Derviche

The seed for Derviche was planted in the shadow of Coty’s Emeraude. Not to copy it (the two smell nothing alike) but to borrow its most beguiling trick: the classic tension between tart, zesty bergamot and the deep, enveloping sweetness of vanilla-laced labdanum. That original “oriental” accord once evoked a sense of wonder, of faraway places at a time when the world still felt full of magic and mystery.

I wanted to capture that feeling; the way a fragrance could once suggest entire stories in a single breath.

Derviche opens with the vivid green flash of bergamot, quick and bright, like a curtain lifting. Almost immediately, the stage fills with a darker drama: labdanum thickened with vanilla, resinous olibanum, and the deep gold of antique-style jasmine. Tobacco leaf lends a dusky texture; saffron glows like a thread of light in the shadows. Leather hums underneath, and a careful trace of synthetic civet adds the animal warmth that makes the whole thing breathe.

The result isn’t a copy of any classic, it’s a continuation of a language most perfumery has stopped speaking. An amber with a pulse. A floral with weight. A resin that tells you stories you didn’t know you remembered.

Fragrance Notes: Bergamot, Labdanum, Vanilla, Antique Jasmine, Olibanum Resin, Sandalwood, Musk, Tobacco Leaf, Leather, Saffron, Civet (synthetic)