In the silence of the Alpine peaks, the scent of juniper berries rises, sharp and fresh, over the crisp bite of winter air. Pine trees stand tall, their resinous warmth mingling with the cold, while the soft whisper of sun-dried hay carries a hint of summer pastures. This fragrance echoes the wild contrast of the mountains, where the chill of snow meets the quiet warmth of the earth.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is the scent of stepping out into thin, bright mountain air before the day has fully warmed, when pine needles still feel damp and the landscape is all clean edges and quiet distance. It suits a wearer who prefers restraint with texture: present, composed and a little wild around the edges.
How to wear
Best in cool weather, especially autumn and winter, where its mineral freshness and smoky hay can open without losing their clarity. Apply lightly to let the extrait’s woody-green structure unfold gradually; it projects with a crisp, refined trail and settles into a dry, resinous warmth on skin.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like green woods, aromatic freshness and a natural, landscape-like composition with real texture. It will appeal to those drawn to clean but not sterile scents, alpine herbs, dry hay, pine resin and a cool, understated elegance.
Release year
2025
The nose
Fabrice Pellegrin is a French perfumer known for polished naturalism and a supple, textural style that often gives materials a vivid sense of place. Working for Firmenich, he has built a reputation for compositions that feel precise yet atmospheric, with a strong command of woods, aromatics and modern musks. In Les Alpes, that approach suits Nissaba’s brief for a scent shaped by Alpine materials and contrasts. Pellegrin turns juniper, pine and hay into a landscape rather than a simple note list, balancing brisk herbal lift with a dry, resinous depth and a cool mineral impression.
Collaborators
Sebastien Tissot, Nissaba’s founder and former sourcing specialist at Firmenich, shaped the brand’s single-origin concept and gave the fragrance its place-based brief, guiding the focus on Alpine materials and transparency of sourcing.
Nissaba’s story
Nissaba builds fragrances around single-origin natural materials and a clear sense of provenance, treating sourcing as part of the creative idea rather than a hidden backstage process. The house’s work is concise, material-led and deliberately free of decorative excess, with sustainability and traceability at the center of its identity.
Les Alpes’s concept
Les Alpes was conceived as an olfactory portrait of the Swiss and Southern French Alps, with locally sourced materials used to echo snowy peaks, cold air, forests and the warmth of mountain shelters. The result is a contrast-driven extrait that moves from brisk herbal freshness into hay, resin and a cool, wooded base.
Extra info
Les Alpes is part of Nissaba’s place-based series and follows the brand’s 2024 Berbera release. It is an extrait de parfum and remains in production, with its materials tied to the Alps and extracted in Grasse.
In the silence of the Alpine peaks, the scent of juniper berries rises, sharp and fresh, over the crisp bite of winter air. Pine trees stand tall, their resinous warmth mingling with the cold, while the soft whisper of sun-dried hay carries a hint of summer pastures. This fragrance echoes the wild contrast of the mountains, where the chill of snow meets the quiet warmth of the earth.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is the scent of stepping out into thin, bright mountain air before the day has fully warmed, when pine needles still feel damp and the landscape is all clean edges and quiet distance. It suits a wearer who prefers restraint with texture: present, composed and a little wild around the edges.
How to wear
Best in cool weather, especially autumn and winter, where its mineral freshness and smoky hay can open without losing their clarity. Apply lightly to let the extrait’s woody-green structure unfold gradually; it projects with a crisp, refined trail and settles into a dry, resinous warmth on skin.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like green woods, aromatic freshness and a natural, landscape-like composition with real texture. It will appeal to those drawn to clean but not sterile scents, alpine herbs, dry hay, pine resin and a cool, understated elegance.
Release year
2025
The nose
Fabrice Pellegrin is a French perfumer known for polished naturalism and a supple, textural style that often gives materials a vivid sense of place. Working for Firmenich, he has built a reputation for compositions that feel precise yet atmospheric, with a strong command of woods, aromatics and modern musks. In Les Alpes, that approach suits Nissaba’s brief for a scent shaped by Alpine materials and contrasts. Pellegrin turns juniper, pine and hay into a landscape rather than a simple note list, balancing brisk herbal lift with a dry, resinous depth and a cool mineral impression.
Collaborators
Sebastien Tissot, Nissaba’s founder and former sourcing specialist at Firmenich, shaped the brand’s single-origin concept and gave the fragrance its place-based brief, guiding the focus on Alpine materials and transparency of sourcing.
Nissaba’s story
Nissaba builds fragrances around single-origin natural materials and a clear sense of provenance, treating sourcing as part of the creative idea rather than a hidden backstage process. The house’s work is concise, material-led and deliberately free of decorative excess, with sustainability and traceability at the center of its identity.
Les Alpes’s concept
Les Alpes was conceived as an olfactory portrait of the Swiss and Southern French Alps, with locally sourced materials used to echo snowy peaks, cold air, forests and the warmth of mountain shelters. The result is a contrast-driven extrait that moves from brisk herbal freshness into hay, resin and a cool, wooded base.
Extra info
Les Alpes is part of Nissaba’s place-based series and follows the brand’s 2024 Berbera release. It is an extrait de parfum and remains in production, with its materials tied to the Alps and extracted in Grasse.