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NO. 04 The Virtuoso 30 ML Batch VI-008830 ML
NO. 04 · Donor 0088 · Principal cellist

The Virtuoso

A light concentrate for use under a heavier cream, collected between engagements.

$240 30 ML · 34 units this collection

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Assay, batch VI-0088

Barrier recovery, 72 h 79
Hydration at 8 h 72
Elasticity index 89
Luminance delta 77
BatchVI-0088
Active materialHuman seminal plasma, single donor
CollectionBetween engagements
Units produced34 units
pH6.3
Vessel30 ML · smoked glass, hand-filled
Aromatic profileRosin, spruce, warm felt
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 0088 is thirty-nine, principal cellist of a national orchestra, touring eight months of the year. The arrangement dates from 2022.

He has practised four hours a day since the age of six. We asked, at the second interview, whether he considered this a sacrifice. He asked us to repeat the question and then did not answer it.

Batches are numbered by tour leg. VI-0088 is Prague through Lyon.

Method

Emulsified slowly at low heat over ninety minutes, the longest emulsification in the collection. Filtered twice. 34 units per leg.

Application

Morning or evening, before cream. Four drops to the face, two to the throat, pressed in with the flat of the hand.

Layers well under No. 01. Do not layer under No. 03.

Certificate of provenance

Batch VI-0088 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

5.0 of 5 · 2 reviews
★★★★★
I use it under a heavier cream in winter and my skin has stopped tightening by mid-afternoon.
Verified purchase — L. Achterberg
★★★★★
Small bottle, lasts three months at four drops. Works out cheaper than it looks.
Verified purchase — Anonymous, Vienna