Jovoy Paris was started by Blanche Arvoy first created the house in 1923 – right in the middle of the Roaring Twenties . Then bought Jovoy by François Hénin. After working in perfume in Grasse, he moved to Vietnam to explore the country’s olfactive riches, setting up a distillation factory on the Chinese border. For four years, François travelled through Asia, selling raw materials, flavours and fragrances to local businesses.

Ambre Premier, for instance, layers delicate rose onto vanilla, musk, patchouli and the signature amber of its name. Psychedélique: a tribute to the Sixties, dark, smoky, pairing patchouli. This actually smells like a deep chocolate patchouli with a twist of amber.

The best times to wear these fragrances are at night, in the fall, except for Amber premiere, which is soft yet has a scent trail that will have people standing as close as possible to you. This is a true spring and summer scent. Best worn in temperature of 80 plus degrees.

This is my favorite,Les Jeux Sont Faits. Woody, amber, sweet, tobacco, rum, fruity. I get an incense church feel. When I first smelled this juice, I imagined them being in a Forrest in the fall after a rainstorm and laying on a pile of wet leaves with sprinkles of sweet tobacco and rum on the ground.