Flash Back
A childhood memory of rhubarb tart, recalled through green tartness and dry woods.
Perfumer: Olivier Cresp
The past makes a sudden entrance onto the stage of the present and freezes a suspended moment. That afterimage, pressed onto the retina, is where Olivier Cresp's Flash Back begins. The photography is by Laurent Segretier.
The memory it calls back is an enveloping childhood smell: rhubarb tart. Yet this is no sugary replica of a pastry. A tangy, slightly green rhubarb accord meets citrus, while the crisp sourness of a Granny Smith apple accord and a light prickle of pink pepper keep the scent puckering and alive.
Vetiver and cedarwood form the base. Ambery notes and musks wrap those dry woody lines, carrying nostalgia toward a closer, skin-level sensuality.
