maya njie / eau de parfum - les fluers

Bergamot, the crisp citrus top note, provides a green and vigorous opening. Beneath lies fruitful, bright heart notes of sweet Fig, Neroli and Magnolia. It is rounded off with subtle base notes of Floral Musks and unwilted Woods. Inspired by Minnie Ripperton’s song ‘Les Fleur' which graced our radio airwaves in 1970, this green floral scent is an unbound celebration of life, love and creation.

KEY NOTES

Bergamot, Neroli, Pulpy Fig, Citrusy Magnolia, floral Musk, unwilted Wood

PHOTO INSPIRATION

Maya’s older sister Anne-Sophie and their great uncle at their grandad’s allotment cabin.

Västerås, Sweden 1969

INGREDIENTS

Alcohol Denat, Parfum, Alpha Isomethyl Ionone, Benzyl Salicylate, Eugenol, Geraniol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Linalool.

All perfumes are vegan. In line with EU regulations, the products and ingredients are not tested on animals.

Available in 7.5 mL travel size or 50mL full size

As a company, MN supports The Gambia Academy, founded by musician and activist Sona Jobarteh to reform education in Africa. The Academy offers a unique curriculum rooted in local values, history and culture, while equipping students with practical skills in entrepreneurship, leadership and health. Its aim is to empower young Gambians to become confident, capable change-makers and drivers of lasting, positive change in their communities.

Maya Njie also supports Ecologi, contributing to their global climate projects focused on reforestation, renewable energy, and community-based initiatives. Through Ecologi they fund impactful climate action and environmental restoration efforts worldwide.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

The fragrances of Maya Njie are blended as recollections of memory; scents that seek to capture the essence and preserve the spirit of the intimate and personal. Elusive moments and subtle details, those that would otherwise have slipped from consciousness, are remembered. The tones are of a time and the accords nostalgic, yet the end products feel profoundly contemporary. Memories from Maya’s dual Scandinavian and Gambian heritage are reconstructed by way of scent. 

As a self-taught perfumer, her practice was developed through experimentation; the blending of raw materials with a variety of essential oils, aroma compounds and resins; nature and science combining in autobiographical fragrances. Maya’s olfactory identity draws inspiration from her upbringing, as well as an archive of intimate family photographs from the 1960s; the small Swedish summer house surrounded by mercurial forests, the visits to her grandparents’ sparsely furnished flat on Sunday afternoons, Uncle Lars' and Aunt Erene’s wedding. A bottling of a time, place and spirit.