Collection: Balmain Beauty Perfumes.

Balmain Beauty, the fragrance arm of the Paris fashion house founded in 1945, has 12 perfumes on Scendira, from about $38 to $190. The most discussed are Vent Vert, Ébène and Bleu Infini, which lean green, herbal and marine.

Balmain Beauty: opening and drydown notes

Vent Vert (1991) smells like sunlit basil and citrus on cool mossy air, with green notes, basil, lemon and lime over oakmoss, vetiver and amber.

Fresh minty herbs, smoky leather and resinous moss make up Ébène (1983), opening on spearmint, basil and artemisia and resting on leather, amber and labdanum.

Bleu Infini (2024) is a cool seawater breeze with piney woods and a resin tang, listing clary sage, oakmoss, akigalawood, lichen and salt.

More in this direction: aromatic perfumes and leather perfumes. For other houses, start from the brands page.