bernard ellena
Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.
The compositions
Eau de Paradis
After Hours
Visions V Love Story
Connect for Her
Ange Ou Demon Le Secret (2014)
Ange ou Démon Le Secret opens with a rush of pale citrus—grapefruit and lemon that feel more like air than juice, quickly softening into a translucent sweetness.
Hanae Mori
The opening is instantly recognizable: a trio of red and black berries that smell plush, almost candied, but never shrill.
Native Force
Ange Ou Demon Le Secret
The opening is crisp and slightly green, with a clean floral brightness that feels modern rather than vintage.
Jacomo de Jacomo Rouge
Acier Aluminium
Tribu
Tribu announces itself with a striking violet leaf note that smells more metallic and green than floral, cooled by tart black currant.
Pretty Swan
Pretty Swan opens with a gentle clash of pink pepper's fizz against bergamot's citrus clarity, a brief sparkling introduction that quickly recedes.
White Jeans
Legend Pour Femme Special Edition 2014
Beloved Woman
Beloved Woman opens with lavender, jasmine, and cardamom alongside rose and clary sage — herbal and floral simultaneously, clary sage's sweet-rooty quality softening the opening.
Giordani Gold Original
Legend Pour Femme
A crisp pear opening gives way almost immediately to soft white florals, the neroli and orange blossom forming a gauzy backdrop rather than a sharp citrus statement.
About Men
Precious Moments
A fruity floral that announces itself with enthusiasm.
Oriens
Oriens announces itself with a tart shock of raspberry and blackcurrant, acidic enough to keep the sweetness honest.
Oriens Van Cleef & Arpels
Oriens opens with a plush berry accord—raspberry and black currant blended so thickly they feel almost jammy, sweet but never shrill.
Petal Quartz
Lapidus Woman
Enigma
Enigma opens with a pillowy peach softened by freesia, the kind of gentle, approachable sweetness that feels deliberately unchallenging.
Nafnaf
Seductive Sunkissed
Madeleine
Precious Moments Red Dream
Scuderia Ferrari Black Shine
Jaguar Woman
Simply Her
Giordani Gold
Giordani Gold opens with orange blossom that feels powdery and slightly soapy rather than citrus-bright, setting a clean, polished tone from the start.