustle beneath your feet. You step from everyday bustling life into a land of dim-lit verdant shadows. Everywhere there is an earthy green resinous fragrance that recalls poignant memories and sunny days long fled. Through the vista of trees, down a woodland alley, you see a golden blaze of cut corn; a stubble-field full of coppery-feathered pheasants; a bank of waving grasses and blue scabious. All your senses reel and dream.
 
Bring back some of the magic with a fougere perfume from Les Senteurs. We have a unique selection to evoke your imagination and stir your emotions.

 

1. French Lover by Frederic Malle

The American name for this Malle best-seller says it all: Orage Sous Les Bois. A tempest of rain in the heart of the forest. The smell of green sap, rich wet earth and fragrant wood.

2. Corsica Furiosa by Parfum d'Empire

Or, if you fancy a more Mediterranean flavour, inhale the breeze blowing off the cliffs of Corsica in a summer downpour: drenching warm rain releasing the scents of galbanum and lentiscus. Corsica Furiosa is a glowing green jewel from Parfum d'Empire.

Corsica Furiosa by Parfum d'Empire - product shot - Les Senteurs

 3. Fougere Bengale by Parfum d'Empire

If you'd like to go really wild, have a whiff of Fougere Bengale by the same House. This time, the wearer is whirled on a magic carpet to the jungly forests of India in the days of the British Raj to picnic under a banyan tree.

4. L'Eau De Paille by Serge Lutens

Here's that distant hayfield, piled high with fragrant straw and grasses on the edge of the inky woods.

L'Eau De Paille by Serge Lutens - product shot - Les senteurs

5. Fougere Emeraude by Les Indemodables

Fougere Emeraude is a rich bouquet of heady flowers from Les Indemodables.

6. Yatagan by Caron

Caron's classic is a dive into a deep dark bottomless lake beneath willows and sycamores.

6. Yatagan by Caron - product shot - Les Senteurs

7. Ombu by Altaia

Ombu is a perfume of shade: the cool green natural parasol of the giant Argentine tree: 'the umbrella of the pampas'.

8. Champ d'Influence by Les Eaux Primordiales

The long green grass of a Normandy meadow; a well-trodden path through the fields to the safe embrace of the Manoir, majestic but comforting in its setting.   

Fougere brings to life a magical world beyond;  the countryside revealed in the city: the woodlands bloom in the streets! More magic transformations at Les Senteurs - just for you.

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