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Clean & citrus

Ste. Paul de Vence

Coconut, bergamot, salt air. Sunlit, sexy, unforgettable.

Fragrance Notes: Lemon, bergamot, sea air, salt, coconut, ylang-ylang, gardenia, wet earth, ambergris, sandalwood, musk

Saint Paul de Vence is the memory of a perfect escape. Coconut and bergamot rise warm and inviting, carried by salt air and heat shimmering off stone. The opening is sunlit and sensual, a rush of warmth that feels like skin on skin.

As it develops, the fragrance becomes memory in motion, the scent of nights that last too long, mornings that come too soon, the kind of days that leave you both exhausted and alive. It is sexy, radiant, and immersive, capturing not just a place, but the feeling of being there.

Saint Paul de Vence is built for pleasure and presence, for those who crave experience over routine, for those who know that sometimes the best moments defy reason. It is beach vacation distilled into fragrance, designed to linger long after the sand is gone.


 

Parfum · 20%

The highest concentration we make. Dense, slow to open, and built to keep changing for eight to ten hours on skin.

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One noseEvery formula written and blended by Richard. No outside house.
Small batchMade by hand in San Francisco. Batch ID stamped on every base.
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Details

How to wear it

Two sprays at the base of the throat, one on each wrist. Don't rub. It shears the top notes off.

Parfum builds over the first twenty minutes. Give it that long before you decide.

Ingredients

Alcohol denat., parfum (fragrance), aqua.

Shipping

Ships within two business days. Free U.S. shipping over $34.

Batch & provenance

Every bottle carries a batch ID on the base. A 2 ml retention sample from each batch is archived in the studio.

Samples and returns

Every full size bottle ships with a sample so you can try the scent before opening the bottle.

Full size bottles can be returned within 30 days of delivery if they are unopened, unused, and in resellable condition.

Samples and discovery sets are not returnable. Instead you get its price back as credit toward a full size bottle, one credit per order. A code is issued with your order. It never expires and applies only to full size bottles, not to samples or discovery sets. One credit per customer, and codes are not transferable.

Marie Claire named it a dark rose steeped in oud, leather and black pepper. Their pick for Sagittarius season.

Marie Claire · Winter fragrance edit
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On skin

What you'll smell, and when

First spray

Bright lemon and bergamot with a sea breeze.

20 minutes

Salt and warm coconut come through, with soft white flowers.

2 hours

Salt and ambergris with an earthy, mineral edge.

6 hours +

Soft ambergris, sandalwood and musk.

Lemonbergamotsea airsaltcoconutylang-ylanggardeniawet earthambergrissandalwoodmusk

The composition

Top

Lemon, bergamot, sea air

Heart

Salt, coconut, ylang-ylang, gardenia

Base

Wet earth, ambergris, sandalwood, musk

How it performs

IntensityMedium
Longevity6 to 8 hours
ProjectionModerate
SeasonSummer

Parfum concentration builds on skin over the first twenty minutes. Give it that long before you decide.

From the perfumer

Why this one exists

Lemon and bergamot over a sea breeze. Salt and coconut come next, with a little ylang-ylang and gardenia. It settles into ambergris, sandalwood and musk, like warm skin at the end of a beach day.

Richard RochonFounder & perfumer

Wear it with

Ste. Paul de Vence with Limerence 27

Rose and violet leaf add a floral layer to the coconut and salt.

Richard, on layering

Ste. Paul de Vence
Ste. Paul de Vence
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Limerence 27
Limerence 27
$115 for the pair

What people say

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