Verveine d’Eté notes:
Top: Lemon, verbena, petit grain Middle: Verbena, lavender, basil Base: Vetiver, oakmoss
The Early Years of Verveine d’Eté
Verveine d’Eté was created by Yuri Gutsatz and was originally named Verveine Céleste. It was created in 1978: a year that saw the first women astronauts, the One Love Peace Concert in Jamaica and Star Wars break box office records. It was an exciting time to be alive and Verveine Céleste captured that zest for living.
Verveine d’Eté is a revitalizing Eau de Parfum with effervescent notes of fresh green verbena blended seamlessly into an irresistible trail of oak-moss and vetiver.
Verveine d’Eté is Born Again
This beguiling blend of green, aromatic and woody notes is evocative of an afternoon stroll after a massive downpour during springtime. It’s the golden hour and the senses are overwhelmed by citruses, lemon verbena glistens in the dying sun, while vetiver and oak-moss warm up the scent, wrapping up around the freshness like a soft shawl. If this scent was a color, it would’ve been the most gorgeous mint.
You walk in the Summer Garden in the heart of Saint Petersburg. There was a refreshing rainstorm this morning, and you sit on a bench in the French garden designed by Peter the Great. You bend down to pick up a ball dropped by some children. All at once, a perfumed wave of freshness hits you: basil, lemon, bergamot, verbena, and a touch of oak moss. You would so like to take this perfume along with you into the warmer hours of the day …
Inspiration: Summer Garden St. Petersburg. Words and pictures by Clara Feder. Top photo of vintage Verveine Céleste by auparfum.com. Verveine d’Eté “Liquid Gardens” by Kaya Bagamaz