LM Parfums: Cicatrices or Scars

by: Elena Vosnaki

"To inspire intimacy, you must have memories,
To have memories, you need to have lived,
If you have lived, you will never forget."

Thus goes the press material for the newest fragrance by LM Parfums, Laurent Mazzone's personal project, inspired by his fixations, his passions, his inquiries into what makes us tick.

Welcome to the world of shadows, where the positive and the negative are not defined, where they are interlinked for if there is no negative there can be no positive.

Welcome to the latest addition to The Intimacy Collection, Cicatrices.

Cicatrices is French for "scars" and suddenly the little prose poem on top makes sense. To translate this into an olfactory interpretation of something memorable Laurent Mazzone (left) appealed to fragrance notes with a loaded significance: myrrh, patchouli and ladbanum for their dark facets, iris for the undergrowth reference, leather for the butch images that go well with what we associate scars with.

Full of contradictory revelations, Cicatrices "provokes new memories to arouse your intimacy. Your skin develops a new invisible scar, a silent presence reflecting a personal emotion that will be forever marked on your soul. This communication with your soul connects you to the heart of the fragrance."

Prepare your heart for a new scar, prepare your soul for Cicatrices.

Top Notes : Licorice, Bergamot
Heart Notes : Myrrh, Iris, Leather Notes
Base Notes : Patchouli, Vanilla, Labdanum

The fragrance was introduced at Esxence in Milan almost as we speak.

Retailing at €250 for 100 ml/3.4 oz. of super concentrated Extrait de Parfum.