Bigarade Concentrée – FRÉDÉRIC MALLE | Bitter Orange & Woody Eau de Parfum
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A fleeting glimpse of a flower.
Ephemeral, dewy — as if spring had just brushed your shoulder.
You know that spring moment — you're walking down the street, a gust of lilac-scented air passes, and vanishes before you can quite identify it. Olivia Giacobetti, a perfumer at Givaudan and creator of compositions of rare transparency and precision, sought to capture precisely this moment for Frédéric Malle. Not lilacs in a bouquet on a table. Lilacs in the wind, dewy, ephemeral, impossible to hold onto.
In this Eau de Parfum concentration, the composition expresses all its lightness and transparency, characteristic of Giacobetti's style. Lilac opens with an aquatic and slightly vegetal freshness — cucumber provides that cool, clean dampness that evokes rain on fresh leaves. Jasmine, rose, and lily of the valley build a delicate and multifaceted floral bouquet at the heart, never overwhelming, with petitgrain adding a subtle aromatic verticality. White musk and cedarwood in the base anchor the composition in a very discreet warmth — just enough for the fragrance to linger, without ever imposing itself. En Passant doesn't last like a strong sillage. It returns — in waves, in moments — like a memory of spring.
En Passant is the fragrance for those who prefer what is sensed to what is proclaimed — and who know that the most beautiful things pass quickly.
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Eau de Parfum
Family
Hesperidic
Sillage
Very discreet
Gender
Unisex
A word from Maison Diaphane
En Passant is one of the most poetic fragrances in the Frédéric Malle collection — and one of the most difficult to explain to someone who hasn't smelled it. Olivia Giacobetti has captured something elusive: the memory of a flower, not the flower itself. Those who love it can no longer do without it.
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En Passant Eau de Parfum by Frédéric Malle is a unisex floral fragrance created by Olivia Giacobetti — a perfumer at Givaudan, recognized as one of the great masters of olfactory minimalism, to whom we owe Philosykos and Diorissimo for Dior, among others. En Passant captures the fleeting moment of lilac glimpsed on a spring street — dewy, light, impossible to hold onto. Available at Maison Diaphane, official retailer in Angers. Free delivery from 100 € (in France).
Its olfactory pyramid revolves around a fresh and aquatic lilac accompanied by cucumber in the top, a delicate and multifaceted jasmine-lily of the valley-rose-petitgrain heart, and a very discreet white musk and cedarwood base. In Eau de Parfum, the composition expresses all its lightness and transparency — an intimate, close-up fragrance, perceived from a few centimeters away, returning in waves for 3 to 4 hours.
En Passant is a very discreet sillage spring floral fragrance, ideal for spring and summer, worn equally well by women and men.
Can lilac really be captured in perfumery?
Lilac is one of the most difficult flowers to reproduce in perfumery — its molecule cannot be extracted directly. Perfumers must reconstitute it by blending materials. Olivia Giacobetti achieves this with remarkable precision and naturalness — the lilac in En Passant evokes the living, dewy flower in the wind, much more than a chemical reconstruction.
Is it too discreet a fragrance to be truly perceived?
That's Giacobetti's style — intentionally minimalist. En Passant is a fragrance of intimate presence, smelled from a few centimeters away, not from afar. Its sillage is very discreet but it returns in waves for several hours. It's a fragrance you perceive on someone else before you know what it is — and that's precisely the desired effect.
Who is Olivia Giacobetti?
Olivia Giacobetti is one of the most influential perfumers in contemporary niche perfumery. At Givaudan, she has signed compositions for Diptyque (Philosykos, L'Ombre dans l'Eau, Ofresia), L'Artisan Parfumeur, and Frédéric Malle. Her style is immediately recognizable — fragrances of lightness, transparency, and precision that seem to capture moments rather than materials.
What season is En Passant made for?
Spring above all — it is a seasonal fragrance par excellence, intrinsically linked to the image of blooming lilac. It can accompany mild summer days, but it is in spring that it achieves its full poetry. In winter, its lightness makes it less suitable.
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Each creation is carefully selected from independent houses, artisans, and niche perfumers. We favor fine materials, meticulous compositions, and unique olfactory worlds.
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