Le Parfum is Elie Saab’s first fragrance, launched in 2011 and signed by Francis Kurkdjian. The house presents it as an ode to light: a sunny orange blossom, a jasmine absolute paired with patchouli, and a cedar base wrapped in a rose honey accord. In 2012 it won the award for best women’s fragrance at the French FiFi Awards.
Today the house divides its formula into three stages. At the top, an orange blossom it calls sunny and luminous; in the heart, a jasmine absolute paired with a patchouli it describes as modern and pure; in the base, a cedar accord and a rose honey.
At launch, the communication specified two jasmines, grandiflorum and sambac, and presented the rose honey as an accord. The 2011 list and today’s carry the same five materials: orange blossom, jasmine, patchouli, cedar and rose honey.
What stays out
The bergamot, rose, sandalwood, amber woods and white musks sometimes cited in connection with it appear in none of the house’s lists, neither in 2011 nor today. Rose exists only through the rose honey accord, which keeps its name here.
What the label declares
The ingredient list begins with alcohol, fragrance and water, followed by thirteen allergens that must be declared, among them benzyl salicylate, linalool, hydroxycitronellal and coumarin. Two UV filters and an antioxidant, BHT, preserve the juice, which is tinted by four colorants: red, blue, yellow and violet.
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