Louis Vuitton - Imagination

Imagination opens on a bright collision of citron, Calabrian bergamot, and Sicilian orange, tart and clean before Tunisian neroli and Nigerian ginger pull it toward something warmer and more considered. Chinese black tea and ambroxan anchor the drydown, casting a dry, skin-close luminosity that lingers well past the first impression.

The Nose

Composed by Jacques Cavallier Belletrud for Louis Vuitton, also behind Ombre Nomade, Issey Miyake L'Eau d'Issey and Stellar Times.

Fragrance Character

The citrus trio arrives with genuine sharpness, the kind that prickles the nose for the first half-hour before Ceylon cinnamon and ginger begin to soften the edges. Neroli bridges the transition gracefully, its slightly soapy florality keeping things airy as the base assembles. Guaiac wood and olibanum add a faint smokiness underneath the ambroxan glow, which finally pulls everything close to skin, cool and faintly resinous.

Best Worn

Best suited to summer heat, when the citrus reads as relief rather than opening act; equally at home at a rooftop dinner or a slow Saturday afternoon that bleeds into evening.

Why the Imagination Decant

Ambroxan sits at the centre of this formula in a way that reads very differently depending on skin chemistry, making a decant the only sensible way to know whether it turns radiant or soapy on yours.

Official Notes

Citron · Calabrian Bergamot · Sicilian Orange · Tunisian Neroli · Nigerian Ginger · Ceylon Cinnamon · Chinese Black Tea · Ambroxan · Guaiac Wood · Olibanum

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