Bois Océan

An evening in Capri, salt on the skin.

The hour when day meets night by the sea. Italian lemon and bergamot carry the freshness of citrus, and coriander seed with juniper berries keeps it dry.

A driftwood accord holds the centre, enveloped in musk, sandalwood and vetiver. Ginger and nutmeg warm it and geranium holds a green edge. Atlas cedar and grey amber take it into the dark.

ORMAIE is a family-owned house of French Haute Parfumerie founded by Baptiste Bouygues and Marie-Lise Jonak. Creativity, excellence and time sit at the centre of what it makes, and the work is personal before it is anything else: a father's lavender and the Armenian paper always kept in a pocket, a leather bookmark carried on travels, the wooden desks of the school the founders went to.

Every release is built from raw materials chosen for quality, and no colourings are added: the colour of an ORMAIE juice comes solely from the ingredients in it. The house has brought together artists and artisans to write each chapter of its story. The newest, Les Facettes, sets faceted glass under a metal cap whose colour and material echo the containers a laboratory uses to keep raw materials pure. A balance between emotion and precision.