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Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.
The compositions
Bonbon Spring Summer 2018
Bonbon Pastel
Emporio Armani Stronger With You Leather
Emporio Armani Stronger With You
Stronger with You opens with an immediate contrast—purple lavender brightening against something darker underneath, almost like catching the scent of someone's collar after an evening out.
Les Belles de Ricci Belle de Minuit
Bonbon Spring Summer 2018 Viktor&Rolf
Les Belles de Ricci Delice d'Epices
The opening is a crisp, sunlit clash of orchard fruit—sharp apple and citrus that reads more tart than sweet.
Pivoine Suzhou
Pivoine Suzhou opens with a fleeting brightness—raspberry and pink pepper that dissolve almost immediately into soft, pillowy peony.
Black Musk
The opening skews fruity rather than dark—juicy pear softened by pink pepper's fizz, bergamot lending a citrus brightness that feels almost optimistic.
Bonbon Couture Viktor&Rolf
A softer, more restrained counterpart to Viktor & Rolf's original Bonbon, this opens with a honeyed neroli and peach accord that feels candied but not cloying.
Bonbon Couture
Bonbon Couture opens with a fleeting brightness—neroli and peach that dissolve almost instantly into a thick, caramelized orange blossom.
Tubereuse Imperiale
Tubéreuse Impériale announces itself with a cool, almost mineral tuberose—more stem than bloom.
Black Musk Night Bloom
Bonbon Viktor&Rolf
Bonbon opens with a syrupy peach that borders on confectionery, softened by a trace of orange zest.
Bonbon
The opening is a sticky burst of caramelized peach and orange that announces itself immediately—no subtlety, just confectionary sweetness that borders on gourmand excess.
Remarkable People Etat Libre d'Orange
Grapefruit opens with tart brightness, its citrus edge immediately warmed by green cardamom that smells more resinous than sweet.
Remarkable People
Remarkable People opens with a brisk slap of grapefruit and cardamom—bright citrus cut with green spice, like crushed seeds in morning light.
Bonbon Pastel Viktor&Rolf
Champaca Edizione Millesimata
Baby Doll
Baby-doll opens with a bright clash of fruit—pineapple and blackcurrant meeting in a nearly synthetic sweetness that feels deliberate, not accidental.
Elegance Animale
Exit The King Etat Libre d'Orange
Exit The King opens with a soft flare of pink pepper that dissolves almost immediately into clean musk, like sunlight through gauze.
Exit the King
Exit the King opens with a soft musk glow barely dusted by pink pepper—a whisper rather than a shout.