Charlotte Tilbury Scent of a Dream

by: Sanja Pekic

Ibiza – born British celebrity make-up artist Charlotte Tilbury, who has her own brand of cosmetics, presents her first fragrance called Scent of a Dream, scheduled for August 2016. The perfume is derived from her own blend of scented oils from Ibiza’s hippie markets that she has been using for over 30 years. The perfumer Francois Robert helped her in making that scent piped in the chypre - floral composition.

He explains: “Charlotte’s Scent of a Dream has what I call a ground-breaking ‘new balance’ to it…It is an entirely new perfume group of both Floral & Chypre. Charlotte calls it her fleurotic frequency. It has the fresh lightness of a floral, and the alluring depth and sexiness of a Chypre, without being heavy or dark.” (via)

Charlotte chose supermodel friend Kate Moss as the face of the perfume because "she encompasses everything that is ethereal and powerful about this perfume.” She also added:  “I have known Kate for 25 years now, and have had so many incredible experiences with her… she gets me, and she gets the scent…She instinctively knew how to convey on camera the way that this scent is a portal for love, light, power, positivity and sex. She is the ultimate modern day icon.” (via).

The scent combines top notes of lemon, peach, mandarin, bergamot, saffron and black pepper with intoxicating floral heart of tuberose, violet, jasmine, patchouli and incense. The base wraps it up with ambroxan, hedione and ISO-E Super molecules, and note poinciana tree (Delonix regia) known as "fire tree".

Top/”Joy” notes : lemon, bergamot, mandarin, peach, saffron, black pepper Heart/”Fleurotic”: tuberose, violet, jasmine, patchouli, incense Base/” Pscyho-Active” notes: ambroxan, hedione, iso-e-super, fire tree

Kate Moss is photographed by Sølve Sundsbø in the print campaign, and shot by Baillie Walsh in the video commercial. The fragrance is available as a 30, 50 and 100 ml Eau de Parfum.