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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 Cultural Bridge
Diptyque Philosykos
6/10
Green Thread Natural Purity
Etat Libre d'Orange You or Someone Like You
6/10
Green Thread Mood Convergence
Prada Infusion d'Iris
6/10
Minimalist Ethos Natural Purity
Diptyque L'Ombre dans l'Eau
5/10
Green Thread Natural Purity
Frederic Malle En Passant
5/10
Natural Purity Mood Convergence
Kenzo L'Eau par Kenzo
5/10
Green Thread Mood Convergence
Atelier Cologne Clémentine California
5/10
Citrus Brightness Green Thread
Atelier Cologne Orange Sanguine
5/10
Citrus Brightness Green Thread
Jo Malone London English Pear & Freesia
4/10
Green Thread Mood Convergence
Chanel No. 19
4/10
Green Thread Compositional Parallel
Atelier Cologne Pacific Lime
4/10
Citrus Brightness Green Thread

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