The right place at the right time, that summer in the Swedish capital: a serene and intoxicating time in a city that was to become a place of congregation and celebration. Crisp lemon, warm almond, an uplifting spray of geranium with the tang of patchouli and a drift of faraway green fields floating on a summer breeze – the ABBA era.

Top Notes Black Pepper, Lemon, Almond

Heart Notes Geranium, Rosemary

Base Notes Patchouli, Black Amber, Moss

Olfactive Family Chypre Floral

Arching above the entrance of formidable brownstones or flourishing in secret backyard oases, here are the flowers of Harlem. Follow the intriguing whiff of angelica seeds and saffron to the intoxicating beauty of damascene roses and violet, that reveals a heart of ebony wood and leather.

Top Notes Angelica seeds, Saffron

Heart Notes Violet, Damascena rose

Base Notes Ebony woods, Wild leather

Olfactive Family Amber Floral

One summer night, in a suite at New York's Chelsea Hotel. Red rose petals litter the floor and cigar smoke fills the air. Miles Davis plays the trumpet, while two Andalucian flamenco dancers move to the beats of tango. Strains of music were spilling onto the hot street below, dirty with deep soul and as smooth as velvet.

Top Notes Bergamot, Elemi

Heart Notes White leather, Labdanum

Base Notes Patchouli fraction, Papyrus

Olfactive Family Woody Aromatic

Tantalizingly alive in the spotlight of the Moulin Rouge, enchantingly aglow in Maxim’s soft candlelight, she is the exquisite and un inching feminine spirit of the Belle Époque. Her sillage? An unmistakable hint of gardenia and jasmine, sandalwood and amber.

Top Notes Gardenia, Jasmine

Heart Notes Sandalwood

Base Notes Amber

Olfactive Family Amber Floral

A burst of optimistic yellow amid a sea of green. Gardeners know this: mimosa is a study in opposites existing simultaneously and seamlessly. When approached with patience and constance, it yields its golden treasure – here neroli and carrot unveil mimosa coeur and violet supported by salted musk and white leather.

Top Notes Neroli, Carrot

Heart Notes Mimosa, Violet

Base Notes Musc, Leather

Olfactive Family Floral

Picture this: Greta Garbo at Carlyle – a superstar who chose herself above Hollywood’s siren song. Alone in her hotel room, attired in a drift of satin and poignant allure, waiting for her ultimate luxury: a bath of flower petals, the warm water releasing this collision of citrus and red fruits, bamboo, violet, black amber and sandalwood.

Top Notes Mandarin Nectar, Blackberry

Heart Notes Pink Orchid, Bamboo, Violet

Base Notes Black Amber, Musk, Sandalwood

Olfactive Family Amber Floral

His love was a dancer whose golden skin held the scent of passion who loved tuberose more than any other flower. So he travelled the world in search of all the tuberose to fill the moon. For seven days and seven nights, the moon scattered this enchanting scent – pears, patchouli, ambroxan, orris and musk – across the universe.

Top Notes Passionfruit, Bergamot, Pink Freesia

Heart Notes Tuberose, Gardenia, Orchid

Base Notes Marshmallow, Tonka Bean, Vanilla

Olfactive Family Amber Vanilla