Marc-Antoine Barrois Tilia

8 years after the launch of B683, inspired by a dreamlike planet with leathery, spicy and woody notes, and followed by two other leathery fragrance universes: Ganymede and ENCELADE, the duo Marc-Antoine Barrois and Quentin Bisch take up a new challenge, to transport us into a new luminous and floral imaginary world. A world of stars.

TILIA is the first sun in a constellation of marvelous stars composed by the talented perfumer. A blend of linden tree, broom, jasmine and heliotrope, this fragrance evokes the image of a summer as simple as it is radiant. It embodies the dream of those moments of happiness that last forever and remain etched in the memory.

Simple. Solar. Smiling. It is the scent of everlasting summer. Of holidays that never end. Of long lazy lunches with friends, out in the countryside, around a big wooden table. Of flowers that just keep on blooming.

Tender verdancy, pollen, honey from the linden tree with its lovely heart- shaped leaves, an emblem of softness and flexibility for the Celts. The honeyed, apricot inflexions of broom. The tender powder of heliotrope. A bucolic bouquet made still richer with a sprig of velvety jasmine sambac. Underlined, like a stroke of shade intensifying the radiance of an afternoon in the sun, by the smoky earthiness of vetiver...

The first of a constellation of floral fragrances, TILIA is also, for its creator Marc-Antoine Barrois and his long-time accomplice, the perfumer Quentin Bisch, the name of an imaginary star. The one that shines on happy days. An ode to simplicity and optimism.

Available now at Marc-Antoine Barrois from £105.