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Riviera Santal

Name: Riviera Santal
Brand: Petite Histoire
Price: 125.00 USD
Availability: InStock

EAU DE PARFUM - 30ml (1 FL. OZ)

$ 125.00

Jasmine sambac seduces from behind, embracing bergamot with the warmth of sunshine. Mimosa flirts with vetiver, hands cupped on sandalwood.

Top: Bergamot
Middle: Jasmine Sambac, Mimosa
Base: Sandalwood, Vetiver

(Please note: this scent was previously known as Cinq à Sept. Renamed to better reflect the feel, we've kept the same beloved formula.)

In stock

Final Sale

Due to the subjectivity of perfumery and the intimate nature of personal care items, all fragrance sales are final. Each scent is crafted in limited quantities, and we are unable to accept returns or exchanges.

For those discovering the collection for the first time, we recommend beginning with a Collection Sampler. Fragrance is a matter of nuance and personal chemistry; we do not offer refunds based on preference.

Should your order arrive damaged, kindly notify us within 3 days of receipt, including clear photographs, and we will review the matter with care. Replacements or credits may be extended at our discretion.

Made in USA

We began in Manhattan, and we're still made by hand in the USA. Our ingredients come from global partners, and the majority of our suppliers are French.

100% Natural

Formulated to the standards of International Fragrance Association (IFRA) ISO Norm 9235, our 100% natural raw materials are defined as being physically obtained from plants using distillation, expression, and extraction.

Naturals provide subtlety and nuance; the lush, intoxicating sensory experience they deliver is unparalleled. Our scents are designed according to European guidelines, with carefully regulated safety and allergen standards.

Ingredients

NO: phalates, parabens, sulfates. Vegan Formula. Cruelty-free. Ingredients: ALCOHOL DENAT.*, PARFUM** (FRAGRANCE**), AQUA (WATER)

Riviera Santal

$ 125.00

Riviera Santal

The Backstory

A fragrance in soft focus — sunshine draped across bare shoulders, the sea just out of reach.

Not all memories are made of moments. Some are composed of temperatures, textures, the way light bends over skin. Riviera Santal captures that warmth — not from the sun directly, but from the way it lingers.

It opens with bergamot — crisp, bright, and clean, like a linen shirt still warm from the iron. But the sharpness dissolves quickly, blurred by jasmine sambac: lush, slow-moving, and seductively soft. It doesn’t bloom forward — it leans in from behind, wrapping the citrus in something more intimate. A hush behind the laughter.

Mimosa shimmers at the heart — golden, powder-light, irreverent. There’s a playfulness here, but it’s the kind that keeps its secrets. Paired with jasmine, the florals create a sunlit illusion: all brightness and ease, until the vetiver slips through, green and grounding — like a shadow crossing the veranda.

Then, sandalwood. Always sandalwood. Creamy and quiet and sure of itself, it settles like a second skin. Nothing perfumed — just warmth, present and persuasive.

Riviera Santal is not a story told aloud. It’s the trace left behind: the salt on your collarbone, the echo of someone’s hand on your back, the suggestion of something just about to happen — or just already gone.

For those who understand that pleasure is a tempo. And that summer, like desire, is most exquisite just as it begins to fade.

Key Notes

To understand a scent is to know its materials; to know them is to surrender, briefly, to their power. What we call ingredients are, in truth, obsessions: roots and resins, blossoms and bark, each chosen not for purity but for the way they behave when touched by heat, air, and skin. They are molecules with memories, ancient travelers that have passed through temples, greenhouses, and human hands before finding their way here. Some calm the pulse; others quicken it. Together, they tell the oldest story in the world—the meeting of matter and desire.

Jasmine Sambac

Jasmine Sambac is night distilled—wild, humid, and impossibly alive. Native to India and known as the “moonlight flower,” its scent fuses benzyl acetate, indole, and linalool into something that feels both human and divine. Unlike its prim European cousin, Sambac is untamed: honeyed and musky, a bloom that smells of heat on skin. In perfume, it brings breath to desire—its molecules clinging to air, to fabric, to memory. To wear it is to inhabit dusk itself, when the world softens and every secret starts to glow.

Mimosa

Mimosa is sunlight trapped in pollen—powdered gold that smells of tenderness remembered. Its blossoms yield a delicate absolute alive with anisic aldehydes and ionones, balancing green leaf with honeyed almond. On skin, it feels like a sigh caught midair: nostalgic, luminous, faintly melancholic. In the 1920s, French perfumers prized it for its ability to blur edges—to make everything smell like memory seen through gauze. Mimosa doesn’t bloom for attention; it diffuses emotion, turning air into warmth you can almost touch.

Sandalwood

Sandalwood is the eternal hum beneath the heart of perfume—the soft geometry of calm. Rich in santalols, it offers more than scent; it offers stillness. Once carved into altars and worn as oil by monks, it remains the molecule of devotion—creamy, woody, faintly sweet, yet utterly human. In a composition, sandalwood behaves like memory’s anchor: it holds light steady, turns fleeting florals into skin. To wear it is to find your own rhythm again—the slow pulse beneath the noise.

OUR APPROACH TO Sustainability

We work with ingredients suppliers who lead in sustainable practices, from rainwater capture to certified harvests, ensuring the global communities that nurture our raw materials are also respected. While no brand or product is perfect, our commitment to sustainability is manifest in our practices and perspective. We believe in the magic of naturals, and in doing things things the right way, even if more difficult.

the nuance of beautiful ingredients

how to wear natural perfume

Natural perfume is alive—it breathes, moves, and changes with you. Unlike synthetics, its molecules are volatile by design: they bloom with warmth, fade with cool air, and settle into the skin instead of hovering above it. To wear it well is not to control it, but to collaborate. Apply to pulse points where blood meets air—wrist, throat, collarbone—and let it evolve through the day. Don’t rub; let it bloom. Every hour reveals a new facet, shaped by your chemistry, your climate, your mood. It doesn’t mask who you are—it translates you, molecule by molecule.

Wear More, and Ritual

Naturals scents have a sheerness that can be layered to increase scent intensity. Two to four sprays are usually best, but it's personal taste. Our scents are designed at high concentrations for long-lasting wear, and reapplication throughout the day is a part of our ritual.

For a louder scent experience

Our dry mist atomizers diffuse the scent for an indulgent cloud-like experience. Spraying closer to skin can provide for a stronger scent experience. Allow to dry without dabbing, rubbing, or blotting. With naturals, you can "build" scent strength using layered application.

For a linear scent journey

Depending on your unique skin chemistry and the scent, a more concentrated application can also offer a more delineated experience of note evolution. Applying scent to fabric or hair can also offer a longer scent experience.

Frequently asked questions

Natural perfume doesn’t behave like the fragrances most people know—it breathes, shifts, and refuses to stay still. Each formula is alive with volatile botanicals that change with time, light, and touch. Think of it less as something youwearand more as something youinvite. These questions aren’t about fixing its unpredictability, but understanding its nature: why it fades differently, smells unique on every skin, and deepens when you least expect it. Natural perfume isn’t meant to perform; it’s meant to reveal—slowly, honestly, and only to those close enough to notice.

What makes a perfume “natural”?

A natural perfume is composed only of plant, resin, and mineral extractions—no synthetic aroma molecules, no stabilizers. Each ingredient carries its own irregularity, which is precisely what gives it life. You’ll notice variation between batches, the same way wine changes with weather. That’s not a flaw; it’s the fragrance breathing.

Why doesn’t natural perfume last as long as traditional perfume?

Because nothing living should. Natural perfume evolves with your body’s warmth and disappears as the oils return to the earth. Longevity comes from density, not authenticity—and ours are built to move with you, not overtake a room. Reapply when you wish; each layer becomes part of your own chemistry.

Where should I apply natural perfume?

To the places where the body whispers rather than shouts—wrist, collarbone, behind the knees, along the spine. These are the landscapes of heat and pulse. Allow the oil or mist to absorb; do not rub. Let it bloom at its own pace.

Why does it smell different on me than on someone else?

Because it’s supposed to. Natural ingredients respond to your skin’s pH, diet, and temperature. What’s powdery on one person may turn amber on another. It’s not chemistry gone wrong—it’s chemistry gone personal.

How should I store my natural perfume?

Keep your perfume away from light and heat, as you would a good wine or a love letter. Natural materials are sensitive to time and oxygen. They’ll deepen, darken, and grow more complex with age—just like you. The hexagon keepsake box our perfumes are packaged in are meant to be kept as protective vessels for your scents.

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Riviera Santal

Riviera Santal

Key Notes

how to wear natural perfume

Frequently asked questions