richard ibanez
Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.
The compositions
Chrome United
Cabotine Eau Vivide
Le Parfum Sonia Rykiel Extrait
Spirituelle
L'Homme Sage
Ibiza Hippie
Ibiza Hippie opens as a rush of juicy fruit—pear and peach blurred with lychee and black currant, sweet and immediate, like biting into something just shy of overripe.
Cuir Garamante
Charriol Royal Gold Eau de Toilette Intense
L'Inspiratrice
Le Parfum
Le Parfum opens with a plush fruit salad—raspberry and peach especially—that feels less juice bar than velvet cushion, the mimosa lending a powdery haze that softens the sweetness before it tips candied.
Coal
Veleno Doré
Pure Lavender
Divine
Âme Fauve
Jaguar Excellence
L'Infante
Cabotine Eau Vivide Grès
Into the Blue
Into the Blue opens with a crisp, wet-grass brightness—less meadow than morning dew on a pristine lawn.
Living Lalique
Living Lalique opens with a bright lavender-mint accord softened by bergamot, a classic barbershop introduction that immediately feels polished and approachable.
Cabotine Cristalisme
Cabotine Cristalisme Grès
Cabotine Fleur d'Ivoire
Cabotine Fleur d’Ivoire Grès
Rеve d'Infini
Rêve d'Infini opens with a polite citrus greeting before quickly settling into its true nature: a softly blurred floral-fruity composition built around jasmine and peach.
Reve d'Infini
Rêve d'Infini opens with a bright bergamot clarity that quickly gives way to an impressively soft floral heart.