Personne - Iconofly

PERSONNE (meaning 'Nobody' or 'Person' in French) was conceived as a continuation of an art project - conceived by French artist Laurent Derobert - which saw a group of authors and intellectuals sail around the Mediterranean Sea to collect the seeds of the plants mentioned in The Odyssey. This olfactory nostos, imagined by Olivia Bransbourg and created by perfumer Alexandre Helwani, offers a more immediate reading of the Odyssey, through the essences that Ulysses and his nauts themselves travelled through.

Following this original intention, the fragrance was bound to be natural and had to include as much of the essences of The Odyssey as technically possible, some of them – Dogwood, Elm &c. – being absent from the perfumer’s palette. The final creation is an olfactory reconstruction of The Odyssey that takes Homer’s plant into account yet goes further by translating the sense of laughter, sharing, pleasure and sensuality - the humanity that peeks through and is the substance of this epic.

Top notes: Myrtle EO, Cypress EO, Laurel EO, Rosemary EO

Heart notes: Carob RES, Hyacinth ABS, Immortelle ABS, Fenugreek ABS, Davana EO

Base notes: Barley RES, Violet Leaf ABS, Oarweed RES, Bran ABS, Liatrix ABS

Perfumer: Alexandre Helwani