Another place, Another time. In a spectacular setting infused with history, mysterious scents, precious ingredients and a veil of amazing grace, the 6 perfumes of the new Arquiste line are the most precious gift of this fall and the best introduction of 2011. Delicate embroideries on historic themes with a the golden thread of emotion, this line is an homage to magic encounters framed by the power of imagination.
Delicate like an immaculate veil, precious like a transparent embroidery of flowers in the morning, Infanta en Flor is the most tender, youthful and fragile perfume from the Arquiste line. Neroli, rose, orris, white musks, transparent woods and an ocean of floral freshness are the bones of the clean scent which suggests the freshness of linen and the dew of freesia. But what is the secret flower blooming inside the heart of an Infanta? Delicate like a mysterious lotus, this is an orange flower water, softly underlined by other golden flowers, like immortelle and the soft ambery glow of cistus. The scent is like an embroidery with the golden threads of the Sun in the freshness of the wind. Set in June 1660 Isle of Pheasants, French Spanish border, Infanta en flor is the companion of Fleur de Louis, and expresses the floral dew delicacy. Infanta Maria Teresa, the future wife of the Sun King, was dressed in a rich and ornate gown, a strong contrast with her innocence and delicacy, but also with the scent she was wearing. The orange flower water is extremely fresh, even if it is coupled with a good dose of musky notes, and certainly very different from the orange flower extract, either the pommade or the absolute today. This contrast is maintained by the perfume, the lightest of the line. It is a modern infusion, like the perfumes from Prada, sharing some aspects with them, but not the tonality or details - the combination between fresh, powdery, musky and softly balsamic notes. A delicate rose petal notes suggests the makeup of those times, the scent of "rouge" used on cheeks or the white powder. The perfume has also a very faint leather note, reminiscent of Peau d'Espagne (which did not smell like what we call today leather - cuir) but this is a very small detail because the original Peau d'Espagne was more balsamic.
A poem of delicacy and naturalness, Infanta en Flor (Arquiste) is a refined ode to the immaculate notes of childhood caressed by the Sun when the wind caresses the purest orange flower.
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