Rouge Litchi

Rouge Litchi, composed by Céline Ripert for Comptoir Sud Pacifique in 2024, is fruit first and green second. Everyone who describes it calls it sweet, most add green, and a quarter mention floral and citrus; the picture is a bowl of red and tropical fruit with the stalks and leaves left on.

Litchi leads, juicy and rosy, joined by rambutan, raspberry and blackberry for a darker, jammier sweetness and grapefruit for a sharp, bitter lift. What keeps it from being a simple fruit cocktail is the green side: rhubarb adds a tart, vegetal crunch, and currant leaf and bud bring the sappy, slightly catty sharpness of blackcurrant bushes. Rose sits quietly in the middle, echoing the litchi. The base is moss and oakmoss, cool and damp, which gives the fruit an earthy floor to rest on.

It is worn by anyone. The bright, tart character suits warm weather and daytime wear, and a wearer who likes fruity scents but finds most of them too sugary.

Rouge Litchi — unisex fragrance by Comptoir Sud Pacifique (released 2024). Notes: Blackberry, Cassis, Currant Leaf and Bud, Grapefruit, Litchi, Moss, Oakmoss, Rambutan, Raspberry, Rhubarb, Rose. — Parfica open fragrance database