PERSONNE
The scent of the Odyssey
DESCRIPTION
PERSONNE — meaning both “Nobody” and “Person” in French — was conceived as the continuation of a Mondes Nouveaux artistic project led by Laurent Derobert, which saw a group of authors and intellectuals sail across the Mediterranean to collect seeds from the plants mentioned in Homer’s Odyssey.
The resulting fragrance is an olfactory reconstruction rooted in Homer’s botanical world, yet it goes beyond it, seeking to capture the laughter, sharing, pleasure and sensuality that run through the poem — the flashes of humanity that give the epic its substance.
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HEAD NOTES Myrtle EO, Cypress EO, Laurel EO, Rosemary EO
HEART NOTES Carob RES, Hyacinth ABS, Immortelle ABS, Fenugreek ABS, Davana EO
BASE NOTESBarley RES, Violet Leaf ABS, Oarweed RES, Bran ABS, Liatrix ABS
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“This is a cult-favorite for perfume-heads, and for good reason. (…) The perfume itself is its own journey through The Odyssey‘s smell landscape and when you smell it, you are plunged into the journey with a splash. The wild laurel, rosemary, roses, shipwreck, hemp, and pear! My first sniff made me gasp. And my second. And, and, and…” Arabelle Sicardi for Cultured Magazine, 2025
“The absurdity, in this case, is not to give in to the seduction of this adventurous fragrance.” Denyse Beaulieu
“Dans personne, son nouvel opus, il a composé avec les essences de végétaux croisés par Ulysse lors de son long périple relaté par Homère. Et que vient-il y ajouter en point d'orgue? Quelques gouttes d'eau salée, puisées au point central exact de la Méditerranée.” Monique le Doledec
“After a discreet aromatic opening combining laurel, myrtle and rosemary, a powerful, liquorous immortelle radiates from the heart of the fragrance, supported by the spicy accents of fenugreek.” Anne-Sophie Hojlo
“I found it to be a natural herbal woody chypre with a mysterious yet liberating appeal, combining the aroma of grains such as barley and wheat, the scent of seashore, the flavor of celery and kombu oarweed, and the dry, warm, and dusty taste of immortelle.” La Perfumerie Tanu
“PERSONNE is a lovely green fougère. A multi-layered fragrance that retells an eternal story. It's about greenery drying up and turning to dust and earth, the basis for future life.” Sergey Borisov
“It changes when you wear it and quite significantly, displaying quite a number of facets. it shows these layers and layers of depth...” @loveisascent
"Despite its name, Personne (Nobody) by Iconofly feels like a somebody, a living being with a soul. The fragrance is a resinous green. Like a person, it shows different reactions inside the composition during its development: It is bitter and sweet, active and relaxed, perfectly imperfect, living its life. Its everchanging play is full of inspiring vitality." Sergey Borisov for Fragrantica
"Based on the plants mentioned in the chapters of Homer's Odyssey, Personne portrays that of a personal journey of Ulysses. The sensation it brings is that of experience, slightly sweaty courtesy of cumin, animalic with jasmine, sweet from the use of liatris. (...) It is a perfume to experience and study." Karl Topham for Cafleurebon
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Following this original intention, the fragrance was bound to be natural and had to include as much of the essences of The Odyssey as technically possible, some of them – Dogwood, Elm &c. – being absent from the perfumer’s palette. The final creation is an olfactory reconstruction of The Odyssey that takes Homer’s plant into account yet goes further by translating the sense of laughter, sharing, pleasure and sensuality - the humanity that peeks through and is the substance of this epic.