patricia de nicolai
Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.
The compositions
Patchouli Sublime
Oud Sublime
Iris Medicis Intense
Le Temps d'Une Fete
Le Temps d'une Fête
Patchouli Homme
Vanille Intense
New York
**New York** opens with a crisp herbal snap—thyme and bergamot that feel more like a gentleman's barbershop than a skyline.
Vie de Chateau
Sacrebleu Intense
A tuberose bomb wrapped in warm spices and resins, Sacrebleu Intense opens with cinnamon that feels more like Christmas potpourri than raw bark—sweet, dusty, almost confected.
Sacrebleu
Néroli Intense
Riviera Verbena
Maharanih Intense
Week End
Un Coeur en Mai
Number One Intense
Rose Intense
L'Eau Mixte
Mint, grapefruit, and bergamot open L'Eau Mixte with a cool, precise freshness — the mint keeps things bright and slightly aromatic without reading as toothpaste; the citrus is clean and direct.
Ambre Cashmere Intense
A black pepper snap gives way almost immediately to the heart of this composition: a soft violet surrounded by resinous warmth.
Patchouli Intense
Lavender and orange give it a light, aromatic entry — clean rather than dark, suggesting this will be a patchouli fragrance for people who find conventional patchouli fragrances too heavy or too seventies.
Vanille Tonka
The basil opening is brief and bright, a green flash that quickly recedes to make way for the spiced warmth beneath.
Amber Oud
Cedrat Intense
L'Eau Chic
Bois Bélize Intense
Kiss Me Tender
Cologne Cedrat
Number One
Week-end in Normandy
Cuir Cuba Intense
Cuir Cuba Intense opens with a bracing jolt of mint and anise that feels both medicinal and aromatic, like stepping into an apothecary where leather jackets hang on cedarwood racks.
Rose Oud
Caravansérail Intense
Le Rivage des Syrtes
Baladin
Eau de Yuzu
Baikal Leather Intense
Baikal Leather Intense opens with a bright jolt of yuzu cutting through saffron's metallic warmth, a contrast that feels deliberate and slightly austere.
Fig Tea
Fig-Tea opens on the soft, apricot-tinged sweetness of osmanthus, immediately grounded by the green snap of fig leaf and the gentle astringency of tea.
Cap Neroli
Cap Neroli opens as if a window has been thrown open in a Mediterranean kitchen — petitgrain, bergamot, and orange crowd the top note alongside a brisk thread of mint and rosemary.
Musc Intense
Pear opens with a cool, buttery-sweet quality, galbanum adding a bitter-green counterpoint that keeps the fruit from becoming ripe.