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NO. 03 The Auteur 30 ML Batch AU-020730 ML
NO. 03 · Donor 0207 · Filmmaker

The Auteur

A slow, heavy balm with the longest maturation period of any preparation we make.

$195 30 ML · 41 units this collection

Waitlist closed for this preparation. Next release to be announced.
Ships from Geneva · Unopened returns accepted within 30 days.

Assay, batch AU-0207

Barrier recovery, 72 h 91
Hydration at 8 h 88
Elasticity index 66
Luminance delta 58
BatchAU-0207
Active materialHuman seminal plasma, single donor
CollectionIrregular
Units produced41 units
pH6.8
Vessel30 ML · smoked glass, hand-filled
Aromatic profileTobacco leaf, wet stone, oak
IngredientsAqua, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Squalane, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Homo Sapiens Seminal Plasma (single-donor), Spermine, Spermidine, Cetearyl Alcohol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Tocopherol, Panthenol, Niacinamide, Allantoin, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Phytate, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin

Provenance

Donor 0207 is forty-seven, a filmmaker with three features to his name. The arrangement began in 2020 and has never once run to schedule.

He arrives when he arrives. Collections are irregular, quantities vary, and we have twice held an empty release window rather than fill it from another donor. This is the arrangement we have accepted, and No. 03 exists on those terms or not at all.

Method

Rested ninety days in oak before compounding — the only preparation we mature. Blended into the heaviest base in the collection, at 22% butter. Filled into flask glass at the donor’s request.

Application

Evening. Warm a small quantity between the fingertips until it turns clear, then press into dry areas: cheekbones, jaw, the sides of the nose.

Heavy. Most customers use it three nights a week rather than seven.

Certificate of provenance

Batch AU-0207 is traceable to one donor, one collection and one compounding. Donor consent is held in writing, renewable, and terminable by the donor at any time without notice.

Élise Marchetti

Head compounder · Geneva atelier

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Customer reviews

4.5 of 5 · 2 reviews
★★★★☆
Took about three weeks before I noticed anything, then the difference in texture was obvious. Too rich for summer.
Verified purchase — S. Delacroix-Voss
★★★★★
The only balm I have found that does not sit on top of the skin all night.
Verified purchase — Anonymous, Silver Lake