BLEU IMPÉRIAL, AN OLFACTORY PHOENIX…
Resurrecting BLEU IMPÉRIAL to carry it through time to today, as was already the case with FLEURS DE TABAC, is a delicate transcription exercise, both creative and technical.
The two bottles from Luc Gabriel's private collection served as a basis for the study of perfume, the juice offering all its olfactory richness and a wealth of information on the raw materials used, highlighted by mass spectrometry and
gas chromatography. The analyzes carried out by CHERIGAN revealed a floriental structure composed of a bouquet of spicy flowers placed on a base of patchouli, moss and musk.
Modern regulatory constraints, ingredients banned by the IFRA (International Fragrance Association) such as oak moss, disappearance of certain materials, demanding ethics of CHERIGAN, it took all the talent of the perfumer to interpret and restore the formula to its original substance.
In order to give a more contemporary reading without betraying the signature of the original accord, BLEU IMPERIAL has been reworked with an opening of the note leaving a more important place for citrus fruits such as bergamot and mandarin, for an introduction of more floral notes purified thanks to neroli, orange blossom absolute, iris, tuberose and jasmine, which has become sambac and no longer grandiflorum. If in the initial formula the carnation was the narcotic touch of the perfume, the addiction of BLEU IMPERIAL comes in its new version of carnal leather sheathed in blades of incense. The soul of the accord here is the base: the ambrette musk which has now disappeared from the palette, has been replaced by an amber accord which provides a “second skin” effect. Combined with the sweet milky notes of sandalwood and ambroxan, a modern version of ambergris,
Like all CHERIGAN creations, the new BLEU IMPERIAL is part of an innovative and highly qualitative approach.
Because nature provides exceptional ingredients essential to the creation of olfactory emotions, BLEU IMPERIAL is composed of 94% natural ingredients from fair partnerships and sustainable
sourcing and expresses all its intensity in Perfume extract, concentration the most voluptuous and richest that exists in perfumery.