In this new episode of "Off with Nose", Marc-Antoine Barrois and Quentin Bisch unveil Ganymede and its Extrait. Conceived from the same key notes — mandarin, immortelle, safraleine and akigalawood — the two fragrances completely upend the hierarchy of ingredients. What emerges are two facets of the same universe: one mineral and luminous, the other warm and enveloping.
The name: a man, a moon, an imaginary planet
Ganymède is at once the most beautiful mortal in Greek mythology and a moon of Jupiter. Marc-Antoine Barrois inhabits this in-between: neither purely terrestrial, nor purely celestial.
The Eau de Parfum: mandarin, immortelle, then mineral leather
The Eau de Parfum departs from fruit and moves towards density. Mandarin in the opening, immortelle in relay, then a heart built on safraleine and akigalawood — two synthetic materials that create an accord that is simultaneously leathery, mineral and lightly smoky. A trajectory from light to structured.
The Extrait: immortelle first, myrrh and incense at the heart
The Extrait inverts the pyramid. Immortelle occupies the opening — dense, herbaceous, almost medicinal. Mandarin only arrives at the end, as a light punctuation. At the heart, myrrh and incense replace the leathery mineral of the EDP. Warmer. Darker. Same identity, different character.
Ganymede and Ganymede Extrait are available in our Marc-Antoine Barrois selection below.