Anatole Lebreton

I respect and admire Anatole Lebreton's work, but Grimoire in particular stands out at being special. Not everyone will like it, and I think it's fair to say that the perfume has a cool, remote air that means it must select you, not the other way around....

The opening of synthetic peach smeared over an abundantly natural ylang, a sharp nail polish note riding its ass, makes me suspect that I’m going to have a bad time. But it is saved by a subtly coconutty undercurrent and the fennel-like doughiness...