sidonie lancesseur
Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.
The compositions
Eccentric
Capsule Collection This Is Her!
Velvet Mughetto
Shagya
This Is Her! Vibes of Freedom
This Is Really Her!
African Rooibos
Incense Oud
The opening arrives dry and spiced rather than sweet, pink pepper and cardamom hovering over a pale rose that feels more like smoke than petals.
303 Piment, Baie Rose, Benjoin
Terra Incognita
After Game
Tendre
L'Humaniste
L'Humaniste opens with a crisp, spiced brightness—pink pepper and cardamom lift bergamot into something both refined and quietly bold.
1270
Opening with a sharp pineapple brightness softened by tonka's warm sweetness, 1270 immediately establishes itself as something unusual—tropical fruit meeting patisserie counter rather than cologne territory.
Rose Chic
Venom of Love
Caramel Pop
The Embrace
Velvet Mughetto Dolce&Gabbana
Black Phantom
The opening hits with a boozy warmth—rum that feels less tropical cocktail and more aged cask, slightly medicinal and woody at the edges.
Apple Brandy on the Rocks
The opening is a crisp collision of bergamot and green cardamom over something sharply fruity and cold, like the first crack of ice in a tumbler.
Bois d'Amande Van Cleef & Arpels
A sheer almond veil opens this composition, sweetened by lemon zest that keeps the nuttiness from becoming too candied or marzipan-heavy.
Bois d'Amande
The opening is immediate and almost edible—warm almond milk softened by a hint of citrus brightness.
Friday Edition
Sophie Matisse Art Edition Straight To Heaven, Splash Of Lemon
Ultimate Aphrodisiac
Cabotine Sensuelle Grès
Cabotine Sensuelle
302 Amber, Iris, Sandalwood
XO Brandy
Straight to Heaven
The opening is all rum-soaked warmth—a sticky, boozy sweetness that feels almost edible, like a dark cake left too long in the oven.
Cruel Intentions
The opening is a soft clash: powdery violet meets the green sharpness of bergamot, with rose petals holding the middle ground.
Love the way you Taste
Rose Royale
Lumière Blanche
The opening announces itself with a warm spice cabinet—cinnamon and cardamom mingling with the licorice sweetness of star anise—but this never becomes gourmand clatter.
Only for Her
Nin-Shar
Jaguar For Men Ultimate Power
Saint
This is Her Zadig & Voltaire
The opening crackles with pink pepper—sharp, bright, almost electric—a jolt that fades quickly into something warmer and far more languid.
This Is Her
This Is Her makes its intentions clear from the first spray: pink pepper snaps on skin like a struck match, then vanilla arrives before the spice has even settled.
Capsule Collection This Is Her Zadig & Voltaire
Choco Exclusif
Chloe Eau de Toilette (2015) Chloé
The 2015 eau de toilette opens with a brisk citrus clarity—bergamot and lemon cutting through the air before magnolia asserts itself, cool and faintly soapy.
Chloe Eau de Toilette 2015
A fresher, lighter iteration of the Chloé signature, this eau de toilette opens with bright citrus and a sheer magnolia veil that feels almost translucent.
Broderie
Dandy or not. G.A. D’ORSAY
Dandy Or Not G a
Madame Gres Grès
A sharp intake of citrus and pineapple gives way almost immediately to cardamom warmth, an unusual greeting that feels more textured than typical fruity florals.
Madame Gres
The opening arrives with an unexpected tropical brightness—pineapple and grapefruit cut through with cardamom's dry spice, creating an impression that's fruity but never sweet.
Golden Prince
This Is Love! for Her Zadig & Voltaire
The opening is a bright slap of ginger that feels more energetic than romantic, waking the skin with a clean, peppery warmth.
This Is Love for Her
Ginger arrives sharp and warm, a clean brightness that feels less culinary than it does clarifying—almost like the snap of fresh linen meeting sunlight.
Lippizan
Lippizan opens with an aromatic jolt—tarragon and thyme cut through bergamot like herbs crushed underfoot in a formal garden.
Vodka on the Rocks
Vodka on the Rocks sets out to translate a specific sensory experience rather than evoke beauty — the cold, clean sharpness of straight vodka, with its faint cereal sweetness and chill.
My Dream Hommage a Marlene Dietrich
My Dream Hommage a Marlene Dietrich Grès
Dangerously in Love
A gust of pear opens this fragrance—juicy but not sweet, more green flesh than syrup.
Dalilight
Dalilight opens with crisp apple and lemon, bright and uncluttered, like biting into fruit under clean morning light.
Blue Moon Ginger Dash
Kilian Hennessy reaches for summer on the Riviera: lemon, mint, and aldehydes sparkle at the opening with calone's characteristic fizzing marine aroma, conjuring something cold and effervescent in a glass.
My Passion Hommage a Marlene Dietrich Grès
My Passion Hommage a Marlene Dietrich
Dancing Light
Chloe Rose Tangerine
A bright, modern rose built on restraint rather than opulence.
Chloé Rose Tangerine Chloé
The blackcurrant opens with a sharp, almost vinous brightness that announces itself clearly before softening.
Straight to Heaven Oud and Musk Special Blend 2021
Bois Royal
Cabotine Aquarelle Grès
Cabotine Aquarelle
Blue Lili
This is Her! Vibes of Freedom Zadig & Voltaire
Vibes of Freedom is a brighter, more casual entry in Zadig & Voltaire's This is Her!
This Is Her! Undressed Zadig & Voltaire
This Is Her!
This Is Her Undressed
This Is Her!