Chloé’s Atelier des Fleurs is finally in the Philippines
I WOULD never leave home without applying lipstick and spritzing on some fragrance. Fragrance boosts my mood and really makes me happy. It’s a bonus when someone compliments me on it, especially if the compliment is coming from a woman.
Through the years, my fragrance preferences have evolved from fruity florals to more woody and musky scents. I’ve also learned how to layer to make a fragrance that’s unique only to me.
I recently attended Luxasia Philippines’ opening of Chloé’s Atelier des Fleurs in the country at Rustan’s Makati. The Atelier des Fleurs collection, a tribute to the artistry of perfumery and the beauty of flowers, brought 19 scents to the Philippines. Each fragrance tells the perfumers’ story.
Each scent represents a single olfactory note and can be worn alone, in twos, or in threes, representing limitless possibilities and creative freedom. So, yes, these scents—all eau de parfum—are made for layering.
Atelier des Fleurs is a collection of single flowers with no frills, simple, legible, minimalist, and generous as interpreted by some of the world’s best perfumers. With Atelier des Fleurs, Chloé lets you create your own bouquet of flowers.
“The Atelier Des Fleurs collection breaks the codes of traditional perfumery. What I love the most about this collection is that we are reminded that your scent is more than just a fragrance; it’s actually an extension of your identity,” said Bettina De Los Santos, brand manager of Chloé.
Iris, the one I have, was created by Steve Guo who discovered Iris x germanica while exploring the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Shaira Luna compared the scent of Iris to a lipstick and I agree. The eau de parfum starts out cool and papery and dry, and fades to a woody musk.
Lavanda captures Quentin Bisch’s childhood vision of his mother walking from the heat of the garden into the cool shade of the house, a sprig of lavender in her arms. But Bisch’s Lavanda is a very modern take on lavender while capturing its every facet, from aromatic freshness to sun-drenched fullness.
Bisch also created Cedrus, a woody, balsamy and smoky scent with the memory of a bouquet of branches that his father gave to his mother when he was a child.
Bisch also created Vanilla, my favorite from the line. As a budding perfumer, Quentin Bisch learned that vanilla comes from a rare orchid. Since then, he dreamt of crafting an eau de parfum around this rare flower. Bisch’s Vanilla is unique—and it is spicy and mysterious more than it is overindulgent.
Sidonie Lancesseur’s Neroli brings back the memory of a trip to Seville , where the orange blossoms exuded smooth and deliciously refreshing scents warmed by the sun. This is one of my favorites from the collection and it’s also a bestseller.
For Violette, Fanny Bal revisited her childhood memories of the violet blossoms in her family’s garden so the fragrance evokes the flower’s powdery notes with a hint of delicate freshness.
Santalum by Marypierre Julien was inspired by the perfumer’s memory of a sandalwood fan which her grandmother brought home from a trip to Australia. The fan would scent the room with each wave of her hand. This bottle of Santalum captures that warm, woody essence.
Violette and Santalum also have a green label, which means they are of 100 percent natural origin. Narcissus Poeticus, Iris, and Ylang Canaga also have the green label, denoting fragrances which are vegan and free from artificial colourings and filters.
Chloé’s Atelier des Fleurs collection is exclusively available in two sizes (50 ml and 150 ml) at Rustan’s Makati.