To deepen the understanding of different states of mind and tastes, the Maison de Haute Parfumerie STATE OF MIND celebrates abundance, ease, splendor, fortune, luxury, prosperity, wealth and superabundance in the Oriental way. ORIENTAL OPULENCE is an intense woody amber fragrance in an elegant triangular bottle with an Art Deco pattern, officially launched in May 2025.
Sheherazade, but not just any. The one by Rimsky-Korsakov and its staging by Diaghilev in 1909 in Paris, the global capital of the time where modernity reigned supreme. Choreographer Michel Fokine, set and costume painter Léon Bakst, dancers Ida Rubinstein and Vaslav Nijinsky made the fame of the Ballets Russes. On the stage of the Châtelet, the Parisian public discovered the Orient its painters and poets had dreamed of: a burst of colours, jerky movements, the rehabilitation of male dance. A revolution was underway.
Catherine Laskine-Balandina, STATE OF MIND creator, was inspired by Serge Diaghilev and Paul Poiret and aims to write a new page in the vision of the Orient, highlighting the nobility of this mindset, a secret known only to the Orientals. It is about sweetening tea with sugar, rest with music, words with compliments, life with wishes for happiness and prosperity, and a fragrance with the rose, even if the rose is not enough. One must add a rare rose that no one had thought to put in a perfume: the Rose of Jericho, also called the Tree of Miriam or the Rose of Mary, a desert plant that indicates water and symbolizes life and fertility.
Top notes: Prickly Pear, Bergamot, Davana, Ceylon Tea. Heart notes: Rose of Taif, Rose of Jericho, Damask Rose, Saffron. Base notes: Akigalawood, Amber, Oud, Patchouli. A long-lasting fragrance whose intoxicating side and touch of mystery come from Akigalawood, Patchouli and Oud.
As Catherine's stories always have multiple entrances, the fragrance is accompanied by a Kenilworth Ceylon Black Tea. The illustration was created by Korean illustrator Kasiq Jungwoo Lee, and the 100 ml bottle is screwable and refillable.