Frédéric Malle

Portrait of a Lady

2010 ChypreEDPFrance

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Editorial notes

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A rose-patchouli with incense Malle and Ropion set out to magnify Turkish rose to a degree no commercial composition had previously attempted.
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Set a new benchmark for ultra-concentrated rose-and-patchouli in niche perfumery. The reported overdoses of Turkish rose absolute pushed the price tier.
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Named after Henry James's 1881 novel about an independent young American heiress encountering European decadence in Florence and London.
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Composed by Dominique Ropion in 2010 around raspberry, blackcurrant and clove over a Turkish rose-patchouli-incense heart with a benzoin-amber-cedar base.

Dossier

Edition · 000

Status · Active. Niche reference.

A rose-patchouli with incense.

Composed by: Dominique Ropion
Founder: Frédéric Malle
Country: France

The pyramid

Top: raspberryblackcurrantclovecinnamon
Heart: turkish rosepatchouliincensesandalwoodylang-ylang
Base: benzoinambermuskcedarvanilla

The brief

Malle and Ropion set out to magnify Turkish rose with patchouli and incense to revisit the great chypres of the 20th century.

NameNamed after Henry James's 1881 novel 'The Portrait of a Lady'.

Why it mattered

Set a new benchmark for ultra-concentrated rose-and-patchouli in niche perfumery, with reported overdoses of Turkish rose absolute

The flacon

Tall cylindrical clear flacon with a colour-coded label, conforming to Malle's 'Editions de Parfums' library aesthetic.

The Curator's Note

Henry James gave it the name. Ropion gave it more Turkish rose than anyone had attempted.

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