Perfumer
michel hy
Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.
Credits7 perfumes
Houses6
SignatureFloral
Catalog · 7
The compositions
Ted Lapidus · 1975
Vu par Ted Lapidus
Nina Ricci · 1956
Fille d'Eve
Paco Rabanne · 1969
Calandre
Calandre opens with a sharp flash of aldehydes and bergamot that feels almost metallic, like sunlight glancing off polished chrome.
Emilio Pucci · 1965
Vivara (1965)
Yves Saint Laurent · 1964
Y
Y opens with a sharp, resinous galbanum that slices through gardenia's white petals and a hint of overripe peach.
Nina Ricci · 1973
Farouche
Pierre Balmain · 1979
Ivoire de Balmain
A brilliant crack of galbanum and citrus announces Ivoire de Balmain with typical late-seventies bravado, all bitter greenness and bergamot brightness.