Ambre et Vanille
A bright cologne-like top — bergamot, lemon, orange — softens fast as lavender and ylang-ylang slip in, the citrus turning from sparkle to glow within ten minutes.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 15 accords.
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- Almond50
- Cinnamon50
- Warm Spicy50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Lavender
- Ylang-Ylang
- Orange
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Tonka Bean
- Cinnamon
By the editors · 2 min readA bright cologne-like top — bergamot, lemon, orange — softens fast as lavender and ylang-ylang slip in, the citrus turning from sparkle to glow within ten minutes. There's an old-school transparency to the opening, herbal and lifted.
The heart leans into cinnamon's warm bark over heliotrope's almond-cherry powder, with iris adding a rooty cool that keeps the spice from charging too far forward. Cedar adds quiet structure. The base unfolds slowly: amber and vanilla braided together, tonka's hay-sweetness underneath, patchouli giving the whole thing a damp earthy floor and musk smoothing the seams.
Overall a soft amber-vanilla with a powdered, almond-tinged heart. Wears warm and close in cold weather; reads dated in the best way.
Scent twins
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