EAU DE PARFUM
A cologne-like, built with a tea structure
Mate, petitgrain and palo santo from Paraguay
TOP - A Yerba mate absolute from Paraguay in a citrus bouquet with bergamot and Lemon Sfuma
HEART - Petitgrain Paraguay essence in a tea accord with lavandin and cardamom essential oils
BASE - Palo santo extracts from the Paraguayan Chaco, with woody facets of vetiver and a duo of cedar oils
€160,00
Chaco is the second largest primary forest of Latin America, called the "impenetrable forest" for its incredibly dense formation.
This forest is the only source for gaiac wood, known locally as 'Palo Santo'. This region is also known by perfumers to be the source of petitgrain essential oil, of natural extracts of maté leaves and for being an important origin of citrus cultivation.
Ingredients from plants growing in Paraguay : petitgrain essential oil, yerba maté absolute, guaiac wood (palo santo) essential oil.
Other key ingredients : bergamot essential oil, lemon oil sfuma, sweet orange essential oil, cedar Atlas essential oil, cedar Virginia essential oil.
Organic certified alcohol from French wheat
Total natural origin content : 90%
Alexandra Monet's innovative approach to perfumery is distinguished by her creative play with different combinations of captivating ingredients, to which she adds structure to create unique fragrances. Her talent has won her several awards, and her unwavering passion for perfumery drives her to continue creating memorable fragrances that capture the very essence of nature.
Alexandra Monet expresses her sensibility through her many creations. Notable compositions include collaborations with brands such as Bon Parfumeur (101 Rose), Gucci (A Floral Verse), Kenzo (Flower Ikebana, L'eau Kenzo pour homme Hyper Wave), Massimo Dutti (Golden Bloom), and The Different Company.
No additives (no colors, UV filters, stabilizers).
The color of the fragrance comes from natural ingredients and may evolve over time.
Best consumed 36 months after opening.
Our fragrances are free from controversial substances : parabens, phthalates, added BHT and BHA, polycyclic musks, nitromusks, formaldehydes, nitrates, toluene, lyrial, lilial.
INCI list : molecules present in ingredients with a potential for allergens: LIMONENE, LINALOOL, HYDROXYCITRONELLAL, COUMARIN, CITRAL, GERANIOL
Vegan. Not tested on animals.
Alcohol vol : 74.7%
Components sourced in Switzerland, France, Italy & Belgium.
Fragrances made in France.
Final product shipped from France with a minimal packaging and minimal weight.
Carbon footprint of the fragrance concentrate : 31 grams
Carbon footprint of the bottle : 88 grams
Our projects at origin contribute to reducing our residual carbon footprint.
Since it was introduced by a French botanist in the 19th century, petitgrain has been perpetrated as a traditional farming activity in Eastern Paraguay. Small bigarade trees occupy parts of farms lands, in combination with other crops.
Essential oil of petitgrain brings green and floral profiles reminiscent of orange blossom. The fragrance CHACO contains rectified essential oil of petitgrain in combination with other citrus notes (bergamot, orange and lemon).
Branches and leaves are pruned and distilled in wooden stills, directly in the fields, to make an essential oil. This activity offers financial security for smallholders living in this region.
Cultivation of yerba maté, when combined with local trees in an agroforestry model, brings benefits such as soil regeneration, carbon storage, and farm diversification.
Ilex paraguariensis is a plant native to Eastern Paraguay. CHACO contains maté absolute combined with other ingredients to make a tea accord in this warm cologne.
Maté leaves are generally consumed in infusions. Sharing a tereré is still today a very popular tradition in the whole region, a legacy inherited from the Guaraní indigenous community.
El Chaco is is the only habitat for the Gaiacwood. Bulnesia sarmientoi naturally grows following the salt veins of the clay soil in the Chaco Forest.
Palo santo essential oils are known for their woody, salty and smokey notes. CHACO contains Gaiac essence to give a woody base note.
Sustainability of Gaiac harvesting is now guaranteed with comprehensive forest management plans. Once harvested, trees regenerate naturally through their root system.
In Paraguay, we partner with the Mbaracayu educational center (Fundacion Moises Bertoni).
The Mbaracayu educational center is located in a biosphere reserve, surrounded by communities farming petitgrain and yerba maté. This school teaches environmental sciences and agroecology to young indigenous women from the region.
Our project is aiming at evolving the cultivation of petitgrain and maté in a sustainable model, with integrated and regenerative farming practices, associating cash and food crops, and agroforestry. Advanced practices will be formalized in a model farm and promoted with 10 champion farmers funded by Nissaba. We will then link the young students of the school through a specific curriculum.
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