Sentence examples for the chypre from inspiring English sources

They ultimately came up with a fairly old-fashioned scent, in that it is based in the chypre family, smelling, according to Ms. Scott, alternatively of leather, moss and musk, with notes of tuberose and absinthe, and ultimately settling down into the skin as patchouli.

For me, nothing can compare to the nouveau chypre of fizzy bergamot and spicy Bourbon pepper.

Also, a slew of perfume materials are now either banned or restricted as toxic (like oakmoss, the centerpiece of the 1917 Le Chypre de Coty) or morally indefensible (like real musk, which requires shooting the animal to obtain it).

I understood his reaction a bit better after reading the "olfactory ode" to Chypre on the Aedes Web site: her aromatic corset unlaced "the demure tendrils of her timeless spirit".

With inspirations that range from the traditional (violet chypre, patchouli, cedar and carnations) to the more unusual (floor wax and gasoline), the resulting scent is ultimately modern enough for the likes of Charlotte Gainsbourg (above right, with Ghesqui?), his muse and the face of the ad campaign.

(Chypre, the French word for Cyprus, is not an ancient goddess, but it might be a hot new octopus).

During the course of the King George V Handicap, Ile de Chypre had suddenly veered badly in the middle of the race.

It's the ingredient that gives chypre scents their sensual tone, and is also a common ingredient in the fougère group that includes many men's fragrances.

They began by smelling the 1966 original; it was "a green chypre," says Francois Demachy, the senior vice president of all LVMH's perfume brands, who remembered Vivara from his early days as a perfumer.

In 2013, the chief veterinary officers of Malte, Chypre and Greece joined the Network.

Chypre is the class of fragrances that usually have a top note of citrus and woody base notes derived from oakmoss and ambergris, while fougère fragrances have a top note of lavender and base notes of oakmoss and coumarin.