An impressionist perfume by Jean-Claude Ellena, ANGÉLIQUES SOUS LA PLUIE captures the fleeting beauty of a bouquet of angelica shimmering with droplets of water.

More than a fragrance, this is a feeling. The fragile beauty of a bouquet of angelica picked after the rain, captured in a subtle trail that blends with the skin. Like a painter, Jean-Claude Ellena sketches his subject in minimal strokes: he takes the herbaceous notes of angelica, and he adds the spice of juniper berries. The spicy coolness of pink peppercorns. The clear vibrancy of cedar. And the fluffy cotton texture of white musk blurring it all together, suggestive of watercolours in faded shades of mauve and grey. An elusive sensory feeling, an awareness of rare poetry.