Pichola (by Bertrand Duchaufour for Neela Vermeire Creations)
Pichola is the new addition in Neela Vermeire Creations line ( website here ); it's inspired by the enchanting landscape of Lake Pichola, in Udaipur (Rajahstan) , with its wooded banks and incredibly beautiful buildings situated directly on water. Since the settings of Pichola lake is as rich and majestic as you can imagine, the fragrance bearing the same name had to be just as majestic: a bouquet of sultry citrus (mandarin, bergamot), white flowers , spices (cardamom, cinnamon, saffron) and woods (sandalwood, Haiti vetiver and benjoin) as precious as crown jewels. At the opening, sweet and spicy citrus burst into a thousand sparks of light, and then lead a bunch of sound white flowers on stage: rose and jasmine sambac absolutes, tuberose, ylang ylang, orange blossom, offering an almost tactile feeling of sumptuousness. The precious woods in the "grand final" are gently enveloped in a cloud of white musk. Spices are almost imperceptible, are used mostly