Ma Bête

Eau de parfum
Composed by Antoine Lie

Fragrance description

An animalic floral fragrance where refinement and instinct meet. Radiant Tunisian neroli is enveloped by spices and a distinct animalic accord that lends the composition a warm, skin-like sensuality. Elegant and poetic, yet wild and untamed.

Ideal for

Lovers of animalic floral fragrances, neroli compositions with character, and perfumes that explore the boundary between refinement and raw sensuality.

Fragrance families

Floral, Animalic, Spicy

Fragrance notes

Aldehydes, Tunisian neroli, Indian nutmeg, Indian cypriol, Honduran styrax, Indian jasmine sambac, Virginia cedarwood, Indonesian patchouli and a synthetic animalic accord.

Inspiration behind the fragrance

MA BÊTE, French for ‘my beast’, explores the tension between civilisation and instinct. Perfumer Antoine Lie combined majestic Tunisian neroli with spices and a generous dose of his signature animal accord to create a fragrance that feels both seductive and unpredictable.

The composition moves between softness and strength, between the elegance of flowers and the warmth of skin and fur. The result is a perfume that is at once refined, sensual and unmistakably animalistic.

As Antoine Lie describes it: a wild beast with an unashamedly elegant aura.

Perfume creator

Antoine Lie

Biography of the perfume creator

Antoine Lie is a French perfumer known for his bold and unexpected approach to scent. He regards perfume as a living sculpture and creates compositions that are layered, emotional and fearless in challenging conventions.

As an independent perfumer, Lie values creative freedom more highly than set formulas. He prefers to collaborate with brands that prioritise artistic expression over mass-market trends. His long-standing collaboration with ERIS Parfums has resulted in some of the house’s most distinctive creations — from the animalic floral fragrances Ma Bête, Night Flower and Belle de Jour to the gender-fluid creations Mx. and Mxxx. . Each of these perfumes embodies the ERIS signature: unconventional beauty and subversive glamour.

Ingredients

Alcohol Denat., Fragrance (Parfum), Water (Aqua/Eau), Linalool, Citronellol, Limonene, Hydroxycitronellal, Coumarin, Benzyl Salicylate, Amyl Cinnamal, Eugenol, Geraniol, Benzyl Benzoate, Citral, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Isoeugenol, Cinnamyl Alcohol, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Cinnamate, Cinnamal.