Maison Francis Kurkdjian Grand Soir edp 35ml

Grand Soir eau de parfum by Maison Francis Kurkdjian invites you to put on your finery and look your best. Before the City’s lights turn on, a range of dazzling colors from honey to a captivating amber paint the sky. Ambery and woody, vibrant and captivating, Grand Soir is an olfactory splendor bursting with sensuality. From the very first instant, the depth of a cistus labdanum, lavandin, and cinnamon leaf accord is revealed, while the sweet warmth of an amber-vanilla accord with bezoin facets prevails in the base notes. Simply irresistible.

Cinnamon tree
Obtained by distilling the leaves of the tropical tree Cinnamomum zeylanicum, cinnamon leaf essence offers a purer result compared to cinnamon essence. Its spicy aroma, featuring accents of clove, is complex, woody and gourmand.

Vanilla Amber Accord
The amber used in perfumery has nothing to do with the yellow amber stone, which is ornamental but has no smell, nor with ambergris, which refers to an animal extract from the sperm whale. The amber accord inspired a series of successful perfumes launched at the beginning of the last century. It included two flagship ingredients, cistus labdanum, with its warm, resinous, animal facets, and vanillin, a new, sweet aromatic compound, which is the primary component of vanilla. Since then, the combination of these two warm and persistent notes has been considered to form the amber accord, generally enriched with tonka bean, coumarin and resins such as benzoin or incense, which are all base notes.

Ciste Labdanum
This wild shrub grows in arid soils around the Mediterranean. When it is hot, its leaves and branches exude a sticky animal-scented gum called labdanum, close to ambergris in high dilution. There are several ways of extracting Cistus Ladaniferus: steam distillation of its branches yields the aromatic, resinous and woody cistus oil. Extraction with volatile solvents results in the heavier cistus-labdanum absolute, at once balsamy, pyrogenic and resinous, used in the heart and base of a fragrance. These two products are pivotal notes in "chypre" accords and add character to amber accords and "oud" compositions in both women's and men's perfumes.

Lavender
Lavandula X Intermedia is a hybrid cross between fine lavender and lavender aspic, which provides better yields. Its small violet-blue flower heads as well as its flower sachets sold in local markets are the emblem of Provence. Its purplish flower spikes are carried by long stems. Steam distillation produces an aromatic, fresh, herbaceous, camphorated and aniseed oil. This heart note is found in Colognes as well as in the Fougère accord, emblematic of men's fragrances.