Absolue d'Osmanthe Perris Monte Carlo 2016 Eau de Parfum

By the editors · 2 min readPlum opens dark and jammy, its fleshy sweetness sharpened by a crackle of pink pepper that keeps the fruit from turning syrupy. The heart is silent, letting the top note collapse directly onto a warm base where creamy sandalwood and vanilla fuse with labdanum’s resinous amber glow, creating a soft leathery-amber accord that smells like prune-tinted suede. Over hours the plum oxidizes into a boozy, tobacco-socondensed tobacco-cherry shadow that clings close to skin while the sandalwood-vanilla core grows steadily more buttery. Projection stays within arm’s length; the fragrance wears like a cashmere scarf in cool weather, comfortable for office or intimate evening use and quietly persistent for six to eight hours.