About the Fragrance
The Scoop
It was one afternoon on Formentera, in the Balearic Islands, that the idea of Aqua Vitae came to my mind.
Riding an old motorbike, taking it slowly in view of the extreme
heat, the air on my face was deliciously cool. The sun intensified the
fragrances of the nature around me. Aqua Vitae, the water of life, when
life is quite simply beautiful, an extremely sensitive sensuality
enveloped with an uncontained freshness. — Francis Kurkdjian
Kurkdjian's gorgeous ode to a summer afternoon opens with a
sparkling combination of Calabrian lemon and Sicilian mandarin, evoking
the sensual fullness of “uncontained freshness.” Dazzling Hedione adds
with the warmth of the sun while waves of tonka bean and vanilla counter
with a cooling breeze.
In its final phase, Aqua Vitae softens to a sunkissed, sandy
drydown. By no means is it a fresh dab of coppertone - no beachy coconut
here, but rather a whisper of vanilla-sweetened guaiac lingering close
to the skin. It's a gentle reminder of summer afternoon caught on the
skin, still warm from the sun.
Aqua Vitae Notes
Lemon, mandarin, tonka bean, vanilla infusion, hedione and guaiac wood