September 1877, Port of Marseille, France. In a bedroom in the City of Flesh, a Kashmiri shawl drapes decadently over the bed. Once extremely coveted, the shawls are now out of fashion with the bourgeois, their distinctive patchouli scent a victim of their downfall. Adopted by bohemians and courtesans, the fragrance mixes with French lavender, musky ambers and exotic balsams. With a new edge, and in the hands of misfits with style, the ‘undesirable’ becomes desired again.
Inspired by the 19th century courtesans and bohemians that embraced the scent of patchouli, MISFIT won the Fragrance Foundation 2021 Award for Best Independent Perfume. A scent balanced between regal and rebel, where cashmere-like ambery notes smooth out the carnal earthiness associated with patchouli and counter-culture. In MISFIT what was once decadent is now made addictively desirable. With main notes of: French lavender, ambrette seed absolute, patchouli, Venezuelan tonka bean and tolu balsam.
Fragrance Notes:
Top: Calabrian bergamot essence, Carrot seed essence, Angelica root essence, French lavender essence
Middle: Bulgarian rose essence, Ambrette seed absolute, Akigalawood, Styrax
Base: Patchouli (proprietary combination of two fractioned essences), Spanish cistus concrete, Venezuelan tonka bean absolute, Tolu balsam
Developed with Rodrigo Flores-Roux.
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