Among her many talents, Agatha Christie was a gifted gardener. She wrote an ode to the craft, My Flower Garden, and used a rose as a significant plot device in one of her novels, Sad Cypress, where a witness claims to have been scratched by a thorn from a scented rose tree… which doesn’t bear thorns, the Zephyrine Drouhin. To this rose, we prefer the Damask Rose, a scent crafted like a bouquet, and available as a Huile de savon, a Huile Antique, a Lait Virginal or an Eau Triple. Perfume itself is one of the traces left by the murderers in Evil Under the Sun (1941), a scent that Hercule Poirot, with his extraordinary sense of smell, recognises instantly as the fictitious perfume "Gabrielle 16".

All of Christie’s investigations culminate in a dramatic grand finale, where all the suspects are invited to gather and listen to Poirot’s announcement of the culprit’s identity, which led to many a tear. To recover from the sleepless nights spent reading Dame Agatha’s virtuoso crime novels, the best remedy is L’Officine’s Vide Poche, a toning eye serum boosted with plant-based and essential oils, the perfect aide when you’re ready to dive into the "Duchess of Crime"'s imposing work.

"She wept with more vehemence than ever. Poirot continued to pat her gently on the shoulder. 'There—there—I comprehend—I comprehend everything—everything, I tell you. I will ask you no more questions. It is enough that you have admitted what I know to be the truth.'"Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express, 1934