Ella • Arquiste

$112.5 ~~$225~~ In stock

House Arquiste
Released 2016
Perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux
Fragrance Family Chypre
Notes cannonball tree flower (curupita), angelica root, carrot seed essence, Turkish rose, jasmin absolute “vintage crop”, cardamom absolute, black buckwheat honey, ambergris, patchouli, civet, vetiver, cigarette smoke accord, chypre accord

Description December 1978, Armando’s Le Club, Acapulco, Mexico.
It’s a sultry night of disco, plunging necklines and champagne-soaked skin. Lights flash and strangers kiss, but it’s their dancing that commands attention. They move, panther-like, their honeyed skin creating an addictive sweetness and magnetism that only a deep chypre fragrance can deliver. They’ve met their match on the dance floor, and it’s their animalic instinct that follows outside, onto the golden beach, under a silvery moon.
Ella is a vintage-inspired chypre that reinvents itself in real-time. The floral depth of Ella unfolds brilliantly with the support of cardamom, honey, ambergris, civet, and moss.

Customer Reviews (4.5 / 5 · 2 reviews)

Amelia P. ★★★★★ Sep 15, 2026

The Turkish rose here isn't the powdery grandma kind, it's greener and keeps shifting as it warms up on skin. Wore it to a dinner and caught the jasmine absolute about three hours in, which is when it really clicked for me.

Edward ★★★★☆ Sep 14, 2026

The carrot seed and angelica give this a dry, almost earthy start that I wasn't expecting, and it takes a good half hour before the Turkish rose really shows up. Once it does, it's gorgeous and lasts most of the day on my skin. Just wish the opening weren't quite so sharp on me.