Lost Paradise

Lost Paradise from Laurent Mazzone Parfums, released in 2020, is a heady floral with a warm spiced and animalic depth. Everyone who describes it calls it floral, about half also find it spicy, and a smaller group notice wood, resin and leather.

Cardamom and saffron open it with aromatic warmth, cardamom cool and green, saffron leathery and honeyed. The heart is a rich white-flower bouquet: jasmine, including Egyptian jasmine, gives a sunny, slightly indolic radiance, ylang-ylang a creamy, banana-like sweetness, and geranium a rosy, minty brightness. The base turns darker and more sensual, with labdanum adding a sticky, ambery resin, leather a smooth texture, patchouli an earthy depth and animal notes a warm, skin-like intensity.

Wearable by anyone, it suits people who enjoy white florals with a provocative, slightly feral undertone. The resins and animalic notes point to evenings, autumn and winter, and occasions where a bold, sensual fragrance is welcome. Those who like jasmine and ylang compositions with a leathery base are its likely audience.

Lost Paradise — unisex fragrance by Laurent Mazzone Parfums (released 2020). Notes: Animal notes, Cardamom, Egyptian Jasmine, Geranium, Jasmine, Labdanum, Leather, Patchouli, Saffron, Ylang-Ylang. — Parfica open fragrance database