Christmas on the balcony of Etat Libre d'Orange will make you want to believe in Santa Claus again.
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Orange Free State
Certain scents instantly evoke the Christmas atmosphere.
From midnight mass to the Christmas market through the Three Kings gifts,
20 Minutes
has selected concentrates of holiday magic.
Fir, frankincense, myrrh, or gingerbread, it's up to you to choose your Christmas Madeleine
There are scents that immerse you directly in the Christmas mood like
All I want for Christmas is you
by Mariah Carey.
Because some fragrances are as comforting as watching
La Vie est Belle
by Frank Capra under a blanket, our selection of fragrances to offer or treat yourself to a digest of Christmas magic.
Fragrances that smell like fir
What a delight to first smell the resin of the Christmas tree!
In perfumery, the smell of conifers is mainly found thanks to two woody raw materials, pine and cedar.
Maison Goutal's Nuit Etoilée mixed fragrance (150 euros for 100 ml) evokes the immaculate freshness of a majestic snow-covered forest at nightfall with its Siberian pine, drenched in peppermint and citrus fruits.
A magical night warmed by spicy base notes and tonka bean, like a good hot chocolate near a large fireplace.
Since 1955, the formula of the male fragrance Pino Silvestre Original by Pino Silvestre (37.50 euros for 125 ml) has been based on a blend of 12 natural essential oils (bergamot, lavender, basil, lemon, juniper berries, carnation, nutmeg, geranium , thyme, fir, amber, cedar, musk, tonka beans and moss).
In short, enough to believe at the foot of a Nordmann tree.
The resinous sap of Fille en needles by Serge Lutens (290 euros for 100 ml) offers a walk in a sacred forest, full of pine needles (fir balsam), coated with cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg, in a oriental trail of benzoin, amber and patchouli, frankincense and myrrh.
Scents worthy of the Three Kings
Two thousand years ago, myrrh was known for its antiseptic, healing and anti-inflammatory properties.
The wise man Balthazar brought myrrh as a gift of life to the baby Jesus.
Thanks to its warm and balsamic notes, myrrh is part of the 2020 trend of mystical perfumes, initiated by Serge Lutens.
Its perfume La Myrrhe (190 euros for 75 ml) combines it with amber, musk, spices and incense, also offered to the baby Jesus.
An association that can also be found in Myrrh & Mysterious Incense from 100Bon (45 euros for 50 ml) which also displays all the oriental opulence (cinnamon, citrus fruits, patchouli, amberwood, musk).
Aromatics in black by Clinique (81.50 euros for 50 ml) opens with an exquisite note of grapefruit and bergamot, blossoms with floral notes of jasmine, osmanthus and neroli and an enveloping trail of associated myrrh with vetiver and tonka beans.
Midnight mass perfumes
Incense is the present offered by Melchior to Jesus.
Known to ease tensions, calm the mind and facilitate concentration, incense is consumed in all religions.
If it continues to embalm the midnight mass, it is also very popular with secular perfumery thanks to its camphoric, waxy and spicy smell.
It thus occupies the central place of the last piece in Guerlain's Absolu d'Orient Collection, Incens Mythique (155 euros for 125 ml), where it blends with rose and ambergris for a powerful mixed juice.
The incense is softened by the leather at 603 Cuir, Encens, Bean Tonka at Bon Parfumeur (118 euros for 100 ml) and by the geranium in the men's perfume
Acqua di gio Profumo
by Giorgio Armani (78.40 euros for 75 ml ).
It also warms the violet and amber notes of Bois d'Argent by Dior (198 euros for 125 ml)
Aromas of mulled wine
Ginger, cinnamon, oranges, cloves, nutmeg and star anise… Have you missed the delicious smell of mulled wine when many Christmas markets have been canceled due to the pandemic?
Whatever, here are some gourmet elixirs, true concentrates of Christmas sweets.
With Christmas on the balcony, Etat Libre d'Orange (95 euros for 50 ml) has concocted a tangy mandarin, spiced up by a spoonful of honey and orange blossom, sprinkled with dried apricots and cinnamon.
The perfect flavor to accompany the famous 13 desserts of Provence.
12.1 Un Crime Exotique by Pierre Guillaume (102 euros for 50 ml) plays on the unusual union of Elemi resin and gingerbread, at the heart of an earthy array of flavors, mixing tea vapors, cinnamon Ceylon and star anise, mate absolute and cocoa powder.
Orange blossom and vanilla sugar, such is the Parle moi de parfum Christmas marshmallow recipe (95 euros for 50 ml).
In short, one of those comforting scents that will take you back to childhood amid the giggles of pre-Covid family Christmas Eve.
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