Top Notes 
Ambrette seed
Bergamot
Lemon
Heart Notes 
Iris
Lily
Galbanum
Rose
Base Notes 
Atlas cedar
Musk
Amber
02/10/2025
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Quite luxury in a bottle !
So, IRIS by Le Galion…oh well, in my iris-centric perfume journey this is a big chapter!
Many of you may know how some iris perfumes go full on carroty, earthy or even a little weird?
This one doesn’t.
While it’s not something groundbreaking or avant-garde, I admire it the most among iris perfumes because it has this classic effortlessness! It is purely ingenious and elegant from start to finish. It possesses the kind of elegance achieved when something is perfectly balanced…and that for me is a very difficult task!
To achieve an iris-centric perfume, easy to wear, not dramatic and not something that collapses in the dry down, is a rarity.
In the beginning you get this airy, almost weightless floral iris, not the heavy battery root. Here, they’re just a bit of brightness maybe a touch of citrus or something aldehydic, but nothing sharp or perceptible. It’s like the smell you would expect from the dewy iris flower petals. Then, as it settles, the orris comes in. It is soft, a little powdery, like powder on warm skin. This stage stays for 4-5 on my skin and then a woody musky accord of sandalwood with clean musk creates a clean veil that stays with you. While it is not screaming for attention it leaves a mark.
So, Iris by Le Galion is closer and more intimate compared to Iris Silver Mist by Serge Lutens, is less soapy compared to Infusion d’Iris by Prada and is less green and less sharp compared to no.19 by Chanel.
I don’t know why but when I experience this refinement, I get almost nostalgic and I recall something that I heard in another context:
Effortless and polished,
yet never pretentious !
Many of you may know how some iris perfumes go full on carroty, earthy or even a little weird?
This one doesn’t.
While it’s not something groundbreaking or avant-garde, I admire it the most among iris perfumes because it has this classic effortlessness! It is purely ingenious and elegant from start to finish. It possesses the kind of elegance achieved when something is perfectly balanced…and that for me is a very difficult task!
To achieve an iris-centric perfume, easy to wear, not dramatic and not something that collapses in the dry down, is a rarity.
In the beginning you get this airy, almost weightless floral iris, not the heavy battery root. Here, they’re just a bit of brightness maybe a touch of citrus or something aldehydic, but nothing sharp or perceptible. It’s like the smell you would expect from the dewy iris flower petals. Then, as it settles, the orris comes in. It is soft, a little powdery, like powder on warm skin. This stage stays for 4-5 on my skin and then a woody musky accord of sandalwood with clean musk creates a clean veil that stays with you. While it is not screaming for attention it leaves a mark.
So, Iris by Le Galion is closer and more intimate compared to Iris Silver Mist by Serge Lutens, is less soapy compared to Infusion d’Iris by Prada and is less green and less sharp compared to no.19 by Chanel.
I don’t know why but when I experience this refinement, I get almost nostalgic and I recall something that I heard in another context:
Effortless and polished,
yet never pretentious !
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