French Leather

Scent Profile

Top notes: Aldehydes, Bergamot, Neroli

Heart notes: Rose, Iris, Jasmine, Leather

Base notes: Vetiver, Oakmoss, Benzoin, Musk

Why We Carry This

French Leather shows Massenet calibrating the same core material for a different cultural register entirely. Where African Leather is raw, this is dressed: jasmine and iris placed above the leather, aldehydes giving the opening that Parisian classicism. The contrast between the two is the argument for carrying both.

Character

Accords: Leather, Powdery, Floral, Aromatic, Woody, Fresh

Perfumer: Alienor Massenet

Launched: 2012

Aldehydes in the opening give French Leather an immediately recognizable quality, soapy and bright in a way that reads as classically Parisian. Peach softens the brightness before iris and jasmine take the heart, the leather here functioning as a base material under the florals rather than the protagonist. Sandalwood and amber in the base give the finish a warm, smooth quality that wears for the full day. It is the most refined entry in Memo's leather series.