Lettre de PushkarSpicy Floral Eau de Parfum

Lettre de Pushkar by Ella K is a niche floral, spicy, and amber eau de parfum, unisex, created by Sonia Constant. Pushkar is a city in Rajasthan, built around a lake and known for its flower markets.

An imaginary heroine, a house founded by a female perfumer

Ella K was born in Paris in 2017, created by perfumer Sonia Constant with her husband, himself a specialist in raw material sourcing. Very few perfume houses are created by female perfumers: Ella K is an exception. "Ella K" is an imaginary heroine, inspired by three explorers from another century: Ella Maillart — from whom Sonia Constant says she borrowed her first name —, Karen Blixen and Alexandra David-Néel. Each perfume is the olfactory memory of a moment lived somewhere in the world, and rests on an icon ingredient, a symbol of the destination — here, the rose. Trained at the ISIPCA and then at Givaudan, where she still works, Sonia Constant signed Guerlain L'Abeille, Montblanc Emblem, Balmain Extatic and Burberry Sport. 100 ml bottle.

An opening of saffron, nutmeg and cinnamon

The saffron opens leathery and metallic, the nutmeg and the cinnamon bring their spicy warmth. It is the market before the flowers.

A heart of rose, orange blossom and cypriol

The rose unfolds, ample and honeyed, the orange blossom illuminates it. Then the cypriol — an earthy and smoky Indian root — comes to darken everything.

A base of patchouli, vanilla and vetiver

The patchouli brings its earthiness, the vetiver its dry root, the vanilla sweetness and the musk the skin effect. The trail is ample and tenacious.

The house's touch

The rose is the icon ingredient of this perfume — and the cypriol is there to prevent it from being pretty. This Indian root, nagarmotha, is earthy, smoky, almost leathery: it is the exact opposite of a flower market rose. It is what prevents the bouquet from turning sweet and gives the perfume its tension between the floral and the earthy. And the choice is consistent to the end: an Indian material for an Indian city.

For whom, for what occasions?

Floral, spicy and amber, this eau de parfum is for those who love unapologetic oriental florals. It gives its best from autumn to winter, for an evening out in elegant attire. Spray sparingly.

With Lettre de Pushkar Ella K, Sonia Constant uses an Indian root for an Indian city.