christopher sheldrake
Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.
The compositions
Feminite du Bois
Féminité du Bois arrived in 1992 and did something the genre hadn't managed before: it made cedar the protagonist in a feminine fragrance.
Coco Noir Extrait
Zellige Limited Edition: La Fille de Berlin
Le Temps de Reines
Coco Noir
Coco Noir opens with a brief citrus flicker—grapefruit and bergamot—that vanishes almost immediately into something darker and warmer.
Five O Clock au Gingembre
The first spray delivers a sharp bergamot gleam quickly warmed by cinnamon—not the sweet, baked kind, but something drier and more aromatic, almost medicinal.
Quasar
In 1994, Christopher Sheldrake — who would later become Chanel's exclusive perfumer — designed Quasar for the Spanish house Jesus del Pozo.
Feminité du Bois
Feminite du Bois opens with an unexpected warmth—candied plum and peach steeped in cinnamon, all draped over raw cedar planks.
Chypre Rouge
Chypre-Rouge opens with a brief flash of thyme—green and medicinal—before sinking into something darker and more ambiguous.
La Fille de Berlin
The rose here arrives cold and metallic, almost austere—petals pressed between iron rather than velvet.
Feminité du Bois Limited Edition
Fleurs de Citronnier
The opening is sharp and green, petitgrain slicing through with a citrus bitterness that feels more leaf than fruit.
Mandarine Mandarin
La Fille de Berlin Edition Limitée
Perceive
Perceive opens with a polished clarity, where ylang-ylang's creamy florals meet the soft, translucent sweetness of pear.