Afternoon Delight - Eau de Toilette, signed by Maison Margiela in 2024, opens on bitter almond and angelica, between sugar and greenness. Carrot and ambrette, both amber, precede a base where sandalwood and vanilla meet in warmth.
Bitter almond, sweet and reminiscent of cherry, occupies the top alongside angelica, green and herbaceous: two registers that oppose each other, one gourmand, the other vegetal.
Carrot, powdery and amber, sits alongside ambrette, amber and musky, in the heart; amber is what brings them together, while the powdery and musky facets remain specific to each.
Sandalwood, warm and woody, vanilla, spicy and warm, and musk, warm and woody, unfold in the base: warmth circulates between the three, with wood linking sandalwood to musk more particularly.