Sylvaine Delacourte was the former Director of Olfactory Evaluation at Guerlain. She was the only female director in 180 years. After several years as Fragrance Director at Maison Guerlain, she decided she wanted to create her own fragrances. Her first collection was Musk, then Vanilla and most recently Fleur d'Oranger.
Sometimes fruity, clean or even woody, the perfumes all have a certain softness in common. Sylvaine calls them olfactive pashminas because they bring both comfort and lightness. Musks have great tenacity but it is difficult to give them proper diffusion. The challenge was to give them a strong presence, a different personality each time, and of course a lingering trail. Musk was originally an animal material found in the Tibetan deer. Since musk from animals is no longer used, perfumery utilizes an infinite variety of white musks, synthetically reproduced and indispensable in fragrance compositions for their sensual fixative power.
Helicriss is a spicy musk that features an armful of aromatic herbs and spicy everlasting flowers enhanced with warm notes. It has top notes of rosemary, lemon, bergamot and grapefruit; middle notes of everlasting flowers (immortelle) and cinnamon; and base notes of frankincense, tonka bean, patchouli and musk. Helicriss is an eau de parfum, edp.