Do you know Nag Champa incense sticks from India – the classic blue box? I love them. The first time I bought them was in Ibiza. A friend and me had rented a camper van and we lit these sticks outside the van all day long. They now remind me of some very happy days in the sun. These incense sticks do not smell like other sticks, they are sweeter. It’s not surprising that Louanges Profanes casted a spell over me when I first sniffed the perfume. I didn’t know why but I was hooked and when I tried it a second time the memory came back in an instant – Nag Champa – the perfume of the Gods.
The story behind the fragrance is wonderful: A friend and client of Pierre Guillaume told him to make a perfume that reflects the „absolute feminine happiness“. Guillaume imagined a night of love with an angel combined with innocence and sensuality and chose ingredients with a religious background: orange blossoms that are put into the hair of a bride in France, the white lily of the Madonna, frankincense, which has a cathartic effect, benzoin used by oriental clerics and the precious wood that Noah used for his ark. This combination makes a beautiful floriental which has something very special: a light and creamy note that reminds me of a suntan lotion from my childhood days and which contrasts sensuality with purity. A balancing act made by a genius.
Pierre Guillaume is playing with emotions, olfactory memories in combination with locations, persons or encounters. Due to his education as a chemist he knows his business very well and manages to create unique perfumes and produces real miracles.
Category: unisex
Perfumer: Pierre Guillaume
Year: 2008
Notes: neroli, white lily, incense, benzoin, guajak wood
