Peau

Peau by Arquiste is a fragrance for women and men. Peau was launched in 2021. The nose behind this fragrance is Rodrigo Flores-Roux. Top notes are Musk, Ambergris and Clary Sage; middle notes are White Pepper and Coriander; base notes are Woody Notes, Amber and Labdanum. Peau focuses on the tragic love story between Hadrian and Antinoös, allowing us to explore the theme of adoration. Hadrian exalted Antinoös’ image through thousands of statues and portraits, showing us how the antique world defined the spiritual presence in the physical shape of the body. For perfumers, the olfactive memory of skin becomes another tool to idealize and preserve in our memory the contours of physical love.AD 134, Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy.Such was the love emperor Hadrian had for his favorite Antinoös, that he commissioned thousands of sculptures to memorialize him after his demise. Like the contours of a statue, the physical and spiritual presence of the body is likewise defined by a fragrant silhouette. Here is the emperor recalling his lover: the touch and smell of him, the warm redolence of skin, the soft musk at the nape of the neck. Paying tribute to the beloved, like Hadrian did Antinoös, this fragrance captures the memory of skin, conjuring intimacy and closeness, and living in our hearts and minds as an idealized scent.Developed with Rodrigo Flores-RouxThe nape of the neck, the idealized scent of a lover, and a lost embrace. Peau's soft cruelty lies in its evocation of youth and life, by nature impermanent. From top, heart, and base notes, it includes in itself the promise of intimacy and the indescribable memory of skin. With main notes of Orientalgris, musk accord, clary sage, white pepper from India, labdanum derivatives and Okoume wood from Gabon.Top notes: Orientalgris accord, Proprietary musk accord, Clary sage Middle notes: White pepper from India, Coriander seed Sargassum Base notes: Leather-like labdanum derivatives, Okoume wood from Gabon, OrientalmaxEau de Parfum. Large 100 ml / 3.4 fl oz. bottle of the highest Italian quality with our signature ‘A’ engraved metal cap, as well as the newest technology for an invisible spray tube.