Cashmirone is a 30% extrait de parfum from the Grasse house Marie Jeanne, woody, powdery and gourmand, with a density on the skin that the house compares to the touch of cashmere. It began as a study of materials shaped by sand and time, and at its center is an exclusive tri-distillation of iris, cashmeran and filbertone, which gives the perfume its weight and its staying power. Roasted hazelnut and smoked black tea open it, patchouli forms the heart, and the dry grain of orris root meets the powdery softness of iris before New Caledonian sandalwood and Madagascar vanilla draw out a base Marie Jeanne describes as mystical, dry and enveloping.
WHY IT’S SPECIAL
The tri-distillation is the point of this one: iris, the soft woody musk of cashmeran and the hazelnut facet of filbertone are distilled together into a single material, also called Cashmirone, made exclusively for the house in France. Marie Jeanne’s founder grew up in the family behind Robertet, one of the great suppliers of natural raw materials in Grasse, so the house tends to name where its materials come from, from Indonesian patchouli to Chinese iris absolute. Like the other extraits, it comes in a green lacquered wooden case designed to have a life after the bottle is empty.
NOTES
Top: Cashmirone (France), smoked black tea, hazelnut
Heart: Iris florentina, patchouli (Indonesia), amber
Base: iris absolute (China), sandalwood (New Caledonia), vanilla (Madagascar)
DETAILS
Extrait de parfum, 30% concentration
100 ml / 3.4 fl oz
Olfactive family: woody, powdery, gourmand
Presented in a green lacquered wooden case
Made in Grasse, France
INGREDIENTS
Alcohol Denat., Parfum (Fragrance), Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, Santalol, Vanillin, Pogostemon Cablin Oil, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Rose Flower Oil/Extract, Linalool, Tocopherol, Farnesol, Isoeugenyl Acetate.
THE BRAND
Georges Maubert was born in Grasse and founded Marie Jeanne there in 2014. He belongs to the fifth generation of the family behind Robertet, which has worked in perfumery since 1850 as farmers, chemists, perfumers and sourcers. He composes with perfumers such as Sidonie Lancesseur, Alexis Dadier, Karine Vinchon, Serge de Oliveira and Michel Almairac. His approach is to simplify the formula until the raw material is what you smell, and the house traces those materials from planting to harvest. The green glass bottles are made in France, a nod to old laboratory flasks that protected their contents from light, and the boxes are wood, with no plastic.
