CharlAmbre

Bluish-shimmering licorice nestles up to friendly vetiver: a still life on freshly made paper, growing ever brighter.

Lush bouquet of fresh hyacinths and violets, gently complemented by tulip. With juicy stems and a touch of greenery. Not sweet, well balanced.

From the explosion of cheerful, juicy fresh carnation petals, an inedible spiciness dries down. Gets warm and powdery.

The market goods - darkened leather, aromatic spices, citrus fruits -, first smoked through with woody resins, open up into something brighter.

Unruly and dense, vetiver surges from nutrient-rich, oud-soaked earth and blends with the glossy needles in an ethereal, dark-green way.

An intriguing synthetic blend of partly cucumber-green, bright, slightly fresh, gently woody notes, with vetiver emerging.

Sweet rum rolls around in tobacco, cardamom seeps into wood, vanilla adds an underlying sweetness. A little flat on me, unfortunately, and there’s some synthetic stuff going on too.

On the salty seashore, there’s a wonderfully quirky little arrangement of juicy moss, tart sage, resinous patchouli, and shy little flowers.

It gets dark and mysterious in Indochina. Here you get fruity oud, juicy saffron-spiced notes, smooth cocoa, and later, resinous vanilla.

Not noir at all, more like dazzlingly bright, powdery blossoms with vanilla-like nectar on pale blonde tobacco, deepened by dark oud.