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California Dream
Eau de parfum · Jacques Cavallier Belletrud
A blazing mandarin at sunset, softened by ambrette and benzoin.
- House
- Louis Vuitton
- Family
- Citrus
- Perfumer
- Jacques Cavallier Belletrud
- Year
- Not disclosed
California Dream prolongs a perfect day by capturing the colours of a sunset. Mandarin, blazing and fruity, is its flame.
Ambrette seed tempers it with a hazy warmth, then benzoin, with its vanilla grace, wraps the skin in a tender balm as night falls. A warm, luminous cologne.
Fragrance notes
- NotesThe materials named
The house names its notes without sorting them into top, heart and base. Notes as published by the house. official source (new tab)
Main accords
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Seasons
- Spring
- Summer
- Autumn
Moments
- Day
- Night
California Dream in detail
California Dream belongs to Louis Vuitton's Cologne Perfumes, inspired by the landscapes of California and composed in dialogue with the artist Alex Israel. Jacques Cavallier Belletrud imagines here a fiery mandarin at sunset, softened by ambrette and benzoin.
The house lists three main notes, without sorting them into stages. Mandarin brings a warm, juicy light. Musky, slightly fruity ambrette seeds soften it. Benzoin, a resin with vanilla accents, gives the whole a soft warmth, like the end of a summer's day.
California Dream can be worn from spring to autumn, by day or by night: an aperitif at sunset, a summer evening, a journey. Its benzoin makes it warmer than Afternoon Swim, from the same line.
Three citrus fragrances in our catalogue come close: Greenley by Parfums de Marly and Wūlóng Chá by Nishane share its mandarin, one with apple, the other with tea; Erba Pura by Xerjoff has no note in common with it, but also pairs citrus with a soft base.
Text written with the help of AI, based on official information from the fragrance houses.