Liquides Imaginaires

If you’re looking to add a little mystery to your perfume, the French brand Liquides Imaginaires is just what you’re looking for. The brand was created to revive the ritual of perfume by developing new fragrances. Its fragrance bottles are designed to be mysterious, containing the genius of the perfume within, like an amphora or one of those unusual, precious objects expertly crafted by artisans. The fragrances themselves are like riddles, offering a way to interpret thoughts, intentions and confessions; to immortalize moments in life, desires, beliefs, strengths and weaknesses; and perhaps even to help those who wear them leave the material world behind and enter imaginary, intimate worlds, where the spirit wanders off to explore new horizons and desires. The founders behind Liquides Imaginaires are David Prossard and Philip Di Mio. The brand began its journey in 2012, when Philip Di Muo’s artistic abilities met David Prossard’s business acumen. They decided to embark on a journey together, envisioning a new relationship with perfume, based on the spiritual, mystical, symbolic and emotional qualities of scent. Philip is undoubtedly the brand’s artistic mind. Most of the initiatives associated with it stem from his unstoppable curiosity, conceptual strength and artistic intuition. David, on the other hand, brimming with energy and always on the move, is the driving force behind Liquides Imaginaires’ growth. Yet despite his pragmatic, business-minded nature, David can talk for hours about Malraux, Spinoza or Greek myths. From time to time, he likes to ride his motorcycle along unfamiliar highways, replenishing his reserves of inspiration and fresh ideas. Philip and David are opposites, yet together they form a perfect melting pot, each complementing the other. Both are driven to challenge the status quo of perfume as we know it today. They envision their fragrances and ensure they’re made by professional perfumers, without compromising on the quality of the ingredients. Liquides Imaginaires: When reality meets imagination At the intersection of reality and imagination, the brand breaks away from conventional thinking, allowing the human spirit to reach its deepest nature as well as the heights of its impulses and aspirations. The brand brings unknown fragments of the soul and destiny to the surface. It always draws inspiration from universal cultural figures, casting a contemporary light on symbols, characters and events that remain in the collective unconscious. Liquides Imaginaires always releases its fragrances as trilogies: collections of three scents connected by a theme. One of them is Fleuve Tendre, a woody floral musk fragrance for women and men. Fleuve Tendre was launched in 2017. The nose behind this fragrance is Sonia Constant. The top notes are Mandarin orange, Cardamom, Saffron, coriander, Cumin, Black pepper and Nutmeg; the middle notes are animalic notes, musk, Geranium, rose water and Petalia; the base notes are musk, civet, Incense, vetiver, suede, Tonka bean and Patchouli. It’s especially well suited to autumn and spring, lasts a long time on the skin and definitely makes a pleasant impression. In addition to this fragrance, the brand has produced around 25 more. Considering that it’s a relatively new fragrance brand, with its earliest edition created in 2011 and its most recent in 2020, it has certainly been a success. The brand’s fragrances were created in collaboration with perfumers Louise Turner, Anne-Sophie Behaghel, Amélie Bourgeois, Sonia Constant, Jordi Fernández, Quentin Bisch, Nisrine Bouazzaoui Grilli, Shyamala Maisondieu, Nadège Le Garlantezec and Karine Boyin.