Serge Lutens Fleurs D'Oranger

Do you want to smell like a Roitfeld? According to an interview with Do It In Paris, Carine Roitfeld favors two scents to enhance her seductive aura: Yves Saint Laurent Opium Body Moisturizer and Serge Lutens Fleurs d’Oranger. Formulated by Christopher Sheldrake in 1995, Fleurs d’Oranger is a complex fragrance, unobtrusive and delicate yet heady and decadent, beautiful but demanding, purely feminine, utterly irresistible. The notes center on white flowers with hints of citrus and spice: orange blossom, jasmine, tuberose, and white rose over a warm base of musk, hibiscus, cumin, cedarwood, nutmeg, and neroli. Serge Lutens himself describes Fleurs d’Oranger as the smell of happiness, that certainly sounds like the essence of Carine…

Carine Roitfeld photograph courtesy of Fashion Spot. Serge Lutens Fleurs d’Oranger image  © 2012 Serge Lutens.

Diptyque Tubereuse Candle

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld wisely noted that certain smells remind us of home and for her the scent of the Diptyque Tubéreuse Candle always makes her feel as if she is back in Paris with her parents. Carine Roitfeld prefers the scent of tubéreuse (or in English, "tuberose") and burns the Diptyque candles in her home constantly.

It is no wonder that tubéreuse is La Roitfeld's favorite scent as it is one of the most costly ingredients used in blending perfumes. The tubéreuse is a white flower native to Mexico and unusual in that it deploys its heady fragrance at dusk. Described as beguiling, captivating, intoxicating, sensual, intense, enchanting, exotic, tubéreuse does indeed sound like the smell that epitomizes Carine...

The candles by Diptyque are also on par with the Roitfeld standard of quality: the wax is a natural vegetable and paraffin formula custom blended to complement the scent of tubéreuse and distributed properly so that the candle burns evenly. The cotton, lead-free wick is placed into each glass and straightened and trimmed by hand. Talk about white glove treatment! With care, the Diptyque candles will burn for 50 to 60 hours on average so enjoy the essence of Carine while it lasts...

Diptyque Tubereuse Candle image courtesy of diptyqueparis.com.
Tuberose photographs courtesy of candlefind.com and shapingyouth.org.

Opium Body Lotion by Yves Saint Laurent

Carine Roitfeld's favorite way to scent is to rub herself from head to toe with the body lotion Opium by Yves Saint Laurent for Women, she has worn it for years. The exotic fragrance blends florals, mandarin, and coriander to evoke a rich essence, foreign yet familiar that is irresistible. I get compliments every time that I wear this, the warmth of this seductive scent is spicy but subtle. J'adore. For more of Carine's best loved scents, read about her obsession with the Diptyque Tubereuse Candle.