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Un Jardin sur le Nil

2005
Green mango on the Nile — Ellena's most joyful subtraction, a garden that smells like it's still growing.
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Sensory Profile

Sweetness Freshness Woodiness Intensity Longevity Complexity

Composition

Concentration Eau de Toilette
Style Designer
Notable Ingredients
green mango grapefruit lotus calamus sycamore incense iris

Olfactory Structure

Family Fresh
Evolution Moderate
Sillage 4/10

Character

Moods

fresh playful luminous

Season

Spring Summer

Occasion

Casual

Thematic Territory

A garden on an island in the Nile — unripe green mangoes in the trees, lotus floating in still water, the cool shade of sycamores at noon.

Era & Context

Modern

Part of Ellena's Jardins series, each inspired by a real garden visited by the perfumer. Un Jardin sur le Nil captures Aswan's botanical garden on Kitchener's Island. The green mango note was a revelation — vegetal, tart, and utterly original. Ellena's subtraction philosophy at its most joyful.

Spiritual Links

Memo Paris Sintra
7/10
Green Thread
Dior Diorella
7/10
Green Thread Mood Convergence
Diptyque Philosykos
6/10
Green Thread
Prada Infusion d'Iris
6/10
Minimalist Ethos
Kenzo Kenzo Pour Homme
6/10
Green Thread Natural Purity
Maison Margiela Under the Lemon Trees
6/10
Green Thread Natural Purity
Frederic Malle En Passant
5/10
Natural Purity
Kenzo L'Eau par Kenzo
5/10
Green Thread
Atelier Cologne Orange Sanguine
5/10
Citrus Brightness
Nishane Wulong Cha
5/10
Seasonal Transcendence
Chanel No. 19
4/10
Green Thread
Atelier Cologne Pacific Lime
4/10
Citrus Brightness

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