MAISON DE L’ASIE
EXILE NINE

2026

PERFUMER
Antoine Lie

bergamot
artemisia
violet

orange blossom
orris
hay

earthy notes
suede
Styrax

‘EXILE NINE drifts between textures — dry and supple, raw and spiritual — like the quiet nomadic journey across open lands, guided only by stars and instinct. The fragrance opens with the clarity of Bergamot and Artemisia, riding the plains beneath a sky without walls. In the heart, Violet leaf and Orris blooms softly — introspective —gently held by Orange Blossom and the rustic warmth of Hay, catching the sunlight falling over horsehair and earth. Finally, the journey continues inward into suede-soft skin, with Earth notes and Styrax grounding the soul —a tether to land vast, honest, and free. Each note in this fragrance moves like a step across open terrain — deliberate, expansive, and deeply rooted. There is no rush. There is no destination. There is only being — in the moment, in the self. We draw from poetry that venerates the soul’s retreat into the wild. Camus’ invitation to turn away from the world to truly perceive it — these ideas find their echo in this scent. This perfume is a portrait of that inner stillness. Of exile, not as sorrow, but as a sacred ritual of return — to self, to nature, to truth. An ode to the majesty of being alone and completely alive. It is the scent of thoughtful exile, of finding a vast internal space mirrored by the endless terrain outside. For the soul who chooses the wild over the familiar. Who knows that distance is wisdom in motion. Who finds beauty not in arrival —but in becoming. Exile is the greatest freedom. And it is magnificent.’ – Maison de L’Asie