Laurence & Ayoub

For this second lovers’ interview, the creator of the brand LRNCE, Laurence Leenart and her lover and associate, Ayoub Boualam, tell us about their meeting full of complicity during a sweet evening in Marrakech.

Tell us about your first date? (or your first meeting)

Laurence – It was in Marrakech, a lot of candles, surrounded by palmtrees on a terrace in the center of the city. I just moved to Marrakech, I remember it as a magical Arabian night. Ayoub picked me up a bit for midnight, we had drinks in a bar I had never been, we laughed all night.

Ayoub – We met for the first time in mid-August 2015 at a dinner in Marrakech through my best friend Ali. Few days later, we went to have a drink very late in the evening in an outdoor bar in Marrakech just the two of us and we really had a connection and it’s where it all started!

What does the smell of her/his skin evoke in you?

L.L – It feels like home. When I smell Ayoub it’s like coming home, he smells woody and sweet.
A.B – Her skin remind me the freshness of morning dew.

What fascinates you about her/him?

L.L – His confidence in life and the beauty of it. Also his patience, the opposite of me! things take time so just be patient, such as Ayoub.
A.B – Her bravery to quit everything in Belgium and move to Marrakech to reach her goals.

What is the nicest statement he/she ever made to you?

L.L – When he said ‘Tu es la prunelle de mes yeux’* he got me there. *’You are the apple of my eyes’
A.B – Once, she said ‘Tu es le soleil de mon cœur’.* *’You are the sun of my heart’

Celebrate love with D’ORSAY with our candle 09:15, En tête-à-tête X In Love, a fragrance evoking the morning in the Majorelle gardens, customized by the street artist In Love.