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La Belle Helene
Eau De Parfum Spray 60ml
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MDCI Parfums present a new fragrance in 2011 under the name La Belle Helene. Bertrand Duchaufour was inspired by Belle Hellene , the traditional French dessert of pears. He only kept the pear, without all the excessively sweet and gourmand notes. The perfume contains fresh pear, osmanthus flowers and oriental notes, but it belongs to the category of chypre.

Top notes: pear, aldehydes, tangerine and lime.

Middle notes: rose essence, osmanthus, ylang-ylang, orris butter, Mirabelle plum and hawthorn

Base notes: myrrh, vetiver, patchouli, cedar, oak moss, white musk, sandalwood and licorice wood

La Belle Helene was created by Bertrand Duchaufour for Parfums MDCI. The fragrance was inspired by the classical desert Poires Belle-Hellene a combination of poached pears paired with vanille ice-cream, chocolate sauce and candied violets!
The opening notes of La Belle Helene smells of Osmanthus with a further note of apricot.  Its top notes  includes  
tangerine, lime blossom and violet with rose essence, with middle notes of osmanthus, ylang-ylang, orris, hawthorn, Mirabelle plum and the drydown of myrrh, vetiver, patchouli, cedar Virginia, amber, oak moss, white musk, sandalwood and licorice wood.