29.1 À L’HEURE DES CATLEYAS
Theme 29: Hesperimental
Floral Fruity Ambery
THE INSPIRATION
In Marcel Proust’s universe, “to do Catleyas” becomes a metaphor for love, for those intimate, timeless moments when sensual memory shapes desire. “À l’heure des Catleyas” captures that suspended instant — the scent of sun‑kissed skin still damp with sea water, blending with tropical flowers and the golden light of a summer afternoon. It is a perfume about tenderness, memory, and discreet eroticism.
THE FRAGRANCE
This sunny and sensual floral citrus fragrance opens with a burst of Luminous Citrus notes, before melting into an exuberant heart where Catleya, Tiare, and Sugi Wood blossom in a voluptuous embrace. The warm and caressing base notes combine Tonka Bean, Warm Sand, and Musks, leaving a delicate and captivating trail on the skin.
THE NAME
The expression ‘faire catleya’ or ‘arranger les catleyas’ is a way of referring to lovemaking used by Odette and Swann in Marcel Proust’s novel ‘In Search of Lost Time’. Symbolising romantic encounters and olfactory memory, this title, imbued with sensuality and nostalgia, reinvents Proustian romanticism in the light of a contemporary summer. For Pierre Guillaume, it becomes a tribute to skin, flowers and suspended time.
