Chloé’s Mediterranean Quartet: Fig, Lavender, Pine and Sunlight In A Bottle

I rolled my eyes when I heard “Mediterranean” again, then I saw the names and sat up straight. Chloé has added a coastal quartet to Atelier des Fleurs, the new Mediterranean Essences series: Plage du Figuier, Sable Lavande, Sous Les Pins, and Vert Soleil. Predictable theme, yes, but these four are a tidy manifesto of what we actually want to smell when the air goes bright and saline.

Plage du Figuier

Fig on a beach is a tightrope. If it leans creamy, you get sunscreen. If it sticks to the leaf, you get that crisp, sappy greenness that cuts through heat like a cool blade. I’m hoping for fig leaf with a whisper of salt and wood, something that dries down to driftwood rather than coconut milk. If Plage du Figuier catches the metallic shimmer of sun on water, it could be the sleeper hit.

Sable Lavande

Lavender on warm sand is a cheeky pivot away from barbershop territory. Sable Lavande sounds like sunlight over a clean aromatic spine, ideally with the rough edges smoothed by mineral facets instead of vanilla. I want the bare shoulder version of lavender, not the shaving cream. Think linen shirt, not cologne splash.

Sous Les Pins

This one has my pulse up. The phrase says it all, under the pines, in shade that smells of resin and crushed needles. If Sous Les Pins balances sap, dry bark and that faint ozonic breeze you only get near the sea, it will live on my wrists all summer. Give me bitterness and bite, not gummy sweetness.

Vert Soleil

Green sunlight intrigues me. Vert Soleil could swing from citrus orchard to galbanum snap, and I’m here for the tension between shadowy green and crystalline light. Done right, it becomes a morning ritual scent, the kind you wear when you want your head clear and your edges sharp.

The Atelier des Fleurs line usually prizes transparency and layering, which makes this set promising. Imagine Plage du Figuier over Sous Les Pins for a coastal forest stroll, or Sable Lavande brightened by Vert Soleil for a crisp, solar tonic. The risk with Mediterranean motifs is softness that blurs into generic beach vibes. The win is mineral, bitter, resinous, cool. If Chloé leans into clarity and texture, this quartet could own the season. I’ll be testing on skin the second they land.