AUVERS

Located just northwest of Paris, the city of Auvers-sur-Oise (pronounced oh-vare-sir-wahz) is most well known as the final home of Vincent van Gogh. Although van Gogh’s presence there was brief, his last paintings honored the landscapes, people, and architecture of Auvers-sur-Oise. The Château d’Auvers pays tribute to the artist with over 20,000 bearded iris (the subject of some of van Gogh’s floral paintings) planted on the property, hosted art workshops, an immersive impressionism gallery, and more. With so much focus on van Gogh, we thought it was important to focus on the colors and aromas of iris and create a velvety, spring floral fragrance that has an air of impressionism.

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By immersing ourselves in the formal gardens of Auvers, we designed a complex scent using plant-based essential oils and compounds that includes French sweet vernalgrass, French iris, and New Zealand mānuka to evoke the smells of the floral borders of bearded iris and clematis, the flow of water over the fountains and sculptures, and the intricacies of the embroidery parterres.

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Come on a journey with us to the verdurous artwork of Auvers as we discover the smells of a floral impressionist landscape.