Météore is the men's fragrance that Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud composed in 2020 for Louis Vuitton, the sixth fragrance in the men's collection born in 2018. Mandarin and bergamot in the top notes, neroli and a trio of peppers in the heart, Java vetiver in the base; Wikiparfum classes it among the woody fragrances. Bottle by Marc Newson, 100 and 200 ml, refillable at the house's fountains.
Louis Vuitton lists its raw materials without tiering them: Italian mandarin, Tunisian neroli, Italian bergamot, black pepper, pink pepper from La Réunion, Sichuan pepper, Java vetiver. Wikiparfum adds orange, cardamom and nutmeg, and classes the fragrance among the woody fragrances.
Citrus in the top notes
The press kit relayed by Luxsure orders the reading: Calabrian bergamot, Sicilian mandarin and orange burst forth in the opening, pierced by a ray of light, and infuse through to the heart of the fragrance. Tunisian neroli, sun-kissed, heightens their brilliance; both Wikiparfum and the house name it.
Peppers and spices in the heart
The house speaks of a trio of sparkling peppers: black, pink and Sichuan on its list. Luxsure adds Guatemalan cardamom and Indonesian nutmeg, which heighten the depth; Wikiparfum names both of them, without the grapefruit that the vetiver, according to the house, evokes through its zesty facets.
Java vetiver in the base
Java vetiver signs the base: the house describes it as fresh, earthy and ambery, enhanced by a unique distillation that removes its smokiest notes. Alavi hears a succession of citrus, spices, woods that he finds predictable; the field tiers ten raw materials that the house, Wikiparfum and the press name.
What the label declares
The house publishes a coded list: alcohol, Parfum, water, limonene and linalool from the citrus, filter butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane, citronellol, coumarin, geraniol, citral, an antioxidant, farnesol, isoeugenol and eugenol for the spice, three colorants including the blue and violet of the juice.