Tucson sits in the Sonoran Desert at around 700 metres — surrounded by saguaro cactus, dry scrub, and the particular quality of heat that makes the air itself feel visible. It is not a desolate landscape but a densely scented one: wild herbs baked by the sun, parched earth after rain, the sweetness of immortelle drifting across open ground. This fragrance is drawn from that afternoon stillness, somewhere between the desert floor and the shade of a mesquite.
In a room, it is warm, herbal, and quietly smoky — the kind of scent that fills a space without declaring itself. The throw is steady and good; it carries well across a medium room. A year-round scent that earns its place most naturally in the evening, or in cooler months when something with desert warmth is welcome.
Immortelle opens with its characteristic curry-like sweetness — dry, golden, and faintly honeyed. Rosemary, thyme, oregano, and laurel form a dense herbal undergrowth, aromatic and sun-dried rather than green. Rose adds a brief, dusty floral note at the heart. Atlas cedar, lignum vitae, and birch build the woody structure — parched and resinous. Labdanum and patchouli deepen the base with a dark, earthy richness. Vetiver and black pepper close with smoke and spice, grounding the whole composition in red earth.
Scent family — Woody, Aromatic
Scent profile — Immortelle, rosemary, thyme, rose, cedarwood, vetiver, labdanum, patchouli, black pepper
Perfume designed with Alexandra Monet.
Hand-blown glass vessel, 260g. Dimensions 90 x 90 x 100mm.
Burn time 60–70 hours.
ABOUT the MAKER
Astier de Villatte
