Light Blue Femme

The house today describes three notes: Sicilian lemon at the top, whose fresh and juicy nuances recall the Mediterranean maquis, a Granny Smith apple accompanying the fruity heart, and a base of cedarwood.

Its older description goes into more detail: apple and lemon are paired with bellflower, a woody hint of bamboo welcomes jasmine and white rose, and Virginia cedarwood is intertwined with ambery accents and musk.

The top therefore brings together lemon and bellflower, the heart apple, bamboo, jasmine and rose, the base cedar, amber and musk. The vanilla, hyacinth and white musks once attributed to the fragrance are not retained.

The molecules of the formula

Chandler Burr, in The New York Times, detailed the formula: the Granny Smith apple is born of synthetic molecules, cis-3-hexenol, Liffarome and cis-3-hexenyl acetate, married to delta-muscenone, which evokes the smell of skin.

He notes three synthetic woods, Z11, Ambrox and Norlimbanol, alongside natural cedars, and around fifteen percent natural Sicilian lemon peel essence.

What the label declares

The ingredient list relayed for the current eau de toilette has ten entries: denatured alcohol, fragrance, water, two UV filters, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate and diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, and the allergens limonene, citral, cinnamal, linalool and geraniol.