When I was building FLEURIT, a vanilla fragrance was never part of the plan. I thought the world had enough of them. And it did. There were plenty. But none that I actually liked. None that were a creamy, true vanilla. They were either too sweet, almost cloying, or they didn't smell like vanilla at all. So I started thinking about what I would want in a vanilla fragrance. What would make it worth making. I'm glad I did. This last-minute entry is the fragrance that launched FLEURIT to cult status, and it's still our best seller.
I thought about my mother baking. Every Easter, she baked. I was always underfoot, wanting to help, really just waiting to lick the whisk. Butter, sugar, eggs, fresh vanilla bean steeped in warm milk. Not the finished cake. Just that, quiet, raw, and already perfect. GÂTEAU DES ANGES is my attempt to bottle it.
A flormand fragrance, floral vanilla at its heart, but vanilla as it was meant to be. Subtle. Sophisticated.
What does GÂTEAU DES ANGES smell like? It opens with butter, warm, immediate. Then lemon and peach come in, and when the milk note arrives it does something unexpected: there's a brief, nostalgic flash of fruity cereal. It made me smile the first time I smelled it. It doesn't last long, but it's there. Then the honeysuckle shows up, a soft floral sweetness, nothing heavy. And from there it dries down into vanilla, real vanilla, the kind with depth. There's a touch of tuberose that keeps it from going simple, and a faint pastry note underneath, like a madeleine just out of the oven.
Top Notes: Butter, Lemon, Peach
Heart Notes: Honeysuckle, Cereal Milk, Vanilla Bean
Base Notes: Vanilla, Tuberose, Madeleine
Perfumer: Maud Chabanis
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