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LES EAUX PRIMORDIALES

MAGNOLIA SUPERCRITIQUE

Name: MAGNOLIA SUPERCRITIQUE
Brand: LES EAUX PRIMORDIALES
Price: 245.00 $
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Eau De Parfum

Women

Sizes

Starting

$245

Description

Magnolia Supercritique by Les Eaux Primordiales is an exotic floral fragrance that draws inspiration from Henri Rousseau's naive paintings, particularly 'Le Rêve', aiming to evoke the lush beauty of a tropical jungle and the serene turquoise waters of an island. It opens with a delicate blend of osmanthus and orange blossom, leading into a heart where apricot, fig, and frangipani flower create a rich, fruity-floral core. The scent then settles into a warm, enveloping base of ylang-ylang and vanilla, offering a round and subtly gourmand interpretation of magnolia that some find unexpectedly powdery and comforting.

Scent Profile

Floral

Fruity

Tropical

Powdery

Sweet

Notes

Top Notes

Osmanthus

Orange Blossom

Middle Notes

Apricot

Fig

Frangipani Flower

Base Notes

Ylang-Ylang

Vanilla

About LES EAUX PRIMORDIALES

Les Eaux Primordiales is a French niche fragrance house founded in 2015 by artist-engineer Arnaud Poulain in Hauts-de-France, blending mechanical precision, artisanal craftsmanship, and perfumery innovation in collaboration with perfumer Amélie Bourgeois. Inspired by Jules Verne's 'primordial waters' symbolizing life's origins, the brand produces fragrances in-house at a historic castle estate, emphasizing authenticity, texture, and emotion through vertically integrated processes from maceration to hand-finished bottling. Its signature style merges classic perfumery codes with cutting-edge technology, creating individual, elemental scents like clean linen and aldehydic musks in the Superclassique collection that evoke raw sincerity and transcendence.

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Reviews

Community Insights

Reviewers generally find Magnolia Supercritique to be a unique and intriguing take on magnolia, often described as round, almost gourmand, and less overtly fresh or aquatic than expected. Many appreciate its delicious and intoxicating quality, noting it's not cloying, and some suggest it performs particularly well in cooler weather due to a perceived powdery aspect. It's often seen as a versatile and enveloping scent that creates a warm and tender feeling.

Pros

Performance excellence: The fragrance is noted for its good staying power and the quality of its ingredients.

Versatile appeal: Many reviewers find it suitable for wearing at any time, with some specifically highlighting its adaptability to various situations.

Quality composition: The blend is praised for its dignified handling of notes, avoiding common pitfalls like screechy ambroxan.

Cons

Specific limitation: Some users expressed disappointment, expecting a more prominent and fresh magnolia note, finding it to be more in the background.

Situational drawback: A few reviewers suggest it might be better suited for cooler or colder seasons due to its powdery nature, implying it could be heavy for warm climates.

Comparisons

Similar to Mimosa Supercritique: Reviewers note a shared muted woody-ambery minor base with other fragrances from the Supercritique collection.

Reminds reviewers of Etro White Magnolia: Some mention Etro White Magnolia but note that Magnolia Supercritique avoids the heavy ambroxan drydown found in the Etro.