LA BELLE HELENE
A Paring of Pears: Music & Dessert
I love the city of Chicago, especially in the spring time. When the temperature is around 78-80 degrees and on a Friday night you will find lots of people at outdoor cafes, walking on Michigan Avenue with bright lights illuminating from designer shops and then there are those wonderful stage plays from many theaters in Chicago and surrounding suburbs.
The Goodman Theatre in downtown Chicago is known for Tony award winning plays but surrounding the Goodman Theatre are chic cafes that display mouthwatering desserts. It becomes even more of a picture perfect evening in Chicago with the brightly lit stars hovering in the sky; deep into the dark blue aura like a Vincent Van Gogh's STARRY NIGHT painting.
This is the reason; LA BELLE HELENE EAU DE PARFUM by Parfums MDCI is an inspiration to me. It combines the art of perfumery, with the delicacy of food art and a delightful rendition of an operetta.
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| Betrand Duchafour |
The inspiration of LA BELLE HELENE EAU DE PARFUM romantic name comes from the classic French dessert Poires (Pears Belle-Helene) invented in the late 19th century by Auguste Escoffier, the first celebrity chef and named after Offenbach’s 1864 operetta, a spoof on the abduction of Helene of Troy.
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| Poires Belle-Helene |
The inspiration of LA BELLE HELENE EAU DE PARFUM romantic name comes from the classic French dessert Poires (Pears Belle-Helene) invented in the late 19th century by Auguste Escoffier, the first celebrity chef and named after Offenbach’s 1864 operetta, a spoof on the abduction of Helene of Troy. Betrand Duchafour carefully and precisely constructed each note in LA BELLE HELENE with the scents that evoke poached pears with a chocolate sauce dripping with the essence of citrus. The musical notes in LA BELLE HELENE describes the flow of tunes made for a night of glitz and glamour.
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| osmanthus |
LA BELLE HELENE features pear accord, aldehydes, tangerines, lime blossom, rose, essence, osmanthus absolute, ylang-ylang, Madagascar orris butter, hawthorn, Mirabelle plum, myrrh, vetivier Haiti, patchouli, cedar Virginia, amber, oak moss, absolute, white musks, sandalwood, licorice-wood.
Now, I can understand why there would be a war over Helen of Troy. I would fight too but only over Poires(Pears Belle-Helene) dessert and LA BELLE HELENE EAU DE PARFUM!
PURCHASE: luckyscent.com theperfumeshoppe.com theperfumedcourt.com (samples)
PHOTO CREDITS: gastronomiaemfocomcheffsilva.blogspot.com, picture of Offenbach’s Helene of Troy by Angel Records
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