Upon first impression, this perfume envelopes the senses in a lavish and comforting sweetness in which candid and powdered tones of rose, jasmine, ylang-ylang and iris are beautifully refreshed by the zestful tinges of lemon, lavender and geranium.
But this delicate tranquillity quickly gives way to the vibrant scent of patchouli. Enticing up to now, it bewitches with its ferocious base notes – a feminine, sensual and magical elixir that leaves one powerless to resist.t.
Launched in 1907, Pompeïa was created for L.T. Piver by perfumer Pierre Armingeat (1874-1955). Pompeïa was among the first perfumes to make use of amyl salycilate, a synthetic discovered by Georges Darzens in 1896. With Darzen's assistance, amyl salycilate had previously been used in L.T. Piver's Le Trèfle Incarnat, introduced in 1898. Darzens described the scent of amyl salycilate as 'the fragrance of flowering clover under the heat of August.