Folle Blanche was the grape of the old Cognac vineyards and it has almost gone from the region. Its flowers sit in the heart of 1270, the first perfume from P. Frapin & Cie, named for the year the family arrived in the Charente.
Beatrice Cointreau, a great-granddaughter of Pierre Frapin, built it with the house cellar master. The brief was the smells around the making of cognac, not the drink in the glass. Sidonie Lancesseur re-orchestrated it, released in 2010.
So 1270 opens on fruit and wood. Candied orange, dried grapes, prunes, nuts, cocoa, coffee and tonka at the top. Vine flowers, linden, pepper and everlasting flowers in the heart. Guaiac and precious woods, vanilla and white honey underneath.
The family was ennobled by Louis XIV in 1697. Its estate is Fontpinot, in Grande Champagne. 1270 keeps a grape the vineyards gave up on.
Spec
- Eau de parfum, 100ml
- Perfumer Sidonie Lancesseur, 2010
- Top: candied orange, nuts, dried grapes, prunes, cocoa, tonka bean, coffee
- Heart: vine flowers, linden, pepper, spices, everlasting flowers
- Base: precious woods, guaiac wood, vanilla, white honey
