Princess Tzacopontziza, meaning “Morning Star,” was so beautiful that her parents entrusted her to the goddess of crops and subsistence, who vowed to take care of her and preserve her virginity. But one day, while Morning Star was picking flowers in her garden, she met Zcotan-oxga, meaning “Young Buck.” The two lovers soon fled deep into the forest to the mountains, so the wrathful goddess sent forth her priests to punish the sinful lovers. Upon discovering the lovers entwined at the mountain, the priests sacrificed them. From the blood of Young Deer grew a shrub, and from that of Morning Star emerged a long, climbing vine, which wrapped itself around the trunk of the shrub. Thus caxixanath, Fleur Cachée, the hidden flower, was born.

It began with a resin incense base. Anatole Lebreton built an entire medieval abbey scene on this sacred note with scenes of monks in burlap habits cultivating aromatic herbs in their herb gardens. However, he also wanted to introduce a human aspect into his fragrance: the damp fingers of monks leafing through old books, those that hold the recipes to their secret decoctions…  

Jeanne Doré Auparfum

It has been a long time since a perfume brought me such shock and filled me with such a desire to smell it over and over. It’s also been a long time since a perfume provoked such excitement around me. People talk about it and tell me about it, and while I was anticipating mixed reactions, since tuberose and leather are rather particular, it instead drew everyone in…

Dominique Archambeau Atrecherche

Perfumista is a stunningly beautiful, timeless fragrance that shape shifts into different styles seamlessly: green chypre, indolic floral, fruity rose.

Lauryn Beer, Senior Editor at Cafleurebon