En Passant – FRÉDÉRIC MALLE | Eau de Parfum Lilac & Lily of the Valley
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A flower seen in passing.
Fleeting, damp — 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 disappears before you can really identify it. Olivia Giacobetti, perfumer at Givaudan and creator of compositions of rare transparency and precision, sought to capture exactly that moment for Frédéric Malle. Not lilac in a bouquet on a table. Lilac in the wind, damp, ephemeral, impossible to hold on to.
In this Eau de Parfum concentration, the composition expresses all its lightness and transparency characteristic of Giacobetti's style. The lilac opens with an aquatic and slightly vegetal freshness — cucumber provides that cold, clean dampness that evokes rain on fresh leaves. Jasmine, rose, and lily of the valley build a delicate and multifaceted floral bouquet in the heart, never overwhelming, with petitgrain adding a slight 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 trail. It returns — in waves, in moments — like a memory of spring.
En Passant is the fragrance for those who prefer what is hinted at to what is proclaimed — and who know that the most beautiful things pass quickly.
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Eau de Parfum
Family
Floral
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 composed 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. En Passant captures the fleeting moment of lilac glimpsed on a spring street — damp, light, impossible to hold on to. 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 at the top, a delicate and multifaceted jasmine-lily of the valley-rose-petitgrain heart, and a very discreet base of white musk and cedarwood. In Eau de Parfum, the composition expresses all its lightness and transparency — an intimate proximity fragrance, perceived a few inches away, that returns in waves for 3 to 4 hours.
En Passant is a very discreet spring floral fragrance, ideal in spring and summer, worn by both women and men.
Can lilac truly be captured in perfumery?
Lilac is one of the most difficult flowers to reproduce in perfumery — its molecule cannot be extracted directly. Perfumers must recreate it by blending materials. Olivia Giacobetti achieves this with remarkable precision and naturalness — the lilac in En Passant evokes the living, damp, wind-blown flower much more than a chemical reconstruction.
Is it too discreet a fragrance to be truly perceived?
This is Giacobetti's style — intentionally minimalist. En Passant is a fragrance of intimate presence, smelled a few inches 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 intended 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 quintessential seasonal fragrance, intrinsically linked to the image of blooming lilac. It can accompany mild summer days, but it is in spring that it reaches its full poetry. In winter, its lightness makes it less suitable.
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