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I told him that I wanted a dry woody scent, with non-obvious fresh top notes and an amazing sillage that wouldn’t be too overwhelming. Bois Impérial holds a special place in my heart, since it was done in memory of my Vietnamese grandmother. She was from the city of Huê, the Imperial City of Vietnam, and met my grandfather during the Indochina war, on the bridge of the “Perfume River”. We worked a lot on the scent, but what I was looking for was always clear in my mind – clear as a picture. I would see a man in a very simple floating house on the Mekong river – chic, wearing a simple beige linen suit and hat, leaning against the house, watching the river… This is the image that Quentin translated into scent for Essential Parfums Bois Impérial.”

Perfumer Quentin Bisch confirmed that Akigalawood® is a material he enjoys using, when I pointed out that it was prominently featured in another wonderful scent created by him, Marc-Antoine Barrois Ganymede: “I love the ingredient’s multi-faceted diversity; after using it in a mineral, leathery, mossy fragrance like Ganymede, I was thrilled to showcase it as a star note in a fresh, fluid woody fragrance. Akigalawood is an upcycled material derived from Givaudan’s Indonesian sustainable patchouli oil. Its smell is reminiscent of freshly crushed black pepper and wet forest soil; I enhanced its warmth, woodiness and earthiness with vetiver from Haïti, as well as with its “father” ingredient, patchouli from Indonesia