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

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

Persephone had been warned there was a price to pay for her otherworldly love, so when she returns to the living, she brings a gift: springtime, a bracing gust of Sicilian lemon and acai that blossoms into raspberry blossom, pink magnolia and violet leaf followed by the sensuality of sandalwood, skin musks and crisp amber.

Top Notes Sicilian Lemon, Acai

Heart Notes Raspberry, Magnolia, Violet

Base Notes Sandalwood, Musk, Amber

Olfactive Family Floral Woody

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