The Library Collection is a little different from the brand’s regular offerings; an anthology of detailed tomes offering a more refined and complex vision. Created in collaboration with Nathalie Lorson and Pierre Negrin, Opus IX is described by Christopher Chong as a fragrance in three acts, tying neatly in with the regular head, heart and base note structure of a scent. The three acts in question being operatic, Verdi’s tragic masterpiece La Traviata in fact and most specifically the Lisbon Traviata of 1958, with Maria Callas in the role of doomed courtesan Violetta, singing at the height of her always controversial and divisive powers. Now I’m not an opera fan I’m afraid, hip-hop and electro are more my thing,  but  there are perhaps a few operatic voices I admire and I’m familiar with the story of La Traviata as it is based on La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas (fils), a novel I know well in French which I revisited again.

We have a 10 ml decant from our press bottle of Opus IX for a  registered reader in the USA, Canada or the EU. The random winner of the draw is Judith. Please email michelyn at cafleurebon dawt com with AMOUAGE OPUS IX  as your subject and your complete mailing details and phone number  by 11:30 AM EST. This is a deadline and no exceptions if you are late. Please use the email from your comment so we know it is you.

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