Veneno Scarlet is the red, gourmand version of the series: candied red fruits laid over a leather base.
— The opening is sweet right away: strawberry, blackberry and already some caramel. It is frank, unapologetic, and it shows its colours without detours.
— The heart spices and structures: raspberry, cedar and cinnamon. The cinnamon warms the fruits, the cedar begins to dry them out — this is the moment the fragrance stops being confectionery.
— The base is the real subject: leather, caramel, vanilla, patchouli, tonka bean and fir. Leather and fir under red fruits is an unusual combination — the fir brings a resinous, green freshness that cuts the sugar, and the leather gives it character.
An autumn and winter fragrance, for the evening, unisex. It is gourmand but not childish, thanks to that base. Two sprays are enough; it projects well.
The notes
Top — Strawberry, blackberry, caramel
Heart — Raspberry, cedar, cinnamon
Base — Leather, caramel, vanilla, patchouli, tonka bean, fir
Olfactive family
Red and ripe fruits
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Vulcan Feu is the warmest of French Avenue's Vulcan series: a woody that tropical fruits come and set alight.
— The opening is tropical and sharp: mango, ginger, lemon and red fruits. The mango gives the flesh and the sugar, the ginger brings the fire — it is the ginger that justifies the name, long before the base notes.
— The heart is soft and structuring: coumarin, jasmine and cedar. Coumarin is the smell of cut hay and almond; it rounds off the fruit and bridges across to the woods.
— The base is oriental and deep: musk, amber, oud and cypriol. Cypriol — or nagarmotha — is an Indian root, woody and lightly smoky, much used in the Middle East to reinforce oud without weighing it down.
An autumn and winter fragrance, for late day and evening, genuinely unisex. The contrast between a sunlit fruity opening and an oud base is exactly what makes it approachable: you come in through the fruit and you stay for the wood. Two sprays.
The notes
Top — Mango, ginger, lemon, red fruits
Heart — Coumarin, jasmine, cedar
Base — Musk, amber, oud, cypriol
Olfactive family
Oud and precious woods
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Veneno Bianco is the softest and most sunlit of the Veneno series: a luxury monoi.
— The opening pairs bergamot and neroli with a note of milk. Milk right in the top notes is rare, and it is what immediately gives that creamy, enveloping texture.
— The heart is a tropical bouquet: white flowers, tiare flower and ylang-ylang. Tiare flower is the flower of Tahitian monoi — fatty, sunlit, a little vanillic. It is the smell of a holiday, without the caricature.
— The base carries exactly that idea on: coconut, vanilla, guaiac wood and labdanum. The guaiac and the labdanum, two resinous materials, dry the coconut out and keep it from being a sun cream.
A spring and summer fragrance, for daytime, unisex with a softness that leans feminine. It is the kind of fragrance that gets you asked “what are you wearing?” on a terrace. Two to three sprays.
The notes
Top — Bergamot, neroli, milk
Heart — White flowers, tiare flower, ylang-ylang
Base — Coconut, vanilla, guaiac wood, labdanum
Olfactive family
Iris and white flowers
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