Louis Vuitton adds a new addition to its fragrance trunk
Louis Vuitton adds a new addition to its fragrance trunk
Étoile Filante is the latest addition to the house’s travel-inspired fragrances
As with all the fragrances in the Louis Vuitton catalogue, Étoile Filante is the work of Vuitton’s in-house perfumer Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud, made in the secluded Vuttion fragrance house in Grasse but inspired by the scents and ingredients Belletrud discovered throughout his travels.
Étoile Filante’s keynote is osmanthus, a delicate white flower Belletrud first encountered in the Grasse laboratory of his own father who was also a perfumer. Years later, Belletrud came across the fruity-smelling flower during a trip to China. ‘At nightfall, all around the stalls in the flower market, this original, suave scent of osmanthus and magnolia would waft through the air,’ says Belletrud. ‘I was deeply moved by that magic, heady fragrance pairing those two elements from nat