Scented Stories: The World of Gerald Ghislain
1740: Marquis de Sade: Leather and Libertine
This one is not for the faint of heart. 1740 is a story of rebellion, sensuality, and fire. It opens with spicy bergamot and warm herbs, setting the stage for what’s to come—a heart of leather, patchouli, and soft resins.
It is dark, but never heavy. Earthy, but not rugged. It feels like candlelit evenings, whispered provocations, a secret kept beneath silk sheets. This scent is courage. It’s defiance. It’s a wink across a room that turns into a dare.
1969: The Scent of Skin and Revolution
If 1740 is the forbidden novel, 1969 is the love letter scrawled in lipstick. It smells like summer heat and ripe peaches, sweet but charged with sensual energy. The heart bursts with spices and chocolate, melting into patchouli and coffee like a warm embrace after a long night.
This scent is flirtatious and free-spirited. It feels like dancing barefoot, laughing too loudly, kissing with the windows open. It doesn’t just smell sexy—it is sexy. Raw, ripe, and beautifully alive.
1873: Colette: Fresh Ink and Flowers
Not all stories are dark. 1873 is bright, luminous, full of laughter and light. Inspired by the beloved French author Colette, it opens with zesty citrus and soft white florals. There’s a note of orange blossom that floats like sunshine, and a soft sugar base that feels playful but never cloying.
This perfume is a morning in Paris, a handwritten letter, a book tucked under your arm. It smells like wit, charm, curiosity. For those who carry joy with elegance, this is your signature.
1899: Hemingway: Warm Light in a Smoky Bar
1899 captures the spirit of travel, stories scribbled on napkins, jazz in a smoky lounge, and the confident solitude of someone who knows who they are. It opens with fresh black pepper and citrus, moving into cinnamon and warm vanilla, all grounded in vetiver and amber.
It’s a scent for explorers, artists, thinkers. Masculine in a classic way, but open, warm, and worn-in like your favorite coat. It smells like candlelit pages and coffee at midnight. Deep, reflective, quietly seductive.
1828: Jules Verne: Salt Air and Adventure
This one opens like the start of a journey. Fresh citrus mingles with eucalyptus and nutmeg, evoking sea spray and sun-soaked skin. As it settles, woods and incense roll in like distant lands waiting to be discovered.
It’s invigorating and intelligent, filled with a sense of movement and possibility. 1828 is the scent of maps unfolding, of train tickets clutched in your pocket, of wind on your face as you chase the horizon.
This Is Not A Blue Bottle: Pure Emotion
This is Gerald at his most abstract. The Blue Bottle series explores perfume as pure feeling. It is unbound from narrative, named by numbers instead of characters. 1.1, for instance, is a brilliant fusion of orange blossom, aldehydes, and musky amber. It feels electric and modern, like walking through a thunderstorm in silk.
Each scent in this line feels like a color, a vibration, a mood. They don’t ask to be defined. They ask to be felt. For those who crave emotion without explanation, this collection is your canvas.
His World of Characters and Chapters
Gerald Ghislain doesn’t believe in single-note simplicity. His fragrances are rich with personality, as layered as a great novel. You’ll find dates in his titles, real or imagined histories behind each scent. He weaves literary figures, artists, revolutionaries, and lovers into his blends, letting you wear their essence and invent new chapters as your day unfolds.
There is something theatrical in his approach, but never artificial. He doesn’t create for the masses. He creates for the dreamers, the romantics, the rebels, the ones who still believe in magic, mystery, and personal myth.
He gives you characters to embody. Stories to live in. Moods to carry.
Why His Perfumes Stay With You
What sets Gerald apart is how his perfumes imprint on memory. They don’t just pass through. They settle in. Maybe it’s the way he balances richness with clarity. Maybe it’s his refusal to dilute emotion for the sake of popularity. Whatever it is, his work lingers—not just on your skin, but in your imagination.
They are wearable poems. Unfolding slowly, sometimes playfully, sometimes provocatively. They challenge you to see perfume not as an accessory, but as an expression. Of self. Of fantasy. Of moment.
For Lovers of Story and Scent
If you see the world in texture and color, if music makes your chest ache, if you’ve ever fallen in love with a stranger in a photograph, then Gerald Ghislain’s perfumes will feel like home. They are for those who feel deeply, speak passionately, and seek more than just scent—they seek soul.
They are for days when you want to disappear into something beautiful, or emerge as something bolder. For evenings when you need courage, mornings when you need comfort. For all the pages of you.
Final Thoughts
Gerald Ghislain doesn’t bottle trends. He bottles tales. His perfumes are rich, expressive, and full of life. Some flirt, some provoke, some seduce quietly, but all of them reach for something deeper. Something human.
So let yourself be carried. Choose a scent like you would choose a book—by the pull of the heart. Spray it onto your skin and step into the story.
Because sometimes, the most powerful thing you can wear is your imagination.