Gardénia Pétale, an ode to femininity. The story of the Van Cleef Arpels house begins with the meeting of Estelle Arpels and Alfred Van Cleef. Together, they opened a jewelry boutique on Place Vendôme in 1906.
Like each of the perfumes from the Van Cleef & Arpels house, Gardénia Pétale is a very luxurious juice. It possesses all the elegance and restraint of the house combined with its love for women. As its name suggests, this juice is crafted with the same delicacy as a flower petal. Gardénia Pétale is a heady juice, worked in a very airy manner, like a flower that perfumes the air. As it passes, it reveals a sweet, creamy and slightly spicy sillage. On its own, it reveals all the complexity of femininity reimagined through the unique expertise of Van Cleef & Arpels.
Gardénia Pétale, the Van Cleef & Arpels Collection Extraordinaire
The Gardénia Pétale perfume comes from the Van Cleef & Arpels Collection Extraordinaire. Like each of the perfumes in this collection, it represents an exceptional and quality-driven choice. It reflects the image of the jewelry crafted by the house and is, in a sense, a transposition of its jewelry-making expertise into the olfactory realm. Gardénia Pétale honors iconic raw materials of the finest quality in perfumery. Moreover, these are worked with extreme precision and unmatched attention to detail. Thus, Van Cleef & Arpels delivers a juice in its purest and most accomplished form. This time, Van Cleef & Arpels transports us into a flower garden where nature reigns and where the flowers express themselves with emotion and poetry. It should also be noted that gardenia is a flower symbolizing fidelity and sincerity. This perfume is therefore an ideal gift for a loved one. It carries a message while revealing a sensual, opulent and warm scent. It is an ode to femininity and brilliantly explores all the paradoxes of women, showing them by turns strong or fragile.
Gardénia Pétale, a true floral garden of a perfume
To create this exceptional juice, Van Cleef & Arpels called upon perfumer Nathalie Feisthauer. She chose to first reveal the luminous freshness of citrus paired with green sap notes. Lemon and mandarin bring an invigorating freshness here, which delicately fades in favor of a more floral breath. This, of course, is clearly dominated by gardenia. This silky and poetic flower expresses all its tenderness here. It is accompanied by the beauty of other white flowers such as lily of the valley and jasmine. The whole then rests on a more woody base, harmoniously revealing a musky, creamy breath of vanilla and sandalwood. Like all the perfumes in the Van Cleef & Arpels Collection Extraordinaire, Gardénia Pétale comes in a rectangular, vertical bottle. The weight of its glass gives it an immediate refinement. This time, its transparency reveals an apricot hue worthy of all the softness contained within this bottle.