New Kind Of Jungle

Somewhere on an uncharted planet, an expedition walks into a jungle no one expected to find. That scene of first contact is the starting point for this composition by Bertrand Duchaufour.

The first breath is lemon's sharp brightness and the green bite of fresh wet herbs, with nenuphar, the water lily, adding a still, pond-like calm. Deeper in, watery hyacinth brings a cool clarity, while honeysuckle's nectar and the dense white bloom of blue tuberose thicken the air; a lush jungle accord wraps it all in leafy weight. The pull between cool water flowers and heady white flowers drives this middle stretch.

What remains underfoot is crystal musks, moss and modern woods. The clear musk links damp moss to the woods, bringing the alien landscape back down to earth.