Quand Vient La Pluie: ("When the Rain Begins"): launched in 2007, a limited edition fragrance for women. It was created in cooperation with two noses, Thierry Wasser and Sylvaine Delacourte.
So what does it smell like? It is classified as a floral amber musk fragrance for women. Like the electrically charged atmosphere of a thunderstorm, dark, pregnant clouds releasing little droplets onto a bracing herb garden dotted with fresh violets and sweet heliotrope, but with ambery notes on an earthy, yet gourmand base.
The luxury edition is comprised up of a boxed set: the box was covered in a piano-lacquered shell and lined with black velvet , inside rested a 9.5 ml "drop" decorated with Swarovski crystals in cobweb pattern holding parfum extrait, a glass brick base etched with the veins of a leaf, a 490 ml refill bottle and a funnel. Limited to only 140 copies. €1800 each.
Discontinued. The fragrance made a reappearance as Place Rouge, a limited edition created in 2013 for the Russian market.
The perfume was created as an homage to the successful Apres L'Ondee (“After the Rainstorm”) perfume, but as co-creator Sylvaine Delacourte explains, "to treat Après l'Ondée in a more contemporary way, with an intenser and more addictive base."
Fragrance Composition:
So what does it smell like? It is classified as a floral amber musk fragrance for women. Like the electrically charged atmosphere of a thunderstorm, dark, pregnant clouds releasing little droplets onto a bracing herb garden dotted with fresh violets and sweet heliotrope, but with ambery notes on an earthy, yet gourmand base.
- Top notes: bergamot, rosemary, neroli
- Heart notes: orange blossom, heliotrope, violet, jasmine
- Base notes: cinnamon, orris, amber, gourmand praline notes, patchouli, musk, vanilla
Bottles:
The bottle holding eau de parfum, by Serge Mansau, is shaped like a raindrop and rests on a “base etched with the veins of a leaf” and holds 7.5 ml. A 50 ml edp refill "estagnon" aluminum canister bottle equipped with a dropper is included in the €280 price.
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Fate of the Fragrance:
Discontinued. The fragrance made a reappearance as Place Rouge, a limited edition created in 2013 for the Russian market.
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