An Olfactory Ode to Narcissus

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For a pair known for their noses, Ezra Woods and Alia Raza, the perfumers and co-creators of Régime des Fleurs, are surprisingly visual. They begin creating their scents by filling inspiration boards with what seem like random collages of contemporary art, ancient landscapes, baroque interiors and iconic clothing. Mirror, their newest bottle, is “a nod to Narcissus, who infamously gazed down at his own reflection in the water,” Raza says. “We also used a rare absolute of narcissus jonquil, which adds an earthy floral note without sweetness.” Made in collaboration with the fashion and design website the Line, the scent itself is “about a reflection of an image as opposed to the image itself, so the fragrance is a blurred, impressionistic take on a few different themes,” says Woods. In this case, notes of green galbanum, smoky gaiac wood, dry violet and clean charcoal come together, Raza says, like “a sketch of a forest reflected in a pond.”

$195, available at theline.com and at the Apartment by the Line, 76 Greene Street, 3rd Floor, New York.

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