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7.8 / 10 182 Ratings
A popular perfume by The Saltworks Company for women and men, released in 2007. The scent is sweet-spicy. It is being marketed by Memo International.
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Main accords

Sweet
Spicy
Powdery
Woody
Earthy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
AmyrisAmyris AniseedAniseed
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Tonka bean absoluteTonka bean absolute PatchouliPatchouli Gurjum balsamGurjum balsam Thermoplastic EardrumThermoplastic Eardrum
Base Notes Base Notes
Australian sandalwoodAustralian sandalwood CedarwoodCedarwood LabdanumLabdanum Vanilla absoluteVanilla absolute

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.8182 Ratings
Longevity
7.7152 Ratings
Sillage
7.1151 Ratings
Bottle
9.0160 Ratings
Value for money
6.160 Ratings
Submitted by OPomone, last update on 10/21/2025.
Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the Forbidden Incense collection.

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Paula0908

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Paula0908
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Bittersweet Chocolate to go
One of the few fragrances that makes it difficult for me to write a concrete review is Sound of a Ricochet. For me, it is so much, and yet only one thing.
The initial spray begins with a generous amount of patchouli: dark, sensual, and mysterious. The warmth of the patchouli is accompanied by vanilla and tonka bean. They provide a small glimmer of light in the dark, like the candles that gently flicker on my coffee table from autumn onwards.
A slight sweetness emerges, which is by no means sugary. Rather, it resembles a beautiful bittersweet chocolate bar that slowly melts on the tongue. The sandalwood gently integrates into the composition while anise gives me the final kick. Like a little tickle in the stomach. Anise makes the difference for me.

I like the way the fragrance radiates. It is present, and it is noticed. But it doesn't overwhelm. It doesn't enter the room before you do. When it becomes skin-close at the end of the day, the vanilla with patchouli in the mix gently rounds the corner once again.
Anyone looking for a patchouli scent with even more punch should check out Patchouly, which for me is the stronger option.

An absolute plus for me is the bottle. Floraiku provides a 10ml travel spray with every 50ml bottle. The large decorative "cap" can then be transformed into a case for just that. And it really feels great in the hand.

For me, a successful all-rounder fragrance that can be worn by any gender. In summer, it works especially well in the evening, but I am now looking forward to the cold days with it.
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Taurus

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Taurus
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Shooting in the Pastry Shop
Actually, a witty comment about "Sound of a Ricochet" as a newspaper report on a shooting in a pastry shop had been planned for days at this point. Maybe something a bit like John Wick, just of course without any bloodshed. The only victims should have been bags filled with vanilla and tonka beans, stored in the pastry shop, bursting from stray bullets and olfactorily reflecting the very scent of "Sound of a Ricochet" that eyewitnesses would report. This is how this Eau de Parfum smells - like an oversized package of baking powder with vanillin, just in a good way. In the background, sandalwood smokes. Beautifully balsamic, powdery, sweet, soft with a slight kick of something strong and absolutely pleasant.

Given the current situation, where there has once again been a real shooting with actual victims (and such a thing has certainly happened not only in the so-called land of unlimited possibilities), I would put this comment back in the poison cabinet and only publish the fragment of a draft. The name of the perfume lent itself to playing with the theme, but unfortunately, reality has caught up with me again.

However, that shouldn't stop me from saying that "Sound of a Ricochet" is a fantastic vanilla-tonka bean scent that deserves more attention.
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Meggi

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Meggi
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Counter-Proposal
After spraying, a few seconds of silence. A breath before it begins: sugary tipsy, thickened-serious-caramel, soon also waxy amber. The waxy note will later become so dry and pale that it almost has a mushroom-like quality - like fresh mushrooms. But we are not there yet. Initially, a sting appears like liquid honey, which is additionally bent towards cough syrup/sore throat medicine. Along with it, a hint of baked aroma-stinging heliotrope-vanilla. And last but not least, dusty-earthy patchouli clears its throat.

The animalistic aspect, after about half an hour has passed, is more than just brushed upon. Fur-muff? No, not really. It takes some consideration before I realize that a gently leathery-rotten nuance reminds me from afar of Mazzolari's ‘Lui’ and Neil Morris' ‘Fetish’. It probably comes from the patchouli. Quiet and subterranean, but strikingly pronounced and certainly surprising considering the expectations.

This fellow secretly has a lot going on. An amber-patchouli scent that intensely explores the individuality of both components, of course without any loud bluster. The result is still quite cumbersome, and this is certainly not a gourmand. In particular, I smell (for now…) practically no sweetness, especially not foreground-creamy. Just oily-biting vanilla in the background.

As around noon a sour-earthy note emerges more strongly, showing a skeletal variety of aromas, while our vanilla-wax-amber presents itself increasingly stingy and over-the-top, it seems to me that the whole thing has gone overboard. And as if the fragrance has noticed this itself, it somewhat loses its own courage, and the "wild youth" is irrevocably ended.

From then on, there is a less attractive mixture of plastic-wax-amber and vanilla. In the diffuse creaminess, a trace of sweetened H-cream and sour milk can be sensed as evening approaches.

Conclusion: ‘Sound of a Ricochet’ opened as a counter-proposal to ‘One Umbrella for Two’. The umbrella had conjured a great gourmand from seemingly innocuous ingredients. Here, however, there was unexpectedly little edible scent from the overly gourmand paper form.

It's a pity that the boldest representative from the entire Floraïku line loses its refined courage so early and joins the common base note drivel of its siblings.

I thank Verbena for the sample.
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54 short views on the fragrance
3
A soft-powdery sweet Oriental Winter fragrance, balanced by a slightly spicy, yet creamy resinous-woody base. Not too cloying. 100% Unisex.
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Sound of a Ricochet opens sweet, with earthy patchouli, aniseed and powdery vanilla, evolving into a spicy drydown with sandalwood and tonka
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Sandalwood combines with creamy vanilla-sweet tonka. Mmm mmm. So lovely and rich, juuuuust this side of too sweet. Monster longevity!
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1
Tonka dominant. Very enjoyable fragrance, but it's been done before. I can't justify the price point.
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Patchouli-Tonka bomb with anise as a garnish. Becomes very masculine and spicy-woody towards the end.
Quite exciting! Unfortunately, I'm just not a fan of anise..
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A lively trio:
Tonka and vanilla invite anise.
Patchouli peeks through the window
and wishes to join in.
Sandalwood says: "You little pigs!"
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Strange, strange, strange: this is definitely patchouli-amber with quite a punch: does tonka have this nuance here? Woody base: extreme and good!
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Dry vanilla, warm tonka, beautiful sweetness. Starts slightly boozy, becomes earthy, later woody, with a hint of smokiness. Lovely and never loud.
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Very pleasant vanilla-tonka powder, slightly tipsy. A hint of wood and patchouli. Not too sweet and rather soft. Feels beautifully cozy.
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Beautiful patchouli scent that harmonizes wonderfully with vanilla. Anise complements it well, making the patch less earthy and more airy.
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