"I was lucky enough to travel from the north to the south of India during a charity run this year and while passing through Mysore, the lines of 'If' came to mind. It was my grandfather, a great traveler if any, who introduced me to this poem as a child. A lesson to be repeated every day to become who we are": David Frossard, Artistic Director of Parfums Frapin.
"If" appears as a question from famous author Rudyard Kipling. He invites us to reflect on how to evolve and pretend to become the perfect man in his poem "You will become a man, my son".
The fragrance transports us to India, where Anne-Sophie Behagel is inspired by sandalwood from Mysore in the background and pepper in the head, from the Karnataka region, enhanced by milky fig.
100ml
Grades
Departure notes
Fresh ginger from Madagascar, Karnataka pepper and Italian bergamot
heart notes
Fig milk, Ceylon cinnamon, Kashmir wood
base notes
Sandalwood from Mysore, Patchouli from Indonesia, Guayacan Wood from Peru and Tonka Bean from Venezuela
recommended occasion
Autumn, winter and spring
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