The Poet Teone Reinthal Natural Perfume 2025

Bright citrus fruit and tart lemon verbena open the composition, vivid and lively. Soft, herbaceous floral notes of Mayotte lavender set it apart from conventional lavender, sharpness and soapiness entirely absent.
Next comes honeyed honeysuckle intertwined with rich white florals of jasmine and tuberose, unfurling gently over a resinous oakmoss backdrop.
Over time, the deep green of oakmoss rises, paired with slow-spreading resinous sweetness. Patchouli and cyperus bring subtle medicinal and smoky accents to enrich the atmosphere, grounded by Australian sandalwood.
Elegant lavender frames the bright white blooms. This profound chypre base is like the starlit gaze of a romantic poet.

Through a crack in the roof, the morning chill trickles like frosty lemon verbena leaves, leaving camphor-freezing pinpricks on the purple lavender bedspreads. An umbrella of silky white blossoms floats in the slant of the shivering attic. Beams of light fall bitterly through galbanum glass windows onto moss on the damp wooden walls. Words grow from resin on the last floorboards. Roots flow like leathery poetry into carpets of leaves and dark earths.
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According to Teone Reinthal, she uses only plant-based ingredients for her fragrances, which are subject to seasonal and local variations. Harvest conditions, freshness, and the type of distillation can also lead to different results. However, these variations are not only accepted but also highlighted and emphasized, making each batch unique.
With “The Poet,” Teone has achieved a great success in the tradition of classic chypre fragrances. The opening is tart, green, and citrusy, with sparkling lemon verbena, zesty bergamot, hesperidic and spicy muscatel, ethereal and bitter tea and camphor tree, cooling and fresh. A hint of lavender leads into the floral heart, where silky, fleshy jasmine and tuberose aromas are particularly evident, bitterly illuminated by galbanum resin. Soon, the base notes cast their green, earthy shadows, first vintage oak moss, woody and creaky, then increasingly earthy, smoky, and leathery from nagarmotha and vetiver roots, damp earth from patchouli with subtle leaf notes (violet leaf), becoming darker and darker, bitterly resinous and woody. From start to finish, the whole is timeless and stylish, moderate and long-lasting, poetry turned into fragrance.

(With thanks to Sapho)

The Poet is a fragrance that surprises and captivates, difficult to categorize. An olfactory experience full of nuances, citrusy, fruity, intensely green and yet creamy at the same time.
To me, it’s deeply relaxing, almost meditative.
Its evolution is one of the most fascinating aspects.

The bright opening of bergamot and blackcurrant leads into a green, aromatic heart where tea and violet leaf emerge, touched by a slightly bitter nuance that adds character.

In the drydown, as a recognizable signature of the house, creamy sandalwood takes over, enveloping and softening the composition, closing it in an elegant and soothing way.
A fragrance that doesn’t follow rules but tells a story.