Nahéma

While the heart of opulent flowers might possibly recall a few notes of Chamade, released 10 years earlier, the sensual and intoxicating notes of Nahéma offer a new chapter in the perfumed adventures of the rose which, for the first time, gives the sensual woman her honeyed facet.

Nahéma, or the myth of the woman with two faces…

With the fabulous Guerlinade developed at the beginning of the century by Jacques Guerlain, the venerable house of perfumery established itself as the mistress of oriental and sensual perfumes; one might sometimes forget too easily that this famous Guerlinade is not merely a concentrate of a few deep woody and animalic raw materials, carefully selected. It is, more simply, THE signature fragrant composition of Jacques Guerlain, in which numerous raw materials take part in this magical alchemy, including rose.

This rose which, according to the famous nose Sylvaine Delacourte, comes from a cocktail of essential oils specific to Guerlain in order to create a Guerlain standard: a highly identifiable signature, and also to ensure, year after year, a consistency of quality. This emblematic signature makes it possible to create the finest compositions; however, according to the specialist, Nahéma and its rose fragmented into a thousand and one flowers would be impossible to reproduce: If Nahéma were to be created today, it would be impossible! There are so many roses in this fragrance. Nahéma, the gentle twin sister of Mahane, the fiery-tempered one as described in the oriental tale, is therefore completely unique.

Moreover, the advertising communications surrounding the sensual and intoxicating Nahéma make use of these elements to create a totally dreamlike oriental universe, colored by a thousand fires. To such an extent that in one of the visuals, the Nahéma bottle is surrounded by flames…

This woman, at once angelic and tender but also enigmatic and passionate, is symbolized by Nahéma, the fragrance where opposites attract…

Femininity in the beauty of its different facets and its dual fragrance

The bottle of the so elegant floral oriental Nahéma comes in a rather masculine glass form (perhaps evoking the beginnings of the liberated, boyish woman), but it nonetheless displays a crystal cap that could easily be mistaken for a champagne cork by some, or for the crystal ball of the oriental woman by others.

Nahéma opens on top notes of bergamot and mandarin accompanied by a fresh, green rose, creating the very first note of damascone. Then the heart finally reveals the honeyed, dazzling rose (built from Damask rose and rose de mai) that one was waiting for, blossoming further with the velvety peach note and spreading among the tempting notes of passion fruit. Lily and very green hyacinth bring their touch of freshness. Then sandalwood and patchouli, accompanied as they should be by vanilla and tonka bean, complete the seduction of men curious to have smelled this soft fragrance on a strong and determined woman.

Nahéma represents the two faces of eternal femininity: the woman who is at once provocative and generous. Nahéma reconciles passion and tenderness, provocation and self-giving. Guerlain, on Nahéma.