Riviera Sunrise EDP 100ml

Riviera Sunrise revels in the golden light of the Mediterranean sun. The warm rays glimmer on aged orange treetops and merge with azure tinted waves in a scented dance. 

“I wanted to express the solar energy that is coming out of the French Riviera. I chose to work with an orange, the fruit that for me symbolizes the sun and the Mediterranean. I wanted it to be radiant and juicy in a way that captures this vibrant, vitamin infused atmosphere.” – Perfumer, Marie Salamagne

A bold opening combines the zesty pulp of lemon, mandarin and orange with the aromatic freshness of basil. The sparkling layers of citrus play a duet with the joyful synergy of orange blossom and fig leaf, harmonising with the faceted woody notes of vetiver and cedarwood. 

NOTES
Top:  Lemon Essence, Mandarin Essence, Orange Essence
Middle: Fig Leaf Accord, Basil Essence, Orange Blossom
Base: Vetiver Essence, Cedarwood Essence, Musk.

PERFUMER
Marie Salamagne, Jean-Philippe Clermont

HOW IT WEARS
Riviera Sunrise begins super tart and zesty with a combination of lemon, mandarin and orange. The zest of the citrus is perfectly accented by the greener notes that begin to appear as the fragrance wears – sweet basil and grassy vetiver meet with fig leaf to create a deep green heart, which lasts most of the duration of the wear of this fragrance, as for us the base notes mainly serve to ground the scent – a subtle crisp woodiness from cedar helps the scent to stick to the skin for hours without compromising the freshness of the fragrance.

LORE LOVES
Picture this: it’s first thing in the morning and you throw open the doors to your villa, which is nestled somewhere on the south coast of France… it’s time to tend to the garden before the heat of the day sets in. First to the citrus orchard where tall leafy trees bear fat, colourful fruits that you pick and put in your basket. Then you go and water the basil and other herbs before sitting down and taking your breakfast under the shade of a big beautiful fig tree. That is how Riviera Sunrise smells to us – a perfect olfactory picture of the French Riviera. 

ABOUT THE BRAND
Atelier Des Ors (meaning “The Workshop of Gold” in French) was founded in 2015 by Jean-Philippe Clermont. Throughout his career in fashion and luxury goods distribution, Jean-Philippe has always been an admirer and patron of the arts in all of her forms. Particularly interested in the fusion of disciplines, he fully embraces the spirit of Gesamtkunstwerk, that total work of art in which music, architecture, painting and staging respond to and enrich each other. While Jean-Philippe’s sources of inspiration are manifold and rooted in a hybrid, eclectic background and culture, they all converge on a quest for beauty and elegance as an art of living.
The use of gold, both as a source of inspiration and in the actual juice of the fragrances (each of the Atelier Des Ors scents has 24 carat gold flakes floating in them like perfumed stardust!) is a very intentional creative one that goes beyond luxury for luxury’s sake. For Jean-Phillipe, the union of perfume and gold was an obvious one: perfume melts into the skin like a sensual veil, and gold adorns the skin as jewellery. The process of goldsmithing and perfumery are both a kind of alchemy: starting with a rare, sublime and fascinating material, and by using exceptional and meticulous know-how, transforming it into a precious new substance.
Based in Grasse, France (the perfume capital of the world), to Atelier Des Ors, upholding French savoir-faire and commitment to artistry is paramount. They have a “slow” approach to perfumery, a philosophy that infuses each creation with the patience, expertise and meticulous craftsmanship essential to excellence. Their fragrances invite you to embrace the beauty of this state of mind, where time and quality are valued like gold, respected for their preciousness and rarity.