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Fragrances Inspired by Provence

Provence is a region that gives itself entirely to the senses — its violet lavender fields rippling in the summer breeze, its olive trees with silver reflections, its cut-flower markets fragrant since dawn, its garrigues where thyme, rosemary and savory mingle under the heat. For a perfumer, it is an inexhaustible territory, a library of living and authentic ingredients that need no reinterpretation to be beautiful. L'Occitane, headquartered in Manosque at the heart of Haute-Provence, has built an entire brand identity on this territory with a lavender that truly smells of lavender — not the chemical reconstruction, but the freshly picked plant from the fields around Valensole. Guerlain's Aqua Allegoria Mandarine, inspired by the gardens of the South, celebrates the simple happiness of a ripe mandarin in one's hand under an August sun.