Champs Délaissée Pictura Fragrans

Unisex
Eau de Parfum
Year: 2024

At a glance

Is Champs Délaissée Pictura Fragrans worth trying?

Champs Délaissée by Pictura Fragrans is a Oriental Floral fragrance for women and men.

Best match
Evening, Special Occasion wear in Fall, Winter
Performance feel
Unknown longevity with Strong sillage
Signature profile
musky, animalic, green with Beeswax, Blood Orange, Almond

The first impression

Champs Délaissée by Pictura Fragrans is a Oriental Floral fragrance for women and men. This is a new fragrance. Champs Délaissée was launched in 2024. The nose behind this fragrance is DL Jenkins. Top notes are Beeswax, Blood Orange, Almond and Yuzu; middle notes are Flouve, Fenugreek, White Tea, Immortelle, Osmanthus, Jasmine, Neroli and Rose; base notes are Civet, Hay, Leather, Musk, Oud, Costus, Olibanum and Cedar.

What shapes the scent

musky 100%
animalic 85%
green 70%
fresh spicy 60%
vanilla 50%
powdery 40%
aromatic 35%
citrus 30%
herbal 25%
leather 20%

The perfumer behind it

DL Jenkins

DL Jenkins

DL Jenkins is a perfumer behind numerous creations for Pictura Fragrans, including Animal Épicé, Aquelarre Indigo, Aquelarre, Aquincum, Champs Délaissée, Gualala Mala, Kopi Luwak, and L'esprit Impur. These fragrances span a wide range of styles, from spicy animalic to dark aquatic and gourmand themes. Jenkins' work is characterized by bold, narrative-driven compositions that often explore unconventional ingredients.

Notes pyramid

Top Notes

First impression · 15-30 min

Beeswax Beeswax
Blood Orange Blood Orange
Almond Almond
Yuzu Yuzu

Heart Notes

Core character · 2-4 hours

Flouve Flouve
Fenugreek Fenugreek
White Tea White Tea
Immortelle Immortelle
Osmanthus Osmanthus
Jasmine Jasmine
Neroli Neroli
Rose Rose

Base Notes

Lasting impression · 4+ hours

Civet Civet
Hay Hay
Leather Leather
Musk Musk
Oud Oud
Costus Costus
Olibanum Olibanum
Cedar Cedar

The mood it creates

The Mystic Archetype: Portrait of Champs Délaissée Pictura Fragrans

Essence

Champs Délaissée Pictura Fragrans embodies the Mystic, straddling the line between earth and ether. The blood orange and beeswax opening is sunlight through stained glass, while civet and oud in the base suggest sacred spaces. This fragrance is for those who seek the divine in decay, who find altars in abandoned fields.

Style & Aesthetic

They wear layers of mismatched fabrics-a priest's robe over workman's trousers. Their jewelry is forged from found objects: a rusted key, a shard of amber. The scent unfolds like a grimoire's pages, revealing pressed flowers and ink stains.

Philosophy & Values

They believe in the holiness of contradiction. The fenugreek and immortelle speak to their reverence for cycles of growth and rot. They collect rituals like stones in a pocket, weighing each for its truth.

Relationships

They commune deeply but briefly, leaving others marked by their intensity. Romantic partners are drawn to their otherness, though few can dwell long in their shadowed world. Their closest bonds are with fellow seekers.

Lifestyle

They rise before dawn to walk the edges of waking and dream. Their home is cluttered with feathers, bones, jars of tinctures that catch the light. The fragrance lingers where they've passed, a benediction or a warning.

Shadow

Their pursuit of transcendence can become a refusal to engage with the mundane. The animalic notes risk tipping into indulgence, a wallowing in the mire rather than an ascent.

Conclusion

Champs Délaissée is an incantation in liquid form-a reminder that the sacred and the profane are two sides of the same coin, tarnished and gleaming.