ETAT LIBRE D'ORANGE The Ghost in the Shell EDP 50 ml UNION OF MATTER BIRTH OF THE SOUL It was a night of pale moon, a night at the end of the 20th century, a night when the old world ends and the new one begins, a night when you tremble, clutching the crucifix to your heart, in the passage toward fatherhood. That night I chose as my crucifix Dan Simmons' novel Hyperion, a majestic work of science fiction that celebrates the infinite legend of the French Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, researcher, paleontologist, theologian, and philosopher of the 20th century. And I read, drawing great comfort from it, until the reflections of the aurora, until the first glimmers of light from the east. I read about the future of man, the celebration of transhumanism, and the evolutionary leap of humanity enhanced by machines. Rarely have I loved a book so much, rarely have I loved a thinker so much. And that evening I read what man thought he saw in the tombs of time. I am in love with words at the service of matter, when they fertilize each other to bring poetry into our bottles. So, a few years ago I was talking about the work of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to one of the last living vestiges of this triumphant 20th century, and I said: “So, Teilhard de Chardin: a brilliant forerunner?” A look, a silence, and four words as the only answer, four unexpected words in my father's whisper: “GHOST IN THE SHELL”. Here is the birth act that creates the soul of the perfume. The rest is poetry to be lived on your own skin. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin died in 1955, but his soul travels eternally. This perfume continues this journey by merging with the Japanese artist Masamune Shirow to transcend the spirit of the Earth. Combining biotech and natural ingredients, Ghost in the shell silently celebrates the trail of the future and in a whisper announces the coming of the day when, by providence or by chance, reunited and organized humanity will merge consciences in the infosphere to create a superior being and will pass from inertia to life, just as molecules unite to create new life, and the great evolutionary leap will occur, starting and ending point of transhumanism. This perfume is the future and comes from the 20th century. Ghost in the Shell, a perfume that tells the human phenomenon and its paradox, to be worn ad libitum, as you wish. A perfume as propagation toward others, to become the engine of evolution: in short, a modern perfume. From the depths of matter, rise! A floral and mineral fragrance, a new form of creation, dove nature and technology meet and complete each other. A fusion of AquaTM and Yuzu gives birth to a metallic citrus freshness. The precious soul of Jasmine is incarnated through contact with Mugane, a state-of-the-art molecule that enhances floral liveliness. The heart is humanized with an opulent accord that replicates the scent of milk and skin. A hybrid, superhuman body, between natural and synthetic, whose vital force is born from the power of amber woods and the chromed minerals of Musk. A duality animated by the carnal imprint of Vinyl Gaiacol, which duplicates Amber and the biotechnological DNA animale of Vanilla. MAIN NOTES Top notes: Aqual, Yuzu OE, Hexyl acetate (MANE Biotech) Heart notes: Jasmine absolute, Mugane, Milky skin accord Base notes: Musk accord, Vinylguaiacol (MANE Biotech), Orcanox EDP 50 ml