With Portrait of a Lady, Frédéric Malle and perfumer Dominique Ropion mark a new stage in the great timeline of perfumery. With this immoderate rose, magnified by woody tones, amber and incense, the designers are redrawing the contours of the cypress, an olfactory family synonymous with the finest e..
The name “Queen of Sheba” evokes memories of this mysterious Oriental queen, reputed to hail from Ethiopia. Laden with treasures of gold and fragrant spices, she came to ancient Jerusalem to test the wisdom of King Solomon. She vanished from history but her memory remains, lingering in an exotic per..