Essential first found its way to perfume lovers in the late 1990s and was identified as a chypre scent, boasting of both power and subtlety at the same time. Its ingredients were listed as chamomile, grapefruit, galbanum, raspberry, freesia, ylang ylang, lily of the valley, iris, amber, sandalwood and patchouli. It found its way back to the current decade after going through a reformulation. The 1998 version was created by perfumer Jean-Michel Duriez.
