Promesse de l'Aube by MDCI

Parfums MDCI Parfums MDCI (Marchal Design & Créations Indépendantes), a brainchild of Claude Marchal, is a small and very chic French company that was built on the philosophy, which states that fine fragrances are an art more than an industry, and should be a source of pleasure, pride and beauty more than a simple commodity. MDCI was born out of the admiration for the period of Renaissance and the desire to create contemporary equivalents of the precious objects once owned by the Medicis and the Sun King and now kept in the Louvre, Musei dei Uffizzi, and the Treasure Room in Vienna. The fragrances are as exquisite as the bottles that house them. The only requirement was not to try to please the greatest possible number, not to imitate or follow trends. Only the very highest quality ingredients were used in the creation, none of them of animalic origin.
Promesse de l'AubeEau de Parfum (fomerly known as FK No 1) is a scent “for the morning”, “a classical and refined oriental-floral”. Its top notes of mandarin and lemon are fresh, and have a joyful, flirty, sun-kissed feel. The citruses have a candied quality, which teasingly hints at the delicious sweetness, but never steps into the realm of the gourmand. The heart of the composition is a luxurious, creamy bouquet of ylang-ylang and jasmine. It is languid, summery, warmed by the tropical sun. The base features a gorgeous blend of velvety sandalwood sweetened and softened by vanilla. The scent combines playfulness, the allusion to the tropical exoticism with the supremely elegant, urban side. I am absolutely smitten with this charming fragrance and know that you will be too.