For this occasion, the perfumer Dominique Ropion imagined an olfactory piece of art, a perfume called "Oeuvre olfactive en hommage à la musique française du XXe siècle". His creation was presented the same evening at the Musée Marmottan ("Poulenc dans le Jardin de Monet").
Dominique Ropion used concepts like polytonality and dissonance as seen in the music of Francis Poulenc and presented by Marie-Anouch Sarkissian who prepared the theoretical approach. The fragrance had the following structure:
Dominique Ropion used concepts like polytonality and dissonance as seen in the music of Francis Poulenc and presented by Marie-Anouch Sarkissian who prepared the theoretical approach. The fragrance had the following structure:
Green citrus (citruses, orange flower absolute, petigrain)
Sharp green (hyacinth, galbanum, tagette)
Transparent water and sparkling notes (floralozone, calone, lily of the valley)
Sensual notes (tuberose with fruity elements and vanilla)
Spicy facet (pink pepper, coriander, cardamom)
Patchouli, leather note and maybe incense
The perfume was built as a contrast between 2 universes, crystalline transparency and sensual depth with several dissonant green accords. The use of incense was explained by a quote from Poulenc who spoke about the sacred music as something sensual. The original aspect of this fragrance imagined by Dominique Ropion on a very classic well known structure was the superposition of 2 olfactory universes that are hardly seen together - Cuir and Muguet, Leather and Lily of the Valley, dryness and fluidity.
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