New from Castello di Ama: iris Mater
One of the particularities about orris root, is that even better than other notes, expresses an almost infinite spectrum of facets; depending on how it is treated and what you choose to lay beside it, shows very different characteristics in each perfume: a royal nature ( Iris Silver Mist by Serge Lutens ), or intellectual and refined to the core ( Hiris by Hermes) a sophisticate outdoor simplicity ( Bel Respiro by Chanel ), minimal and prone to ascetism ( Iris Poudre by Frederic Malle, Iris Nazarena by Aedes de Venustas ), opulent and feminine, vaguely retro (Attrape Coeur/Guet Apens by Guerlain ) or, as in the beautiful N.19 by Chanel , an almost unfriendly and snobbish austerity.