Nomade

Chloé describes a floral chypre in three stages: mirabelle plum at the top, freesia at the heart, oakmoss at the base. The intense, mineral character of the moss is wrapped in the voluptuous sweetness of the fruit, giving rise to a luminous floral quality.

Top

Mirabelle plum opens the fragrance with a burst of citrus. Despina Veneti smells a blast of several citrus fruits that together suggest grapefruit more than anything; the mirabelle, a fragrant yellow plum, quickly takes over.

Heart

Freesia occupies the heart, and the house says it brings a luminous floral quality. Despina Veneti also perceives a ripe, powdery rose and a juicy peach, which the house does not mention: that is her reading, as worn.

Base

Oakmoss signs the chypre, accompanied by patchouli. For Despina Veneti, a musk arrives after about an hour to soften the moss, which then seems more balsamic and herbal than earthy; the mossy, musky base lasts for many hours.

Peach, rose, jasmine, sandalwood and white musk, often attributed to Nomade, are not named by Chloé.

What the label declares

The list opens with denatured alcohol, fragrance and water. It brings together four UV filters, including benzophenone-3 and avobenzone, a light stabilizer and thirteen allergens that must be declared, from limonene to geraniol by way of coumarin and farnesol.

Added to these are BHT, an antioxidant, propylene glycol, an acrylic copolymer, hydrolyzed jojoba esters and three colorants, a red, a violet and a yellow, listed under their American names. No oakmoss extract appears under its botanical name, Evernia prunastri.