Chypre Mousse, from Oriza L. Legrand was released in 1914. The perfumer behind this creation is unknown. It has the top notes of Clary Sage, Fennel, Green Notes, and Mint, middle notes of Angelica, Clover, Fern, Galbanum, Mastic or Lentisque, Oakmoss, and Violet Leaf, and base notes of Cepes, Chestnut, Earth Tincture, Labdanum, Leather, Oakmoss, Pine Tree, Resins, and Vetiver.
Chypre Mousse from Oriza Legrand is an unexpected …honeyed absinthe chypre? It manifests as a yeast-raised donut speckled with pungent, green herbs and burnished with a ladle of lustrous warm sugar glaze made from the honey of hallucinogenic blooms and bitter wormwood extract. Like if you went to the super artisanal donut shop/altered state dispensary and ordered “the green fairy special”. It's intensely sweet in disturbing ways that I can't quite put my finger on, and it's absolutely not for me--but I can definitely appreciate it.