Explore L'Essence
Introducing eau de parfum
L’Esssence is impulsive. L’Essence is unambiguous. On the skin, L’Essence is as pure as the searing honesty of short-lived flowers. Violet leaves are like a blast of woodland and their youthful energy stimulates the skin. Violet leaves are unfailingly honest and offer up their exquisite coarseness. Vetiver also takes the upper hand, wild, unruly and incisive…
L’Essence engages and dazzles with its modulations.
Balenciaga L’Essence Candle
A home fragrance inspired by its latest perfume.
More than a candle, it creates an atmosphere all of its own, an ambiance characterized by the fragrant interplay of leaves, delicate flowers and soft mosses. The Balenciaga L’Essence candle sets the scene for nightfall, when nature exhales all its rarest scents.
L’Essence candle creates a spirit of reverie in the depths of the wood characterized by this pleasant, mysterious landscape set off by violet - the flower chosen by Nicolas Ghesquière - as the embodiment of his fragrance story.
L’Essence…a voluptuous invitation for the senses
Insights
L’Essence by Balenciaga. It is a sequel and a new beginning.
”I am revisiting a fragrance. Balenciaga Paris. I want to bring out its essential character. A fragrance is like a cut, you can linger over it indefinitely. The fragrance reveals a new story. You always have to revisit the past to discover something new”. Nicolas Ghesquière Paris. Balenciaga. L’Essence.
L’Essence is the new eau de parfum by Balenciaga. It contains all the essential elements of Balenciaga Paris, the iconic fragrance which reconnected with the couture spirit of the fashion house. L’Essence by Balenciaga is similar, concentrated, but different, emphatically different…
“THIS FRAGRANCE IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE NICOLAS
I KNOW. IT IS AN HONEST, STRONG FRAGRANCE.
IT REFLECTS WHAT I LIKE ABOUT HIS FASHION.
IT IS A DETERMINED AND ASSERTIVE FASHION”.
— CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG
