Royal Blend Nero is the darkest and most carefully built gourmand in the catalogue: brown sugar and black coffee, together.
— The opening is frank and warm: sugar cane and dark chocolate. The chocolate is dark, not milk — bitter, dry, with that acid edge that keeps the whole thing from cloying from the first second.
— The heart is a pastry counter: coffee, caramel and almonds. The coffee picks up the bitterness of the chocolate, the caramel counterbalances it, the almond rounds it off. It is a difficult balance to hold and it is very well measured here.
— The base is short and creamy: sandalwood and heliotrope. Heliotrope smells of almond and vanilla — it carries the gourmand side on without adding sugar.
An evening fragrance, for autumn and winter, frankly unisex. Two sprays; it projects well.
The notes
Top — Rum, sugar cane, dark chocolate
Heart — Coffee, caramel, almonds
Base — Sandalwood, heliotrope
Olfactive family
Gourmand, praline and sweet
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Vulcan Sable completes the Vulcan series — after the fire and the berries, the desert.
— The opening is bright and dry: mandarin, orange, coriander and whisky. The coriander brings a green, slightly peppery spice that keeps the citrus from being nothing but a sweet zest.
— The heart is the spine of the fragrance: benzoin resin — styrax —, tonka bean, cashmeran and anise. Benzoin is a warm balsamic resin, slightly leathery and vanillic, used since antiquity. Cashmeran is a musky, woody material that gives that soft-skin effect.
— The base takes up the same resin and drives it deeper: benzoin, vanilla and patchouli. Benzoin is announced twice, in the heart and in the base — it is the fragrance, and the rest turns around it.
An autumn and winter fragrance, for late day and evening, unisex. The most resinous and the most enveloping of the three Vulcans, where the Feu is fruity and the Baie juicy. Two sprays.
The notes
Top — Mandarin, orange, coriander, whisky
Heart — Tonka bean, cashmeran, benzoin resin (styrax), anise
Base — Vanilla, patchouli, benzoin
Olfactive family
Incense and resins
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Vulcan Baie is the fruitiest of the series, and the most inventive: it puts aromatic herbs in the middle of a basket of red fruits.
— The opening is dark and juicy: blackcurrant and blackberry, with bergamot and already some rosemary. Rosemary in the top notes is a bold choice — it brings a dry greenness that keeps the berries from turning to syrup.
— The heart carries on in that direction: raspberry and basil, softened by lily of the valley, over an icy note. That coolness is not a gimmick: it gives the sharp, almost frosted sensation you find in red-fruit sorbets.
— The base is the fullest in the catalogue: strawberry, peach, sandalwood, incense, amber, patchouli and musk. The incense in the middle of all that fruit is the house's signature — it gives depth where a classic fruity would stop.
A mid-season fragrance, for day as well as evening, unisex. Two to three sprays.
The notes
Top — Blackcurrant, blackberry, bergamot, rosemary
Heart — Raspberry, vodka, lily of the valley, basil
Base — Strawberry, peach, sandalwood, incense, amber, patchouli, musk
Olfactive family
Red and ripe fruits
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