A warm, animalic chypre perfume inspired by the golden age of French perfumery — bold, sensual, and unapologetically natural.
Civet Cat Chypre is a classic chypre perfume built around real civet paste, orris butter, and oakmoss absolute. It opens with luminous bergamot, lemon, and lavender, revealing a heart of rose otto, rose absolute, and jasmine absolute, before settling into a deep, powdery base of Indian sandalwood, labdanum, tonka bean, and real civet.
Handcrafted in Canada by perfumer Matthew Meleg, this perfume is made in small batches using a high concentration of natural materials, including genuine Ethiopian civet paste, GC-MS-verified orris butter and rose absolute, and oakmoss used above IFRA limits — because real chypre demands real ingredients. Each bottle is blended, aged, and finished with the care of an artisan perfume house.
Notes:
Top: Bergamot, lemon, clary sage, lavender
Heart: Rose otto, rose absolute, jasmine absolute, cedarwood, carrot seed
Base: Orris butter, Indian sandalwood, labdanum, tonka bean, real civet paste, oakmoss absolute
Style: Chypre, animalic, floral
Character: Sensual, warm, powdery, timeless
Concentration: Extrait de Parfum
Size: 50 ml
Made in Canada
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SHIPPING RATES (CAD, PER ORDER), WITH TRACKING:
USA: FREE on orders over $100 (US duties prepaid)
Canada: $10
Caribbean & Central America: $15
Mexico, Asia, Australia & NZ: $20
Europe (incl. UK) & South America: $30
India: $30
Middle East: $60
International buyers: US duties are prepaid by us. For other countries, I often cover duties myself, and when they do apply they're usually small. I do everything I can to keep duties low, and I ship with the most affordable carriers that are still reliable and fully tracked.
ORDERS CAN NOT BE REPLACED IF THEY ARE LOST, STOLEN OR DAMAGED BY NO FAULT OF MELEG PERFUMES
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PHONE 1-604-500-2514
ALL 50ML MELEG PERFUMES ARE SECURED IN A WOODEN BOX
THIS WOODEN BOX REPRESENTS AN APPLE BIN
I managed my families "Meleg's Orchard," in a small south Ontario town until I was 25. The orchard started with Sam Meleg, a Slovak from the Provence of Vojvodina, former Kingdom of Serbia of the Austro Hungarian Empire. My work ethic, self deprecating humour and stubborn nature is reflective of my Slovak, peasant roots.
Here my cousins are laying crops into the "apple bin." My wooden perfume box is meant to represent apple bins. Be they rose, vetiver or jasmine farmers. Be they from India, Mexico, Canada or Iran - Meleg Perfumes celebrates farmers and artisans of all nations.
