Series 3: Incense - Avignon
Avignon opens with a luminous, almost ecclesiastical haze—roman chamomile and aldehydes suggest parchment and cool stone, while elemi adds a faintly citrus-resinous brightness.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 accords.
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- Smoky90
- Soft Spicy50
- Balsamic50
- Patchouli
The note pyramid
- Aldehydes
- Elemi
- Roman Chamomile
- Ambrette Seeds
- Cistus
By the editors · 2 min readAvignon opens with a luminous, almost ecclesiastical haze—roman chamomile and aldehydes suggest parchment and cool stone, while elemi adds a faintly citrus-resinous brightness. The opening is spare and unhurried, like a church before the service begins.
Cistus and ambrette seeds form the heart, merging wildflower resin with a slightly musky grain quality. The base is the composition's reason for existing: frankincense arrives deep and penetrating, alongside myrrh and patchouli. Together they reproduce the specific quality of Catholic liturgical smoke—the Papal Palace's particular character, according to perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour.
The dry-down is long and rounded: vanilla smooths the darker resins; cedar and oakmoss provide dry structure. One of five fragrances in the Incense Series 3, each mapped to a sacred city.
Scent twins
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