Reve Etoile Shantara

Shantara is a perfume house from Switzerland which prefers high quality essences, nature and environment consciousness, with strong influence of tradition, quality and criterion which they want to push forward with their concept. They have presented a perfume pair so far – edition for women Reve Etoile (Star Dream) launched in 2008 and its masculine companion, Shaman, introduced recently, in 2009. Each detail of these two perfumes is carefully designed. Ingredients are organic, package does not contain cellophane or materials with negative effect on the environment, and they can be recycled. Producers from the house of Shantara put great effort to set criteria in modern age, while having on mind spiritual values and spirituality brought by the compositions. Starry sky in dark night - Reve Etoile, is a true fragrant collage, composed of 30 scents from all round the world. Top notes introduce freshness and liveliness with essences of mandarin and pineapple combined with woody notes in charge of depth and opulent nuances from the very beginning. A heart blossoms with rose, geranium and white flowers, with a touch of sweet, spicy ylang-ylang. Base notes rest on balmy, Indian plant Nard Himalayan Jatamansi (spikenard, nard). This fragrant plant blossoms with white and pink flowers, it is used in nutrition and medicine (therapeutic oil in China and India) and it is mentioned twice in Biblical love song Song of Solomon. Nard is combined with patchouli and sandalwood in base notes of Reve Etoile. The fragrance is available as 50 ml EDP. Design of the flacon represents sacred, cupola-like, polished gem, as a beautifully shaped, clean drop of water which is like spiritual guideline taking us to the sky like spiritual purification. Famous and rewarded calligrapher Jigme Douche worked on flacon design.

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