Élégie Boréale

Élégie Boréale
A love letter to winter in Montreal.

The Canadian Series
My Canadian Series is a tribute to the people and spirit of this land—its cities, its winters, its untold stories.

And there is no city quite like Montreal in the 1960s—the most European, the most Bohemian place in North America, where poetry, passion, and revolution drifted through the winter air like cigarette smoke in a dimly lit café.

And the women of Montreal—God bless them—
They are muses, rebels, lovers, and ghosts.
Sharp of mind, fierce of heart, effortless in their beauty and grace.
They are the kind of women you never quite forget....
even long after you’ve left town.

A Story in Scent
I arrived in Montreal by train,
Winter night, minus thirty.
The city blurred in frost and neon,
Streetlights reflecting in black ice.
She was there—
Red-lipped, wrapped in patchouli and fur,
A flicker of warmth against the night,
An ember in the dark.
Her apartment was small, walls thin as paper,
Bohemian disorder—
Candle wax dripping, books stacked like monuments,
A mattress on the floor,
The air thick with musk and amber,
Orange blossoms wilting in a glass by the window.
We made love to keep the cold at bay,
Civet on her skin, the salt of sweat,
The fire of patchouli curling in the heat between us.
Her perfume clung to my scarf, my hands, my ribs—
Powder turned to fire, softness laced with something untamed.
When the snow hushes the city,
When the wind moves through empty streets,
I still catch a trace of her—
A breath of jasmine on the cold,
A memory dissolving like smoke,
A song I once knew but can no longer sing.

Fragrance Notes
Top Notes (The First Impression)

Orange – Bright, luminous, a spark against the cold.
Bergamot – Crisp and elegant, a nod to a winter morning.
Pear – A whisper of sweetness, like a stolen kiss.
Heart Notes (The Soul of the Scent)

Orange Blossom – A nocturnal bloom, radiant and indolic.
Cinnamon – A trace of warmth, smoldering like candlelight.
Jasmine Sambac – Sensual, honeyed, laced with mystery.
Orris Butter Absolute – Powdery, nostalgic, like a love note folded and tucked away.
Base Notes (The Lingering Memory)

Benzoin – Deep and resinous, golden as melted wax.
Patchouli – Earthy, dark, the pulse of something untamed.
Musk – A whisper of skin, intimate and fleeting.
Vanilla Bean Tincture – Soft, warm, like the last trace of her perfume on your collar.

Élégie Boréale is Montreal in winter, a love affair wrapped in fur and candlelight, a memory frozen in amber.