Sperone

Sperone, composed by Jean-Claude Ellena for Le Couvent Maison de Parfum in 2023, is a dry, sunny fragrance of herbs, resin and wood. People who describe it find it equally spicy, woody, resinous and citrus.

Bergamot opens with a bright, slightly bitter citrus sparkle, quickly joined by pepper's dry heat and thyme's savoury, herbal warmth, the smell of sun-baked scrubland. Immortelle, a Mediterranean flower, adds a honeyed, slightly curry-like and hay-like warmth that is central to the composition's character. The base is resinous and woody: labdanum brings a sticky, ambery, slightly leathery resin, and cedar a dry, pencil-like structure.

Unisex in spirit, it suits people who appreciate minimalist compositions where each material is clearly felt. The profile evokes Mediterranean hillsides and works for late summer and autumn, daytime and relaxed evenings. Those who enjoy immortelle and labdanum compositions with thyme and pepper, presented in Ellena's sparse, legible style, should find it evocative and refined.

Sperone — unisex fragrance by Le Couvent Maison de Parfum (released 2023). Notes: Bergamot, Cedar, Immortelle, Labdanum, Pepper, Thyme. — Parfica open fragrance database