Brazil and lime

Since the age of eighteen, I have never stopped travelling. It's essential for me, it allows me to renew my inspiration and expand my olfactory palette. Every time I return from a trip I already imagine my next destination.

I like to discover the scents of each country, those of fruits, spices or flowers, but also the flavours of all the dishes, even the most surprising ones. This is how my olfactory heritage has gradually been built up. My trip to Brazil was one of the most enriching experiences of my work, as the discovery of Brazil took place during the carnival, which helped to make it even more exciting.

Brazil is so vast that I would love to go back, I could only visit Paraty, Rio, Salvadore de Bahia and the beaches north of Recife to Pipa.

Brazil is a land of contrasts, colours, smells and music.
Brazil is the kindness, the welcome and the smile of its inhabitants, it is the sunshine on their faces.
Brazil is music, it is omnipresent, it is the happiness of the orchestras playing in the streets, the joy of the Brazilians swaying to the rhythm.
Brazil is the land of colours: the earth is purple, black, yellow, white. The blue of its sky, of its sea. Colourful birds fly by the deep green of the forests.
Brazil is the land of scents, from the dark, penetrating notes of the rainforest to the bright, sunny notes of the beaches and a wide range of exotic notes.

The first smell that greeted us in Rio was that of lime. Sparkling and lively, it expresses the joy of life, dance, sun and music. This fruit is a smile in itself. It is a small lemon with a smooth green skin and a fragrance that evokes a yellow-orange colour. It has the particularity of having a coca-cola note when distilled.

The flavour of Brazilian limes is in no way comparable to the taste of those found in certain delicatessens in France, just like the caipirinha cocktail, tasted on site, I had the impression that it exuded more brightness and sunshine.

This national cocktail accompanied me throughout my journey, and became its emblem. The lime embraces sugar cane and cachaça, the Brazilian alcohol made from fresh sugar cane juice, fermented and then distilled, giving this cocktail a unique sparkle and light.

The lime has depth and character. Once its metallic facet is tamed, with very light accents of incense and elemi. It subtly dresses up the freshness of the citrus compositions, giving them a lot of peps.

Limes can be processed by expression of the skin like other citrus fruits, with a lime scent; or by distillation with a coca-cola scent.
These two processes give the lime a very different scent.

You will find the Brazilian lime in large proportions in Valkyrie, along with mint, basil and galbanum, worked into a big-bang with a sexy natural vanilla.

You will also find a lime of Italian origin in Smeraldo which will accompany the natural green notes, lentisk and angelica, in contrast with the sweetness of musks.

The citrus notes are built from citrus fruits whose essential oils are extracted from the rind. Lemon, bergamot, orange or even grapefruit give the first impression, what I call the smile of the perfume, by providing fresh and tonic scents.

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