Upcycled Mandarin Les Liquides Imaginaires by Les Liquides Imaginaires

Upcycled Mandarin Les Liquides Imaginaires

Unisex
Eau de Parfum
Year: 2025

At a glance

Is Upcycled Mandarin Les Liquides Imaginaires worth trying?

Upcycled Mandarin by Les Liquides Imaginaires is a Citrus Aromatic fragrance for women and men.

Best match
Casual wear in Spring, Summer
Performance feel
Moderate longevity with Moderate sillage
Signature profile
citrus, lavender, soft spicy with Italian Mandarin, Pink Pepper, Green Mandarin
citrus lavender soft spicy

The first impression

Upcycled Mandarin by Les Liquides Imaginaires is a Citrus Aromatic fragrance for women and men. This is a new fragrance. Upcycled Mandarin was launched in 2025. Upcycled Mandarin was created by Carol Belli and Kosuke Minakata. Top notes are Italian Mandarin, Pink Pepper, Green Mandarin, Cardamom and Italian Lemon; middle notes are Lavender, Orange Blossom, Apricot and Mahonial; base notes are Heliotrope, Benzoin, Amber, Vanillin, Haitian Vetiver, Immortelle, Cedarwood and Almond.

What shapes the scent

citrus 100%
lavender 85%
soft spicy 70%
amber 60%
aromatic 50%
sweet 40%
warm spicy 35%
powdery 30%
fruity 25%
vanilla 20%

The perfumer behind it

Carol Belli

Carol Belli

Carol Belli is a French perfumer who trained at Givaudan's prestigious Perfumery School and has since collaborated with niche houses like Les Liquides Imaginaires. Her style balances natural ingredients with modern techniques, often exploring spiritual or sensory themes through unexpected accords. For Les Liquides Imaginaires, she created Buddha Blend, a warm, incense-laced composition, and Upcycled Mandarin, a fresh citrus scent that highlights sustainable sourcing. Her work reflects a commitment to both artistic expression and environmental responsibility in perfumery.

Notes pyramid

Top Notes

First impression · 15-30 min

Italian Mandarin Italian Mandarin
Pink Pepper Pink Pepper
Green Mandarin Green Mandarin
Cardamom Cardamom
Italian Lemon Italian Lemon

Heart Notes

Core character · 2-4 hours

Lavender Lavender
Orange Blossom Orange Blossom
Apricot Apricot
Mahonial Mahonial

Base Notes

Lasting impression · 4+ hours

Heliotrope Heliotrope
Benzoin Benzoin
Amber Amber
Vanillin Vanillin
Haitian Vetiver Haitian Vetiver
Immortelle Immortelle
Cedarwood Cedarwood
Almond Almond

The mood it creates

The Wanderer Archetype: Portrait of Upcycled Mandarin Les Liquides Imaginaires

Essence

The Wanderer thrives on serendipity, finding beauty in detours. Upcycled Mandarin captures this spirit with its citrus-lavender vibrancy, as if bottled from a sunlit roadside in Sicily. The mandarin and pink pepper top notes sparkle with improvisation, while heliotrope and vetiver in the base root the journey in warmth.

Style & Aesthetic

Their wardrobe is a patchwork of flea-market finds and artisan crafts-linen shirts dyed with foraged berries, boots scarred by miles. The fragrance’s apricot-and-almond sweetness mirrors their love for imperfect textures: sun-faded maps, handwritten postcards.

Philosophy & Values

They believe destinations are distractions. The joy is in the meandering middle, where lavender fields blur into orange groves. Like the scent’s mahonial (a synthetic lily), they embrace artifice when it serves wonder-a busker’s cover song, a neon sign in a olive grove.

Relationships

They collect kindred spirits like passport stamps, bonding over shared trains missed and hostel kitchens. Romance is a hammock strung between palm trees-light, swinging, sweetened by vanilla but never heavy with promises.

Lifestyle

Mornings begin with whatever fruit is in season, eaten barefoot on a balcony. Their calendar has margins wide enough for detours: a ceramics workshop here, a midnight swim there. The fragrance’s green mandarin and cedarwood trail behind them like breadcrumbs.

Shadow

Their restlessness can become avoidance. The very citruses that fizz so brightly fade quickly; the benzoin and amber base notes whisper of roots they fear to grow. Not all paths need leading.

Conclusion

Upcycled Mandarin is the scent of a soul who treats life as a collage. It’s a reminder that adventure isn’t in the miles but in the way cardamom dances with immortelle-unexpected, unrepeatable, utterly alive.

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