Description

“Altruist: a scent for feminists, cyborgs and survivors, set yourself on fire – throw everything into the flames, a swan song by Jacques Lacan, Miley Cyrus and your tinnitus about desire, lust and nothingness, to create a place: it is nowhere and it will last forever. Smell what I feel: eccentric – blissful – distant & cheerful, a copy without an origin;
the essence of emptiness // the delights of flesh and literature.

smells like: fresh paper & ink; young men in the shower/locker room: soap, fresh sweat and deodorant;
also: grey rainbows, transparent concrete & imaginary flowers.

The smell of a new fragrance is like the smell of a new lover.

Paul DeFlorian worked closely with the nose Véronique Nyberg of J.F. Schwarzlose. Both gathered in Paris to create the fragrance pyramid at the offices of MANE.

To underline the freshness of Paul’s colourscheme, especially the green-turquoise brush strokes, Véronique included light and sparkling citrus such as Lemon and Bergamot essences.Véronique and Paul were looking for a clean and cold facet that they translated with AqualTM, an aldehydic MANE captive, and with Ginger Pure Jungle EssenceTM. To represent the touches of orange, she used warm and fusing spices such as Nutmeg essence and Black Pepper Pure Jungle EssenceTM, an exclusive MANE extraction technology. An imaginary floral facet was added, with the association of the naturality of Rose Superessence with the sensuality of Orange blossom absolute, two everlasting scents, always reinterpreted in perfumery, anchored in our unconscious. In the base, the blend of woods and AmbramoneTM created a dense, both dry and humid scent that reminds of fresh paper delicately soaked in ink.” – a note from the brand.

Altruist was launched in 2015. The nose behind this fragrance is Veronique Nyberg.