Carlos Huber, an architect  specializing in Historical Preservation and founder of Arquiste Parfumeur introduces the  7th pefume, Boutonneire No. 7 composed by Givaudaun Perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux. We are transported to an evening at the Opera just before the turn of the 20th century.

 

 

 

May 1899, Foyer of the Opéra-Comique, Paris

 

During the Opera’s intermission, a group of seven young men gather at the Grand Foyer in search of new flirtations. Women of all sorts are lured in by the crisp, green scent of the men’s gardenia boutonnieres, enlivened with the bergamot and lavender colognes they wear. As they draw closer, the “Opera Flower” exudes its elegant masculinity, the last breath of a bloom sacrificed on a black-tie lapel.

 To celebrate the launch of its seventh scent, Arquiste has partnered with men’s fine jewelry creators M. de Phocas to create a  limited edition and numbered set of a special gardenia stick-pin boutonniere, as well as a pair of elegant silk knot cufflinks. 

Notes include: Lavender, Bergamot, Italian Mandarin, Gardenia jasminoides/Gardenia citriodora duo, Genet absolute, Vetivert, Oak Moss

  $175; 55 ml Eau de Parfum; $195 Deluxe Limited Edition w/ Boutonniere by M. de Phocas

 

 Available at: All Barneys New York stores, The Webster (Miami), A’maree’s (Newport Beach), Aedes de Venustas (New York), La Petite Parfumerie (Excelsior, Minneapolis), Parfumerie Osswald Zurich, Jovoy Paris, Roja Dove Haute Parfumerie at Harrod's 

 

–Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief

 

via press release