ANIMAL MONDAIN Eau de Parfum

The modernism of the 1930s and a sociable evening in a smoking room inspire Animal Mondain. Tobacco smoke mingles with leather club chairs, pearwood and mahogany. Pierre Guillaume connects this scene with the spare style of architect Robert Mallet-Stevens, creating a tobacco fragrance with little embellishment.

Pear-tree leaves, Turkish tobacco absolute and mahogany are the principal notes. Their character is dry and woody, with powdery and animalic nuances. Tobacco sits alongside wood and the impression of leather furniture, rather than a prominent liquor accord or an elaborate blend of spices.

Powder and wood lend refinement, while the animalic nuances retain a more sensual character beneath the elegance. Compared with the spicy heat of Cozé or the liquor-like richness of Liqueur Charnelle, Animal Mondain favours drier tobacco and wood. The smoking-room atmosphere is clear, but extends beyond a single impression of smoke.

Fragrance notes: Pear-tree leaves, Turkish tobacco absolute and mahogany.

This fragrance is for you if: you enjoy expressive, dry tobacco and woody fragrances with powdery and animalic nuances.

This fragrance may not be your best match if: you mainly seek sweet vanilla, a rich liqueur impression or pronounced spicy heat in a tobacco fragrance.

Choose this fragrance if: you want a tobacco composition with the atmosphere of a 1930s smoking room: leather club chairs, mahogany and a restrained, dry character.