Maison Francis Kurkdjian Gentle Fluidity Silver Eau de Parfum, 70ml at John Lewis & Partners

Once again Francis Kurkdjian disrupts the rules of fragrance creation with a disconcerting composition exercise.

With Gentle Fluidity, he unveils two Eau de Parfum from two utterly different olfactory worlds (one features a woody, aromatic scent, the other musky, oriental notes), by drawing from the same list of ingredients and going beyond the concept of perfumery for women, men or mixed.

When he overdoses some ingredients, he under doses others because fragrances, like all the things that move us, are essentially about balance and expected effects...

No more feminine or masculine. There is a personality, a sensitivity, a 'Gentle Fluidity' between all gender identities.

Ingredients: juniper berry essence, nutmeg essence, coriander seed essence, musks, ambery wood and vanilla accord.

Olfactory family: Woody aromatic.