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The ballet opens with a burst of natural, cold-pressed Calabrian bergamot and juniper berry essences, further heightened by pink pepper extract, before moving into a warm and intense heart of Madagascar pink pepper and black tea, foregrounded by highly seductive eddies of saffron with mineral and earthy accents. It then settles into a base of patchouli, vetiver and ambergris. Enveloped in mystery, once on the skin Encre Indigo unfolds in an extraordinary interplay of fresh, vibrant and warm notes, all equally ethereal and yet anchored in its inventive composition. Just as René Lalique modelled light into sculpture, Annick Menardo has managed to capture this medium’s prodigious vitality in a fragrance, the scent of blue as imagined by Lalique, a fragrance for a man who enjoys living life in motion. A droplet of ink To offer the perfect vessel for this complex elixir, Lalique has plumbed its rich heritage, especially the Biches inkwell (1913), having already kindled the concept for Encre Noire . A powerful aesthetic choice, a minimalist cube of water or ice, metaphorically an ink droplet in water, with an intense gradient effect reflecting from one glass surface to another before it reveals its name, etched on the base of the fragrance’s bottle: Encre Indigo . Just as

A sculptor of light, René Lalique transformed glassmaking at the turn of the 20th century. Although synaesthesia was little discussed at the time, his unique creations were certainly exploring this very condition. The term refers to the awakening of one sense through the stimulation of another. It is said, for example, that Vincent van Gogh could “hear” certain colours or that Duke Ellington was able to “see” the mix of tone qualities produced by various musical instruments as nuances of blue, green or red. Similarly, experiences that bring together colour, light, movement and form are a common thread in René Lalique’s body of work, giving them a particular texture and resonance that made them into Art Nouveau and Art Deco icons.

A POWERFUL AESTHETIC CHOICE, A MINIMALIST CUBE OF WATER OR ICE.

ONCE ON THE SKIN ENCRE INDIGO UNFOLDS IN AN EXTRAORDINARY INTERPLAY OF FRESH, VIBRANT AND WARM NOTES.

commitments, Encre Indigo ’s bottle is made of glass and its brilliant indigo blue packaging is made of FSC-certified and recyclable paper. A man in movement In a final stroke of daring for Encre Indig o, Lalique has selected the German dancer Severin Brunhuber, a rising star of the Bavarian National Ballet, to embody this new, ingenious choreography of olfactory sensations in an innovative advertising campaign. Known for his collaborations with a range of choreographers, acclaimed for the way he imbues each of his performances with raw emotions that reshape the space around him, here Brunhuber moves his limbs with grace and elemental force, as if enchanted by the exalting intensity of the trail this fragrance leaves behind. With palpable energy, he seems to free his spirit ever more as Encre Indigo reveals its full synaesthetic potential. It is a blue that tells a story of life, movement and – as always – art.

its founder earned renown by turning everyday objects into works of art, today Lalique continues to showcase its unrivalled crystal glassmaking expertise in the realm of perfumes. The lacquer like finish recalls the lids traditionally used for ink bottles, while the hand sculpted wooden stopper grounds the design. As all the components enter into dialogue, they are inescapably drawn to and influenced by each other. In line with Lalique’s sustainability

An intense immersion A century later, as a worthy successor to Encre Noire , the men’s fragrance launched in 2007, Lalique is once again honouring its founder’s artistic vision with a luminous and intense perfume that invites the wearer on a captivating sensory journey. Encre Indigo is a fragrance to be felt and seen that comes to life when worn. Its rare and original raw materials join together in a play of light and shade, collide before giving rise, little by little, to something entirely new on the skin, thus mirroring René Lalique’s rich and revolutionary creative process. “Pushing back the limits of creativity through a harmonious blend of exceptional ingredients, Encre Indigo expresses timeless modernity”, explains Annick Menardo, the master perfumer behind the fragrance’s profile. What was the starting point for this immersion all in blue, limbering up with its iridescent brilliance before diving into its darkest, inky depths?

THE SCENT OF BLUE AS IMAGINED BY LALIQUE, A FRAGRANCE FOR A MAN WHO ENJOYS LIVING LIFE IN MOTION.

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