Spiritueuse Double Vanille is a near-mythical fragrance that has earned its place as one of the most refined and celebrated vanillas in the entire history of perfumery. This is vanilla in its most sophisticated, boozy, and grown-up form — a fragrance that feels less like a perfume and more like a hand-aged spirit pulled from a wine barrel in a candlelit cellar. The composition opens with a sparkling, evocative duet of pink pepper and Calabrian bergamot, lifted by the spiritual smokiness of frankincense — bright, peppery, and instantly transporting, like the first scent of incense rising in a dimly lit hold of an exotic sailing ship. At its heart, regal Bulgarian rose blooms beside exotic ylang-ylang, jasmine, and warm cedarwood, weaving a refined floral-woody centre that softens the boldness of the base without diminishing it. The dry-down is the legendary soul of Spiritueuse Double Vanille: a sheer excess of Madagascar Bourbon vanilla reveals its smokiness, woodiness, and generosity, swirling with syrupy rum absolute and resinous benzoin to create a long-lasting, addictive trail that evokes a Paul Gauguin canvas from his Tahitian period — exotic, sun-drenched, and unmistakably opulent.
Fragrance Notes
Top: Pink Pepper, Bergamot, Frankincense (Incense)
Heart: Bulgarian Rose, Jasmine, Ylang-Ylang, Cedar
Base: Madagascar Vanilla, Benzoin, Rum
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