Vahine no te Tiare. The Dress on the Mannequin

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Olfactorium

In the corner of the atelier stood a mannequin in a dress the colour of ripe raspberries. Mila had sewn it for herself last spring and had not worn it once: each time it seemed too bright.

July was hot. The workshop windows were wide open, the fan chased fabric scraps across the table, and laughter drifted in from the summer café outside.

That morning Mila put Vahine no te Tiare on her wrists. Blackberry and mandarin leaf flashed juicy and fresh, and she suddenly wanted something festive.

She took the dress off the mannequin, changed behind the screen and looked at herself for a long time in the fitting-room mirror. By noon tiare and jasmine had opened on her skin, rich and creamy, and Mila went on working in the dress.

In the afternoon a client came for her daughter's wedding gown. Mila pinned the hem and for the first time in years did not hide behind the client's back, talking to her through the mirror.

"You smell like a holiday on an island. And that dress suits you wonderfully," the client said. Mila smiled and said she had sewn it herself.

By evening vanilla and tonka remained on her skin, warm and soft. Mila locked the atelier but did not go straight home; she walked along the embankment, where a street band was playing.

In the morning she came back to the workshop. The mannequin stood empty in the corner, and Mila draped a new fabric over it, just as bright.

How it sounds

The opening is juicy and fresh: blackberry sounds like ripe, slightly tart fruit, mandarin leaf adds a green spark, and orange blossom and cactus flower bring coolness.

At the heart tiare, the Tahitian gardenia, opens rich, creamy and tropical. Gardenia, jasmine, Tahitian rose and lily of the valley echo it, while melon and chamomile make the bouquet light and sunny.

In the base vanilla and tonka give a warm nutty sweetness, and sandalwood lays the flowers on soft wood.

What makes it special

Vahine no te Tiare belongs to the Olfactorium collection and was created for Paul Gauguin's painting "Woman with a Flower", painted in Tahiti in 1891. The flower in the woman's hair, the Tahitian gardenia tiare, is considered the queen of Polynesian flowers, and the composition is built around its scent. It is a floral fruity women's fragrance for spring and summer.

"Beautiful, floral, rich… moderately sweet. The tiare flower is sung wonderfully," writes a reviewer on Ladies Project. On Instagram it is called "a joyful floral-fruity whirlwind": "the fragrance lives, it breathes… Very beautiful!"

Kosmetista notes: "Its floral side is dense, sweet and warm… It sounds very expensive." La Parfumerie describes "very tender, creamy, fragrant… tropical flowers" and calls the scent smiling and relaxing.

People wear it for summer on the skin: when they want brightness, tropical flowers and a celebration on the most ordinary day.