Fruity
Leather
Notesanimalic notesblack truffleclovesethyl maltolgoat hairgreen leavesheliotropelavendermilk accordmitti attaroudperu balmrumstrawberrytonalidevanillawhite chocolate
Tags
#animalic
#beast
#sweet
#ultra niche
Style
unisex
Le Réveil (the awakening) is an olfactory hallucination involving an Alpine mountain goat making a mess in a vat of strawberries and cream. Proving there’s no such thing as too much “too much”, this extrait pumps up the strawberry with waxy white chocolate and wine dregs, while amping ibex realness with oud, goat hair and animal notes. Remember, someone’s yuck can always be your yum.
Stone Cap: 100% Howlite
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
Le Réveil suits a playful, slightly confrontational social mood: conversation close enough for its strawberry-and-chocolate sweetness to register, then turn unexpectedly feral. Think of an unhurried gathering among people who enjoy peculiar tastes, where something initially appetising becomes the evening’s most divisive detail.
How to wear
Start with one spray on skin and let the sweet and animalic elements settle before adding more. Cooler weather is a sensible starting point for this dense gourmand-animalic profile; in warmth, keep application restrained. Sampling on skin matters here, especially if goat-hair notes are unfamiliar territory.
Who it’s for
For adventurous gourmand lovers who want their sweetness interrupted by earthy, leathery and animalic textures. It will appeal most to those drawn to unusual contrasts and deliberately challenging compositions, rather than polished dessert scents or discreet fruit fragrances.
Release year
2024
The nose
DL Jenkins is Pictura Fragrans’ founder and sole perfumer. His creative process begins with written stories, with materials selected to translate their imagery, memories and emotions into scent. Le Réveil expresses that narrative approach through an unusually confrontational pairing of strawberry-and-white-chocolate sweetness with goat hair, oud and animalic notes.
Pictura Fragrans’s story
Pictura Fragrans approaches perfume as a painting made from scent, combining storytelling with the precision of formulation. Natural and synthetic materials serve complementary roles, while the wearer’s memories and cultural associations help complete each composition rather than dictate a single interpretation.
Le Réveil’s concept
The house’s published inspiration story places Le Réveil in Valais, Switzerland: a broken mountain tram leads to an arduous forest journey and a rest in a wild-strawberry meadow with white chocolate. The narrator awakens to an ibex licking fruit and chocolate from their face. This surreal encounter supplies the fragrance’s central contrast between creamy sweetness and untamed animality.
Extra info
Le Réveil means “The Awakening,” referring to the awakening in the house’s Alpine inspiration story. Its note list pairs wild strawberry and white chocolate with goat hair, goat’s milk, truffle and mitti attar. The bottle’s stone cap is specified as 100% howlite.
Notesanimalic notesblack truffleclovesethyl maltolgoat hairgreen leavesheliotropelavendermilk accordmitti attaroudperu balmrumstrawberrytonalidevanillawhite chocolate
Tags
#animalic
#beast
#sweet
#ultra niche
Style
unisex
Le Réveil (the awakening) is an olfactory hallucination involving an Alpine mountain goat making a mess in a vat of strawberries and cream. Proving there’s no such thing as too much “too much”, this extrait pumps up the strawberry with waxy white chocolate and wine dregs, while amping ibex realness with oud, goat hair and animal notes. Remember, someone’s yuck can always be your yum.
Stone Cap: 100% Howlite
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
Le Réveil suits a playful, slightly confrontational social mood: conversation close enough for its strawberry-and-chocolate sweetness to register, then turn unexpectedly feral. Think of an unhurried gathering among people who enjoy peculiar tastes, where something initially appetising becomes the evening’s most divisive detail.
How to wear
Start with one spray on skin and let the sweet and animalic elements settle before adding more. Cooler weather is a sensible starting point for this dense gourmand-animalic profile; in warmth, keep application restrained. Sampling on skin matters here, especially if goat-hair notes are unfamiliar territory.
Who it’s for
For adventurous gourmand lovers who want their sweetness interrupted by earthy, leathery and animalic textures. It will appeal most to those drawn to unusual contrasts and deliberately challenging compositions, rather than polished dessert scents or discreet fruit fragrances.
Release year
2024
The nose
DL Jenkins is Pictura Fragrans’ founder and sole perfumer. His creative process begins with written stories, with materials selected to translate their imagery, memories and emotions into scent. Le Réveil expresses that narrative approach through an unusually confrontational pairing of strawberry-and-white-chocolate sweetness with goat hair, oud and animalic notes.
Pictura Fragrans’s story
Pictura Fragrans approaches perfume as a painting made from scent, combining storytelling with the precision of formulation. Natural and synthetic materials serve complementary roles, while the wearer’s memories and cultural associations help complete each composition rather than dictate a single interpretation.
Le Réveil’s concept
The house’s published inspiration story places Le Réveil in Valais, Switzerland: a broken mountain tram leads to an arduous forest journey and a rest in a wild-strawberry meadow with white chocolate. The narrator awakens to an ibex licking fruit and chocolate from their face. This surreal encounter supplies the fragrance’s central contrast between creamy sweetness and untamed animality.
Extra info
Le Réveil means “The Awakening,” referring to the awakening in the house’s Alpine inspiration story. Its note list pairs wild strawberry and white chocolate with goat hair, goat’s milk, truffle and mitti attar. The bottle’s stone cap is specified as 100% howlite.