1907 - Beneath the Surface - Mon âme

Mon Âme (meaning ‘my soul') is a refined woody-floral iris composition that revolves around the divine scent of orris root, with a particular focus on exploring its silvery, earthy, and mineral facets.

The Fragrance

The scent opens with a dark, spicy jasmine note that bathes the topnotes in a temporary purple light, before revealing a burst of bright yellow energy from aromatic tangerine, bergamot, and the herbal bitterness of davana. At the heart of the fragrance, a pure, powdery iris root note reigns supreme, a serene presence that nonetheless keeps all the other notes in check. The iris here is mineral and earthy, rooty almost; it sends a chilly shiver down the spine of the scent. The cold iris note is soon joined by a woody violet note, which, along with the jasmine, establishes the colour mood of the scent as a cool, velvety grey-violet-lilac. The froideur of the violet-iris axis is alleviated by the warming presence of a sweet, red rose and a delicately green lily of the valley, both of which bring a fresh fruitiness to the scent but also a lovely, soft buttery texture. The florals fold gently, over time, into a warm, woody base made creamy with tonka, silky white musks, and Indian sandalwood. A dreamy, floral iris for those restful moments when we sit still and allow grace and beauty to enter our daily lives.

1907 Beneath the Surface Collection

1907's Beneath the Surface Collection is dedicated to fragrances that allow us to penetrate the surface of our personalities and go deep into the emotions that lie beneath, thus uncovering flashes of pure, raw feeling. "Emotions, perceptions, images, negativity, positivity - everything that is put down inside us in layers. Layer by layer, piece by piece, in different colours and hues. These layers are what shape us, create us and our soul. There is nothing so deep inside us as everything that we have put there by ourselves." A note from the brand. The two scents 'Mon Âme ' and ' Geneviève' come in beautiful, delicate glass flacons of 50ml, each hand-blown by local artisans in 1907's native Slovakia. No big perfumer names or labels here - just beautifully made fragrance composed in a classical manner, and presented with timeless style and elegance. The embossed logo is a fleur de lis rendered in pure decorative gold filigree.