SHE CAME TO STAY

The semi-autobiographical novel tells the story of de Beauvoir's relationship with the French philosopher Jean Paul Sartre around the turn of the decade of a 1940s Paris. Alongside de Beauvoir's second novel, The Second Sex, this highly influential novel is arguably considered to mark the start of modern feminism.

We took our inspiration to create a gender neutral perfume that echoes the evolving nature of our sense of self when faced with a world on the edge of change. Much as we would have imagined de Beauvoir's musings at the time.