Soir de Lune Contemporary art in perfume form The house of Sisley has never bowed to trends and fads; it has always sought to express beauty and truth through its perfumes.
Released in 2006, Soir de Lune was born from the imagination of Isabelle d'Ornano. Poetic, the fragrance mirrors the d'Ornano couple's love for contemporary art. Soir de Lune tells the story of a love that reveals itself only in the heart of the moon. The warmth of Soir de Lune is smooth, almost exotic, and evokes a sumptuous floral bouquet subtly touched with chypre. Soir de Lune is a fragrance that astonishes as much as it dazzles. This powerful chypre-floral accord is a composition signed by Dominique Ropion.
The talented perfumer Dominique Ropion dazzles with Soir de Lune
To create a composition of pure beauty, Sisley called on one of the greatest perfumers, Dominique Ropion. After an internship at Roure weighing formulas, Dominique Ropion decided to learn the craft of perfumer at the Givaudan perfumery school. He joined IFF (International Flavors & Fragrances) in 2001, where he would go on to sign major successes. Dominique Ropion possesses unrivaled expertise and an extraordinary knowledge of raw materials. Some describe him as a very great creator paired with an obsessive perfectionist. Dominique Ropion is responsible for some very beautiful perfumes, among them Pure Poison by Christian Dior, Olympéa by Paco Rabanne, and La Vie est Belle by Lancôme.
Sisley's bouquet of poetry: Soir de Lune
The opening of Soir de Lune is tangy and dynamic, combining lemon, mandarin, and bergamot. Mandarin originates from the Far East, and its earliest traces date back 3,000 years. Mandarin is a slightly flattened, spherical fruit, orange in color. Mandarin owes its name to the color worn by mandarins, high-ranking officials of the Chinese Empire. It was in 1850 that mandarin began to be cultivated on a large scale. In perfumery, mandarin gives off soft, tangy, sweet tonalities. Then the heart of Soir de Lune moves toward an original blend of flowers, fruits, and spices, combining rose, mimosa, peach, jasmine, lily of the valley, nutmeg, and chili pepper.
With its golden pompons, mimosa lights up gardens in winter. Mimosa was brought to France from Australia in the 19th century by the explorer James Cook. The town of Mandelieu-La-Napoule (Alpes-Maritimes) has become the capital of mimosa. Since 1931, a great festival has been held every February in its honor. Composed under the sun, mimosa symbolizes magnificence, elegance, and tenderness. In perfumery, mimosa gives off green, vanilla-like, honeyed, and powdery tonalities. Finally, the base of Soir de Lune is intended to be intense and charged with sensuality, combining patchouli, oakmoss, sandalwood, white musks, and honey for a creamy touch. The round bottle is both elegant and understated. The particularly majestic cap is the work of the Polish sculptor Bronislaw Krzysztof, and depicts an embrace between a woman and the moon…