Frederic Malle En Passant was created by Olivia Giacobetti in 2000. The inspiration was a moment of absolute happiness - a beautiful spring rain with baked bread. Lilacs and wheat. Frederic Malle's favorite flower is the lilac. It is a delicate, haunting fragrance. Notes of lilac, orange leaves, cucumber and wheat.
From Olfactorias Travels - "the wet flowers after a summer rain, the cool air, the softness of grass beneath my bare feet and the faint smell of freshly baked bread from afar…"
From Perfume Posse - "Melancholy, beautiful, poignant. Late spring, early summer days, lilac in bloom, rain still sputtering, with the smell of mom’s baking bread wafting through the open windows of the farmhouse. Yeah, Malle has his bread, rain and lilac memory and I have mine. Everyone should have a bread, rain and lilac memory in their past. And present."
From Bois de Jasmin - Frederic Malle En Passant is one of the most successful “rain” scents after Guerlain’s enchanting Après l’Ondée (1906). Giacobetti captures the Impressionist vision of the scent of raindrops trembling on the lilac bushes. All notes reveal themselves at once conjuring a vision of passing a lilac bush in full bloom, dropping a confetti of tiny blossoms into the puddles on the pavement."
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| Perfume Name | Frederic Malle En Passant |
| Year Introduced | 2000 |
| Perfumer | Olivia Giacobetti |
| Gender | Unisex |
| Strength | Eau de parfum, edp |
| Notes | Lilac, orange leaves, absolute cucumber and absolute wheat. |
| Country of Origin | France |
