Arquiste PEAU Eau De Parfum

Developed in collaboration with Rodrigo Flores-Roux, PEAU recreates Hadrian's sensory recollections: the touch, smell, and warm redolence of his lover's skin.

Like the thousands of sculptures commissioned by the emperor, this fragrance preserves the memory of a lost embrace, transforming the olfactive memory of skin into a tool for idealizing and preserving physical love.

Top: Ambergris accord, Proprietary musk accord, Clary sage
Heart: White pepper from India, Coriander seed, Sargassum
Base: Leather-like labdanum derivatives, Okoume wood from Gabon, Ambermax

PEAU, a finalist for the 2022 Indie Fragrance of the Year, is an olfactory homage to Emperor Hadrian's beloved Antinoös, capturing the essence of intimate memories and idealized skin. Inspired by the tragic love story set in AD 134, this scent blends salty, peppery, and musky notes to evoke the contours of a cherished body.

Inspired by history and curated by Carlos Huber, a Mexican-born architect, restoration expert and fragrance designer, ARQUISTE® Parfumeur is a scent collection transporting you to evocative moments and historical sites.

Each scent restores a particular olfactive experience by using rare ingredients identified through meticulous research. Interpreted with master perfumers, this background translates stories, landscapes and architecture into top, heart, and base notes.

Using high quality, sustainable and responsibly sourced materials, the ARQUISTE® scent collection allows you to unlock personal revelations and experience history in a most intimate way. A scent is a time capsule. It can invoke our most intimate memories and dreams, and open doors to distant worlds.