‘Fantastique (parfum) from D’Orsay – a cool metallic aldehyde bursts from the musky base of this potent scent, naturalizing it in the summer. Of course, there’s the classic marriage of rose and jasmine, but also the singular aromas of the sap macerated by the little porphyrogenetic [born into the purple] princesses, which the princes of the North used to seek in Byzantium.’ – Combat 1955
