10 perfumes in similar style to Cuir Beluga by Guerlain

A beautifully rich and sumptuous perfume combining both ginger and vanilla. A scent that conjures shimmering and exclusive sunsets by the sea with the power of amber, patchouli and cedarwood. Beautifully mercurial, aromatic and fresh.

By Pierre Negrin

Savitri (สาวิตรี) is a deity representing the sun at dawn in ancient Rig Veda texts.

The eponymous perfume celebrates the classic chypre with a South Asian twist. The signature citrus opening of a chypre is executed with golden tangerine and carambola. The perfumer tried to capture the happy poetry of the first rays of tropical sun tickling lush green leaves at dawn.

As nature awakens, intoxicating flowers unfurl their scents: rose, champaca, ylang-ylang and heliotrope.

Sunset and twilight is represented by spices and precious resins, until all becomes the quiet darkness of oakmoss.

DRUNK SAFFRON

UNHOLY OUD

BURNT ROSES

ZEST Z&T

DGAF

DRUNK LOVERS

SMOKIN’ GUN

SEX & COGNAC

Note from the house:

"This is the portrait of a lady. She can be seen in the feminine cameo, in the soft, delicate profile, in the dreamy image of an incandescent beauty. What once was a stone has been carved in relief by a devoted artisan, to emerge as an idealized woman."

It’s a tender hazy amber, very laid back and toned down. In Bijou Romantique the bold exoticism of benzoin, coconut and patchouli is well covered by a blanket of sleepy powdery iris. Cozy.

Nosy Be... sounds like a motto for an inquisitive perfume lover. It is, however, the name of a tiny island north of Madagascar. It's an island specializing in the production of patchouli, ylang-ylang and other magical fragrance materials for the perfume industry.

Patchouli Nosy Be is a tribute to the tropical humid shade loving plant that when distilled lends an ambery, dark, leathery and almost chocolate aroma - patchouli.

Naturally, it's the precious patchouli from Nosy Be in the perfume in the company of dense vanilla, dusty schinus molle and dry sandalwood.

The EdP concentration has more focus on pink pepper and lemon in the opening. This way patchouli is a bit more spicy. Whereas, the extrait concentration of Patchouli Nosy Be has more vanilla and thus sweeter.

A challenging complex perfume with a core created around 5 different types of lavender. It's not a lavender perfume though. The purple flowered herbs are combined with absolute of Damask rose and jasmine grandiflorum together with ylang-ylang. This floral mix encounters a bizarre malt note, some Bourbon vanilla and a large group of resins and herbs. The Himalayan cedar-wood adds a bit of smoky woodiness and together with grapefruit creates a fizzy honey feeling and almost fruity edge.

MEM comes from the Indo-European word root that is at the base of many words linked to the idea of water, liquid, sea, fertility. In the Hebrew alphabet is the thirteenth letter and it means water with further meanings such as chaos, mighty, blood. Plus it has a beautiful sound and it's a palindrome word, same reading from left to right and vice-versa. This is somehow the effect of the perfume as well, really circular with no real beginning or end, masculine and feminine, dark and light, open and close...

Castoreum and civet in the formula are natural.

The absolutes are Jasmine grandiflorum from Egypt, extracted in France, Jasmine Sambac from India, rose Damascena from Bulgaria, lavender (lavandula augustifolia) from France and vanilla from Madagascar.

The other natural ingredients are ylang-ylang extra, signature Bogue’s benzoin from Thailand, Bourbon geranium from Madagascar and lavender AOP from Haute Provence.

“핥기만 해도, 환각에 빠지는.”

PERFUMER
ALEX LEE

The Mediterranean freshness of the essence, whose citrus notes are accompanied by the sensuality of damask rose, sublimating in sinuous oriental echoes, is inspired by the colour that has made the frescoes of Pompeian domes famous and unmistakable all over the world.

The pigment obtained from the mineral cinnabar, Rossopompeiano, emblem of a part of the history the perfumer Agatho’s city, becomes a perfume.

A bright bouquet with a citrus woody focus. Bergamot, mandarin and ginger inject a full freshness effect while sunny floral notes of organge blossom, jasmine and rose meld with velvety notes of milk chocolate. This is an ode to the enigmatic power of white flowers in a rich and edible interpretation.

Perfumer: Sfean J.A.

"Astrakan conjures the dense apple orchards of Sweden. These Astrakan apples are artfully spiced and sharpened with cinnamon and oranges; while the vanilla, sandalwood and doses of gurjum resin ensure the effct is woody and green rather than warming and christmassy. The diffusion is complex in it's layers and serves a shimmering effect that invokes a sense that you can't get enough. Overall this is a fruity fragrance that is rich, sophisticated and delectable.

Perfumer: Alexander Olsson