Sure, I?m in Paris, but I wasn?t planning to buy perfume. I have plenty already. Besides, I?d already bought a pair of sandals and some underthings, and my budget was shot. Then I smelled Le Galion L?Ame Perdue, a chypre that would have been right at home on Rita Hayworth?s dressing table. When I discovered I couldn?t buy it in the U.S., I handed over my credit card. This baby was going home with me.
Perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux developed L?Ame Perdue. Its notes include lemon, Sicilian green mandarin, cardamom, coriander seeds, white pepper, datura, Egyptian jasmine, jasmine sambac imperial absolute, Bulgarian rose, ylang ylang, red lily, cloves, cinnamon, plum, mirabelle, patchouli, amber, benzoin, balsam of Peru, rosewood, vanilla, honey and oak moss. L?Ame Perdue is a complex, spicy-fruity chypre with an initial hint of skank and miles of earthy glamour...

Sure, I?m in Paris, but I wasn?t planning to buy perfume. I have plenty already. Besides, I?d already bought a pair of sandals and some underthings, and my budget was shot. Then I smelled Le Galion L?Ame Perdue, a chypre that would have been right at home on Rita Hayworth?s dressing table. When I discovered I couldn?t buy it in the U.S., I handed over my credit card. This baby was going home with me.
Perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux developed L?Ame Perdue. Its notes include lemon, Sicilian green mandarin, cardamom, coriander seeds, white pepper, datura, Egyptian jasmine, jasmine sambac imperial absolute, Bulgarian rose, y...