Do you want to smell like a Roitfeld? According to an interview with Do It In Paris, Carine Roitfeld favors two scents to enhance her seductive aura: Yves Saint Laurent Opium Body Moisturizer and Serge Lutens Fleurs d’Oranger. Formulated by Christopher Sheldrake in 1995,
Fleurs d’Oranger is a complex fragrance, unobtrusive and delicate yet heady and decadent, beautiful but demanding, purely feminine, utterly irresistible. The notes center on white flowers with hints of citrus and spice: orange blossom, jasmine, tuberose, and white rose over a warm base of musk, hibiscus, cumin, cedarwood, nutmeg, and neroli. Serge Lutens himself describes Fleurs d’Oranger as the smell of happiness, that certainly sounds like the essence of Carine…
Carine Roitfeld photograph courtesy of Fashion Spot. Serge Lutens Fleurs d’Oranger image © 2012 Serge Lutens.