Queen Nzinga Redamance - Queen Nzinga Marissa Zappas 2019
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holy gold
The amber answer to the rose queen of Portrait of a Lady. This is an amber fit for an empress, accented with tamarind and geranium. There’s a burnt-vanilla sweetness, but grounded by the earthiness of the tamarind. The whole scent lies silken and heavy, like a queen’s dressing gown. Something about it feels like an expensive shampoo blended with massage oils – like you took Byredo’s Bal d’Afrique and distilled it into a venom. The most assertive Zappas scent, tied with Flaming Creature. Definitely not a princess fragrance. Queen at minimum, with the sillage and longevity to prove it.
Mental Snapshot: A royal salon, draped in priceless tapestries and simmering with censers of rare amber. Handmaidens wave peacock-feather fans and knights flank the walls in golden plate amour. You must kiss the ring before addressing Her Resplendence, but every digit is studded with rubies and topazes. “You can start with the left pinky,” A high priest whispers.
tl;dr: gilded goddess
Mental Snapshot: A royal salon, draped in priceless tapestries and simmering with censers of rare amber. Handmaidens wave peacock-feather fans and knights flank the walls in golden plate amour. You must kiss the ring before addressing Her Resplendence, but every digit is studded with rubies and topazes. “You can start with the left pinky,” A high priest whispers.
tl;dr: gilded goddess