As many of you may know, Liquides Imaginaires always releases its scents in a Trilogy, a set of three bottles.
However, the Eaux De L'ame collection, "Liquids of the Soul," released in 2019, so far included onlyBeauté du Diableone scent, Beauté du Diable.
More than four years have passed since then, and the remaining two scents stayed unreleased, but at lastthe second scent in Eaux De L'ame will go on sale on February 14, 2024, Valentine's Day.
Âme du Cœur ( Âme du Cœur,with a bottle in a beautiful ruby red, themed around "love."
The perfumer behind it isÎle PourpreandNavisNadège Le Garlantezec, who has also created our popular Île Pourpre and Navis,and who belongs to Givaudan.
The notes are as follows.
| Top | Mandarin, Blood Orange, Grapefruit, Ginger, Pink Pepper, Black Pepper, Cardamom, Cypress, Elemi |
| Middle | Cocoa, Guaiac Wood, Pomarose (*a baked-apple note developed by Givaudan) |
| Base | Tonka Bean, Vanillin, Vetiver, Cedarwood, Agarwood |
The overall feel is of juicy, sweet fruit and fresh, sharp spices like pepper and cardamom, wrapped in a faint, powdery, gentle vanilla and cacao.
On a scent strip, the spice and wood come through more than the gourmand vanilla side, but on my own skin I get a clear sense of sweetness.
The top is spicy, but as it dries down the overall sweetness gradually builds, and I got the impression that the gourmand sweetness lightly covers everything to keep the fruit and spice from running wild, balancing the whole thing out.
Liquides Imaginaires is a lineup full of distinctive scents, but this one felt likeit works regardless of season or gender, andis a scent that a relatively wide range of people could enjoy.
This latest release from the brand goes on sale February 14.
We'll also have scent strips available for trying it at our shop, so if you're curious about this one, please give it a try.