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Les Liquides Imaginaires · Sold as unisex
Peau de Bete
A bustling city street at twilight, where the sharpness of fresh spices mingles with the smoky aroma of burning incense and the lingering scent of leather from vintage stores.
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Peau de BeteLuxury · $250+How it wears
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The story behind the bottle.
Peau de Bete by Les Liquides Imaginaires was launched in 2016, crafted by Carine Certain Boin, and is a bold Oriental Woody fragrance for both women and men. The composition opens with a fresh spicy aromatic blend of cumin, parsley, chamomile, saffron, black pepper, styrax, and cypriol oil, which creates an unexpected tension against the warm, smoky, and animalic base notes of amyris, juniper, grass, ambrarome, guaiac wood, patchouli, atlas cedar, texas cedar, civet, and castoreum. This complex interplay between freshness and depth makes Peau de Bete a captivating and enigmatic scent.
This fragrance is best applied in two or three well-placed sprays to allow its complex layers to unfold. The aromatic top notes are fleeting but impactful, so it's essential to let the rich base notes take center stage as they develop over time.
Fig. 01 — Peau de Bete, Les Liquides Imaginaires
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Carine Certain Boin
Carine Certain Boin discovered her passion for perfume in childhood and trained at the Givaudan Perfumery School, going on to work with Givaudan for over a decade.
Designer Les Liquides Imaginaires
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