Prudence’s latest creation was inspired by a recent visit to the Middle East or Arabia as it was
formerly known. It is a place where time and space are one. A void in which the winds play.
An infinite purity remote from our world where shimmering mirages play on the horizon and
dazzling white minarets are suspended in the sky. Where the sands ripple and sing the desert
yields the source of perfume.
The headnotes of the Fragrance lead in with familiar tones of neroli, mandarin and jasmine
before plunging into an intense mix of olibanum and frankincense. Peaches, honey and white
musk sensualize the body of the eau de parfum before gradually giving way to amber, benjoin
and oakmoss.
The resinous crystals of Frankincense, Olibanum and Galbanum have for thousands of years
been cultivated and harvested from rugged desert terrain. Sought and fought for by the rulers
of Assyrian, Roman as well as Middle Eastern empires and kingdoms.
This is an original and exciting fragrance of quality that augments Prudence’s collection.
95 ml
It is the summer solstice in St Petersburg that most elegant
imperial city designed and developed by the Czars and emblematic to
the Russian people.
In the west beyond the mouth of the Neva River and the Gulf of
Finland, the sun slips blood red below the horizon. The sky is suffused
with pink reflected in the tranquil waters. In the field of Mars and the
Summer Gardens people are gathering to enjoy this natural
phenomenon: the fountains Cascade in the gardens of the Peterhof
Palace, their waters glinting in the twilight, domes, towers and
columns are silhouetted everywhere. Canals and waterways linked by
decorative bridges intersect the Neo-classical, Russian Revival and
Baroque facades. The light fades but never disappears as pink
becomes white, as the bridge in front of the Peter and Paul Fortress
tilts open as if to herald the forth coming dawn; a moment in time,
lightness, beauty and romance is everywhere.
To capture the spirit of this moment, Prudence has designed a
fragrance that reflects this lightness; its name is “Nuits Blanches”; it is
a distillation of discreet, langorous but sublime feminity...Divine
white, a color that embraces everything.
The fragrance is composed mainly of white flowers, but is
interlaced with several deep undertones. Headnotes are of aromatic
Bergamot and tea developing into a complex mixed bouquet which
includes the intensity of Tuberose. The early morning light is reflected
by flavors of Jasmine subtly interlaced with centifolia Rose, both of
which must be gathered at dawn in Southern France. Heart notes are
completed with a hint orchid supplemented by the richness of Freesia.
Sensuality finally invades the lightness and patchouli swirls in
the atmosphere with musc. Powdered traces of Benjoin and Vanilla
terminate the concerto and herald the dawn.
