Tilia
Regular price $ 300.00The first in a constellation of floral perfumes, Tilia is also, for its creator Marc-Antoine Barrois and his lifelong accomplice, the perfumer Quentin Bisch, the name of an imaginary star. The one who watches over happy days. An ode to simplicity and optimism.
From Marc-Antoine Barrois
Simple. Solar. Smiling. It is the scent of everlasting summer. Of holidays that never end. The honeyed, apricot inflections of broom. The tender powder of heliotrope. A bucolic bouquet made richer with a sprig of velvety jasmine sambac. Underlined, like a stroke of shade intensifying the radiance of an afternoon in the sun, by the smoky earthiness of vetiver...
Perfumer
Quentin Bisch
Notes
lime, broom, jasmine sambac, vetiver, heliotrope, georgywood, ambrofix
FYI
This fragrance can be ordered here on our website, or purchased at our store at 2408 Fillmore Street in San Francisco.
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|---|---|---|---|
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Just the absolute best smelling perfume
Huge fan of the way this lingers and changes, especially worn in the winter with heavier wear. This scent shines. Smells like the feeling of having dressed just right on an excellent hair day for an afternoon that unfolds into spontaneous evening adventures. Even when the sun sets at 4:00PM. Perhaps especially so. Joy bottled.
This reminds me of my first spring in Berkeley, I could smell this hypnotic sweet floral everywhere but couldn't identify the source. I was working in a pastry kitchen and the chef brought in some jasmine flowers from her neighbor's fence that we steeped in milk to make the most luscious panna cotta.
This perfume is like that experience in technicolor - every other note in tandem with the jasmine is like the first warm spring day with clear skies, a cool breeze, and sunshine on your face, full of hope and new experiences.
I love it when a fragrance takes me back to a very specific moment, and I'm so happy to have this on my shelf.