Saarde - Eau de Parfum

ISTANBUL

Feel: warm · sweet · enswathing · with subtle sharpness 

Notes: clove · cinnamon · lemon · geranium · sandalwood · oak moss

“Istanbul is my home, a place where I grew up. Every weekend we would go to the street markets to buy fresh produce - in Turkish they’re called Pazar. Going to a Pazar is a very special experience. The scents don’t just follow you - they assault your senses. Kilos of ripe lemons, tomatoes and oranges, freshly cut in half, mixed in with spices, fragrance melting into the hot summer air. This intense yet beautiful sensory experience leaves an imprint on your memory, vivid and inseparable from the soulful tapestry of Istanbul.”

SAINT RAPHAEL

Feel: rounded · hot · lingering · joyful  

Notes: neroli · orange blossom · saffron · clove · lemon · touch of lilac

“Since I was little, visiting somebody’s place would always be associated with a scent. My Baba used to put me on his shoulders and we would go to a different house for dinner every night. Making our way to each place, we would smell hundreds of flowers mixing with the balmy Istanbul nights. With that, I learned that each place has a memory - a scented memory. Saint-Raphaël is a place in France, close to where I studied perfumery last European summer. It is also the feeling of the warm and fragrant Mediterranean air captured in a bottle of perfume.  Abundant, lingering and full of joy, like pink Oleander flowers.”  Shenol Kizek.

Dedicated to the craft, Saardé co-founder Shenol Kizek has travelled to the world’s mecca of scents - the town of Grasse in the French Riviera. Guided by the masters of the craft from the local Institute of Perfumery, he has created his first two fragrances - Istanbul & Saint-Raphaël.