Composed by Emna Doghri
Vanilla growing in a humid jungle smells greener and wilder than the one already stored in dessert. NOÈME PARIS Vanille de Sambava leads through a mystical landscape where fruits, spices, chocolate, and rum slowly gather around iced vanilla.
Bergamot, apple, coconut, and orange open the composition juicy and creamy. Pink pepper adds a spark, while cinnamon and nutmeg quickly raise the temperature of the tropical fruit.
Emna Doghri envisions Sambava as a green, hidden land whose air is permeated with the sweetness of vanilla. The fragrance is not a document of one place, but an invitation to get lost in lush nature and feel its simultaneous strength and tenderness.
Chocolate, iris, and peony create a powdery-gourmand heart. Rum then introduces a dark alcoholic warmth, and iced vanilla provides an unusual contrast to the spices.
On the skin, tonka connects chocolate, rum, and vanilla into a dense finish. If you want light tropical vanilla or a completely cold gourmand, Sambava will be too spicy and full for you; the jungle here is not an airy backdrop.
In the end, iced vanilla remains on warm rum, with coconut, chocolate, and nutmeg — a cold pod in air that never stops being humid.
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