Cedrus is the wood of the Atelier des Fleurs, the haute parfumerie collection Chloé opened in 2019 with six perfumers. Quentin Bisch placed in it the memory of a bouquet of branches his father had given his mother: cardamom, bergamot and pink peppercorns in the opening, rose and cassia at the center, a trio of cedar, vetiver and sandalwood in the base.
Chloé announces a woody, smoky musk built on a trio of woods. Cedar, usually dry, takes on a silky grain there that the house sets against a florality held at a distance.
The trio of woods
Indian cardamom, Calabrian bergamot and pink peppercorns open the composition. Bulgarian rose and Laotian cassia occupy the center. Haitian vetiver, Australian sandalwood and a fraction of Texas cedar hold the base.
What the house adds
Two molecules figure on the same footing as the naturals in the declared list: Georgywood in the heart, Sylkolide in the base. The house also mentions benzoin, for the creamy texture, and ambrettolide, for the musky touch: two supports that no tier carries.
A classification that slides
The olfactory label says woody musk, the page for the 150 ml announces a smoky and woody eau, and the Intense reinterpretation is filed as woody alone. The wood therefore comes first, the musk behind.
What the label declares
Twenty-two entries: alcohol, fragrance, water, a long series of regulated allergens — limonene, linalool, hydroxycitronellal, citronellol, alpha-isomethyl ionone, coumarin, citral, eugenol, isoeugenol, geraniol, farnesol, cinnamal — three ultraviolet filters including benzophenone-3, an antioxidant, a film-forming polymer and hydrolyzed jojoba esters, which help the longevity.