LIQUIDES IMAGINAIRES Bete Humaine Eau de Parfum

Bête Humaine Eau de Parfum by Liquides Imaginaires
Olfactive Family: Woody Spicy
Gender: Unisex
Mood: Untamed, primal and profoundly grounding
Season: Exceptional on crisp autumn afternoons and winter nights; transporting whenever city air feels starved of forest breath

Key Notes

Top Notes: Chestnut, Cumin, Mastic Resin, Violet Leaf – roasted chestnut warmth brushed with wild herbs and a green-floral breeze

Heart Notes: Virginia Cedar, Labdanum, Sandalwood – smoky cedar fires glowing beneath resinous amber and creamy sandal

Base Notes: Haitian Vetiver, Guaiac Wood, Cypriol, Papyrus, Pine Needle – earthy roots, damp bark and cool conifer mist rising from the forest floor

Fragrance Profile

Bête Humaine captures the instant a metropolitan soul steps off a train and into primeval woodland. It lunges forward with the husk-sweet comfort of chestnut, spiked by cumin’s animalic heat and mastic’s aromatic sap. A flicker of violet leaf lends a damp green shimmer, like dew on foliage at dawn. Deeper in, Virginia cedar crackles, its smoke entwined with labdanum’s dark amber and ribbons of velvety sandalwood. The finale is a cathedral of woods: vetiver’s rooty chill mingles with papyrus, pine needle and guaiac’s rain-soaked incense, leaving an echo of moss, earth and distant bonfire. The effect is both civilised and feral—a reminder that beneath tailored cloth beats a heart of leaf-litter and bark.

Perfect for

City dwellers seeking an olfactory escape to towering pines and loamy soil.

Lovers of smoky, resinous woods balanced by subtle spice and green nuance.

Evening hikes, cabin fires, or anytime you wish to stride through streets with the quiet confidence of a silent forest at your back.