Heart of Wood ...

" I've always been fascinated by the futuristic beauty and plastic genius of some of the works of African statuary. Mysterious and hypnotic they seem to have been shaped by extra-terrestrial hands. The meeting with a reliquary guardian figurine Fang (Gabon) made me want to explore the African theme again, ten years after Aomassaï..."

Black Okoumé tells us about the Wood-King of the Equatorial Forests and Kandéa Resin of Gabon, evoked through a accord of Loban, Oolong leaves, Myrrh, Sandalwood and Iris.

Pierre Guillaume signs a new Woody Balsamic, deep and tender both smoked and powdery. Noir Okoumé is a contemporary accord summoning raw primitive materials.