De profundis

De Profundis (2011) is a unisex floral built on an unusual top-note pyramid: chrysanthemum, green notes, violet, soil tincture, incense, and plum tree. There is no listed heart or base, so the opening defines the scent—cool, sappy greens and powdered violet over a damp, rooty earthiness, with incense and plum tree adding a shadowed, slightly woody lift. The main accords (green 100%, herbal 89%, violet 84%, earthy 79%, woody 71%, powdery 68%) confirm a composition that stays green and violet-led rather than turning sweet or heavy.

Collectors who enjoy apothecary, churchyard, or garden-after-rain themes will find this more interesting than pretty: it suits wearers comfortable with soil tincture and chrysanthemum’s bitter-green bite. Because it lacks a conventional base, expect moderate longevity and a close, introspective wear—best for spring, damp autumn days, or anyone building a Serge Lutens reference shelf. If you want a floral that reads clean or conventionally feminine, this is not it; if you want damp earth, violet, and incense in one arc, it is.

De Profundis（2011）係一支中性花香，但香調表好特別：前調只有菊花、綠調、紫羅蘭、土壤酊劑、乳香同梅樹，冇列出中調同基調，所以氣味幾乎由開頭定調——清涼、帶樹液感嘅綠意，加上粉感紫羅蘭，底層係濕潤、帶根莖泥土氣息，乳香同梅樹再添少少陰暗木質。主調比例（綠100%、草本89%、紫羅蘭84%、泥土79%、木質71%、粉感68%）都說明佢一直以綠同紫羅蘭為主，唔會變甜或變厚。

適合鍾意藥房、教堂庭園或者雨後花園題材嘅收藏家；如果你接受到土壤酊劑同菊花嗰種苦綠，會覺得佢比一般花香更有性格。因為冇傳統基調，持香中等，貼身而內斂，春天、潮濕秋日或者想建立 Serge Lutens 參考系都好適合。想要乾淨或典型女性化花香嘅話，呢支唔係嗰種；想要濕土、紫羅蘭同乳香一氣呵成，就係佢。