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M. Micallef Gardenia(2002)
M. Micallef · Jean-Claude Astier
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Created by Jean-Claude Astier for M. Micallef, Gardenia opens on gardenia and peach, moves through a heart overdosing gardenia alongside jasmine, ylang-ylang, and sandalwood, and closes on white musk and ambergris…
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This scent's ambergris note likely traces back to a lump of whale secretion that spent years rotting in the ocean before washing ashore.
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Created by Jean-Claude Astier for M. Micallef, Gardenia opens on gardenia and peach, moves through a heart overdosing gardenia alongside jasmine, ylang-ylang, and sandalwood, and closes on white musk and ambergris, offering a lush single-flower showcase from early in the house's catalog.
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