Bleu Paradis

By the editors · 2 min readLychee lands first, its crisp pink juice cutting a bright, almost effervescent notch through the air. Within minutes cedar steps in, dry and pencil-sharp, pinning the fleeting fruit to a clean plank that keeps the sweetness from turning syrupy. At the heart, a soft tea-steepened rose blooms, adding chilled petals that mute the cedar’s splinters and let the lychee’s aqueous sugar linger longer than expected. Amber warms the base, turning the wood faintly honeyed, while musk pulls the accord closer to skin, folding floral residuals into a sheer, wash-worn veil. Projection stays arm-length for four hours, then collapses to a whisper of rosy cedar. Works best in spring humidity or a cool summer night when you want fruit without frosting.