A counterpoint to tradition. - Jean-Claude Ellena Conceived by Jean-Claude Ellena as an interpretation to act as a counterpoint to cologne style, Eau de gentiane blanche revisits the theme of freshness with spirit as well as delicacy. Complex and sophisticated gentian reveals its different facets sometimes bitter, sometimes smooth in an elegant vapour of white musks that achieve sweetness without facile sugariness, giving the gentian a completely original olfactory counterpoint. The Cologne.