White flowers

White flowers are numerous, but all of them echo purity and innocence. For a long time, their whiteness symbolized the innocence of the virgin woman, or the bride's bouquet, a sign of absolute femininity. While white flowers remain just as prized in perfumes today, some perfumers no longer hesitate to break that immaculate purity and the image that white flowers represent.

White flowers and their infinite purity

Among the best known white flowers, and also the most widely used in perfumery, are jasmine, tuberose, orange blossom, magnolia, frangipani, neroli, gardenia, osmanthus, white rose, narcissus, white lotus, as well as honeysuckle, lily of the valley and lily, which are scentless flowers. The most widely used white flower is jasmine. This flower has largely contributed to the success of Grasse flowers. Powerful and heady, jasmine delivers an incomparable touch of exoticism. Because it can be powdery, fruity, sweet and animalic, jasmine is a concentrate of femininity, and it is rare today to find a feminine fragrance that does not contain it. Some perfumers have nonetheless tried to divert white flowers from their natural innocence. Among them is Serge Lutens with “Vierge de fer”. Here, the nonconformist perfumer sought to turn a thorned lily into an instrument of torture. As for Mathilde Laurent, the nose behind Baiser Volé de Cartier, she wanted to give lily a far less demure aspect, one that is much more voluptuous, sensual, even sexual.

The finest white flower perfumes

The list of perfumes containing white flowers is long and virtually endless. Every perfumer has, at least once in their career, incorporated a white flower into one of their perfumes. White flowers naturally appear within floral compositions such as Ange ou Démon, le Secret Édition Plume by Givenchy or Beauty by Calvin Klein, J’adore by Christian Dior, or Dahlia Divin by Givenchy. White flowers are also found within oriental compositions, such as Flowerbomb Extrême by Viktor & Rolf, L’Extase by Nina Ricci, Belle d’Opium by Yves Saint Laurent, or La vie est Belle, l’Eau de Toilette by Lancôme. White flowers are also part of citrus fragrances such as Les Cascades de Rochas Éclat d’Agrumes (aromatic citrus) by Rochas or Saharienne (aromatic citrus) by Yves Saint Laurent.

A symbol of immaculate purity, white flowers are a sure value in perfumery. To our great delight, they are part of ultra-feminine perfumes.