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B. Balenciaga(2014)
Balenciaga · Domitille Michalon-Bertier · Floral
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Created by Domitille Michalon-Bertier for Balenciaga, B. opens on lily of the valley, violet leaf, and edamame, moves through a heart of orris and cedar, and closes on ambrette seed and cashmere wood.
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This scent's violet note exists because of ionone, synthesized in 1893 to replace violet-flower oil, once one of the most expensive materials in perfumery.
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Created by Domitille Michalon-Bertier for Balenciaga, B. opens on lily of the valley, violet leaf, and edamame, moves through a heart of orris and cedar, and closes on ambrette seed and cashmere wood. Its unusual edamame note, green and slightly milky, gave the composition a distinctive, modern vegetal freshness within Balenciaga's fragrance catalog.
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