Bottle Design:
Francesco Passaniti, Waltersperger

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Tonka Fever Parfumerie Particulière

7.8 / 10 43 Ratings

A popular perfume by Parfumerie Particulière for women and men. The release year is unknown. The scent is spicy-woody. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy

Woody

Gourmand

Sweet

Smoky

Fragrance Notes

Tonka bean

Black pepper Vanilla

Vanilla

Patchouli

Pink pepper

Ceylonese cinnamon

Cocoa absolute

Martinique rum

Perfumers

Amélie Bourgeois, Anne-Sophie Behaghel

Ratings

Scent

7.843 Ratings

Longevity

8.232 Ratings

Sillage

7.634 Ratings

Bottle

8.342 Ratings

Value for money

6.312 Ratings

Submitted by Calista, last update on 09/10/2025.

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Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/13/2019

10Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Shojoid
17 Reviews

Shojoid

1

Beautiful gourmand

A perfect gourmand - sweet, but not too sweet. Vanilla is balanced by patchouli. Rum ads tartness so the composition is not sticky. Patchouli has this chocolate soft quality to it. The only thing I cannot separate out in front of my mental eye is tonka bean. But who cares? It is a beautiful balanced gourmand perfume. Kind of like a perfume other gourmands should be measured by.

For this experimental house this perfume is almost too "normal", because I see how a lot of people might like it. It's not one of the unexpected experiments I otherwise know the house for. But there is nothing wrong with making a perfect commercially viable fragrance to support the experiments that might not attract as many customers.

I would try to get a bottle of it.

12/14/2018

6.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Novalis
43 Reviews

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Novalis

3

... Tonka Fever...

about the house:

Created by longtime friends Guillame and Charles.
So far, a purely unisex fragrance collection.
Inspired by modern art.

It is there immediately, instantly present, instantly "ready for action."

Fragrance:
Tonka Fever starts off with a peppery note, almost biting in the first seconds. After a few minutes, tonka bean/vanilla joins in. Both remain on par for a long time.
After about 30 minutes, the tonka bean slightly pulls ahead of the vanilla, which still tries to keep up. It manages to do so from time to time. They alternate a bit.
A spirituous accord joins in third place, slightly behind the vanilla and tonka bean.
But rum? Not really.

My colleague associates it with a visit to a gin distillery:-), which slightly reminds of juniper, although the latter does not appear in the fragrance pyramid.
Also easily confused with the pepper notes.

Hendricks gin with pepper and a bit of cucumber:-)? Here, of course, we leave out the cucumber:-).
Smoky and also very minimal leathery notes take over after about 1 hour.

In these small nuances, patchouli is also present.

Longevity:
Quite decent. Depending on skin type, 7-11 hours.

Sillage:
Well and long perceivable from 1 meter away.

Bottle:
I like the interplay of cement gray and black here.

A beautiful fragrance, there's no other way to say it. Whether it is worth 190€ is something I will leave open. That should be decided by each person for themselves.

Clear unisex fragrance, I wouldn't say if it leans more towards ladies or gentlemen.

Statements

10 short views on the fragrance

SirLancelot

3 years ago

7Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

14

19

Tonka is flanked by a lot of pepper here and sweetened with cheap cooking rum & vanilla. Interesting, but it doesn't blow me away.

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Atanarjuat

5 years ago

7.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

7

4

Light tonka. Pepper keeps an eye on it and does a good job. Duty of care fulfilled.

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Gold

8 years ago

6.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

7

1

Tonka gets a boost, but it’s not more exciting. Otherwise, nothing happens: rien. Tonka, pepper, maybe rum. Too little for almost €200.

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Baerlie

5 years ago

3

4

A different kind of tonka scent.
With a slightly peppery start,
it features a delicate smoky tonka note.
The vanilla adds subtle accents.

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Profumo

5 years ago

6.5Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

4

2

Tonka overkill. Everything else is just decorative embellishment that saves nothing. 'Tonka Monotony' would be more fitting. Fever? 36.6°, but just barely...

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Soap

6 years ago

8.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

4

It has something of the oily machinery of a typewriter, sweetly capped. Right at the bottom of the chamber is vanilla. Quite good.

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Lilienfeld

7 years ago

8Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

3

2

Class:-) creamy tonka (a bit of woodruff), lots of ambrette seeds;) a nice peppery note and rum balls.. what more could you want. Great!

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MarWic

8 years ago

7.5Scent

2

Strongly peppered tonka bean - delicately creamed patch vanilla base --- only for pepper fans!

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Robbenbingo

3 years ago

1

Completely overlooked high-class gourmand. Creamy tonka bean cream with unsweetened roasted aromas. Profound rum sharpness, deliciously spicy pepper twist.

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