Incense Stone
Vespers
Frankincense drawn through cold stone. The hour the cathedral empties and the smoke stays behind.
- Top
- Frankincense · Bergamot Zest
- Heart
- Iris Butter · Immortelle
- Base
- Myrrh · Grey Amber
ParisExtrait de ParfumMCMVIII
Worn only after dark
Six fragrances composed for the hours the world stops watching. By invitation.
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The Collection
Three compositions. Each released once, in an edition of three hundred, and never repeated.
Rose Leather
Obsidian Rose
A rose kept in the dark until it turns to leather. Worn close, it reads as skin; worn at distance, as a warning.
- Top
- Pink Pepper · Damask Rose
- Heart
- Rose Absolute · Saffron
- Base
- Oud · Black Leather
Ash Amber
Cendre
What remains of the fire, and refuses to leave the room. The driest of the three, and the longest to fade.
- Top
- Cold Smoke · Juniper
- Heart
- Vetiver · Cypress
- Base
- Ambergris · Birch Tar
Close the door.
Top 00:00
Frankincense
Bergamot Zest · Cold Rain
Heart 00:40
Iris Butter
Immortelle · Saffron Thread
Base 08:00
Myrrh
Grey Amber · Smoked Vetiver
Nocturne No. I
Vespers
Extrait de Parfum · 50ml · Edition de 300
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Made slowly, in the dark
The house has kept the same three rooms since 1908. No windows on the north side — light spoils an absolute long before the nose ever finds the fault.
Every composition is macerated for eighteen months, then left alone for six more. We have never been able to shorten this, and we have stopped trying.
Three hundred flacons leave the atelier each year. Each is filled by hand, numbered in graphite, and sent without ceremony.
A perfume finished in daylight will always smell like it is trying to please someone.
H. Vasseur Fourth Nose of the House
- Founded
- Paris, MCMVIII
- Maceration
- 18 months, unlit
- Concentration
- Extrait, 24–30%
- Edition
- 300, numbered