PREMIERE PEAU
Simili Mirage

2025

PERFUMER
Claire Liegent

faux-leather
maquis
salty notes
warm sand
mineral notes
immortelle
Dry herbs

‘Simili Mirage plays with illusion—a synthetic leather that breathes like skin, warmed by ambrette, Dalmatian immortelle, and marine ozone. Mineral notes shimmer over a dry blend of thyme, pine, and resin, while a thermoreactive accord transforms with your body heat. Artificial becomes intimate; desert meets body.’ – Premiere Peau

‘I envisioned a creation where a synthetic presence awakens—a simulated suede leather that […] releases an animal warmth. The inert stirs into motion. The opposite comes to life.’ – Claire Liegent

A quick general introduction, before diving into this specific fragrance. Premiere Peau launched in 2025 and simply based on presentation, aesthetics, but also to some extent, the notes, it immediately caught my attention as one of the most interesting new brands. After wearing them all once, I can say that most of them feel modern. Not as eccentric as I expected; none of them are ‘hard to pull off’ in my opinion; but some of them are on the abstract side, which I appreciate. There’s more sweetness among them than I anticipated. My stand outs on first impression are Doppel Dancers & Rose Monotone.

After one wearing, I feel like Simili Mirage is the one that I understand the least. As in; the listed notes and what I smell practically have no overlap.

It opens quite abstract, but sweet and to my nose this goes in a borderline gourmand direction. Not nearly as direct as Insuline Safrine, but it reminds me of it at times.

I get hints of rice, almond, marzipan… a nutty, sweetness, but mixed with some greener tinges. Definitely not a full gourmand. It has a lot of spiciness, and a bandaid-like Babycat tinge. Sweet herbs. Maybe some ozonic, airiness, but what I don’t get at all is saltiness or mineralic qualities.

Overall, this is a bit more intriguing to me than Insulin Safrine, but a little less to my liking.