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Baiser Volé Essence de Parfum by Cartier is a floral fragrance for women launched in September 2013 by Mathilde Laurent. It captures the scent of a lily in full bloom — petals and leaves — highlighted by bourbon vanilla. Laurent described it as very soft, intense and voluptuous, "as if we could bring our nose to the heart of the calyx." It was available in 40 and 80 ml bottles.
To me this smells like a single white lily in a brass vase on a dressing table, in a room where the curtains haven't been opened yet. The lily is huge — green, dewy, almost too white, the way lilies fill a whole house with their smell on the day of a wedding. There's nothing else competing with it, no noise at all. Then bourbon vanilla seeps in like warm milk, softening the flower's edges until it feels like skin. It becomes intimate, powdery, close — the smell of a silk saree blouse folded in a drawer with dried flowers. Simple, but the simplicity is the point. Beginner-friendly.
✓ Beginner-friendly
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