Translated by Bethszabee Garner
Rising temperatures, time changes, the first rays of sunshine... The air is warming up, the days are getting longer, and we are slowly approaching that time of year full of renewal and lightness. While spring is often synonymous with wardrobe sorting and spring cleaning, it is also the perfect opportunity to renew your perfume collection. On our shelves, winter fragrances, often more opulent and woody, are giving way to fresh and light compositions. Among our favorites this year: the new Eau de Rochas Néroli Azur. For this unique variation, Nathalie Cetto has chosen to highlight neroli, a floral essence extracted from bitter orange blossoms that brings lively, luminous, and subtly spicy notes. Let's take a closer look at this creation, which is already shaping up to be the must-have fragrance of the season.
OniriQ: Eau de Rochas has established itself as a true icon. What does this fragrance evoke for you today?
Natalie Cetto: Eau de Rochas evokes timeless elegance and an olfactory interpretation of freedom and joie de vivre. It is a fragrance that transcends time while remaining resolutely modern.
OniriQ: The new Eau de Rochas Néroli Azur continues the story of this collection. What are its distinctive features?
N.C: Eau de Rochas Néroli Azur stands out for its sparkling freshness and its floral, citrus and woody composition. It reinvents the heritage of Eau de Rochas by incorporating bright and luminous notes, while respecting the elegant and timeless essence of the original fragrance.
OniriQ: Neroli takes center stage in this new opus. How did you choose to highlight this note while allowing it to unfold gradually in the fragrance?
N.C: Neroli embodies the beauty and warmth of the Mediterranean sun, and its richness is enhanced by citrus notes such as mandarin, lemon, and blood orange, bringing a vibrant liveliness. To allow the neroli to reveal itself gently, I opted for a structure where the sunny citrus notes are expressed first, creating a lively and sparkling opening. Then the neroli slowly unfolds, enriched with amber and musk notes, offering a sensation of enveloping warmth and progressive softness, like a ray of sunshine on the skin. I made sure that each note had its moment, creating a harmony where the freshness of citrus and the sweetness of neroli complement each other without ever overshadowing one another.
OniriQ: How does this creation manges to capture the atmosphere of the Mediterranean?
N.C: Eau de Rochas Néroli Azur captures the atmosphere of the Mediterranean with its bright and refreshing notes, reminiscent of orange blossoms and the sea. The fragrance evokes moments of relaxation by the water, under a bright blue sky, creating a true olfactory reverie between sky and sea.
OniriQ: Do you have a particular memory of the Mediterranean that influenced your approach to this fragrance?
N.C: Having grown up in Egypt and Grasse, I was surrounded and immersed by Mediterranean scents since childhood.
