Bois Doré joined Van Cleef & Arpels’ Collection Extraordinaire in 2017, as a fragrance to share. Fabrice Pellegrin pairs cedar with tonka bean absolute, which he imagines as the fusion of a wood with the gleam of gold: pepper and mineral notes in the top, cedar and vanilla in the heart, tonka and white musk in the base.
Interparfums, which produces the fragrance for the house, places pepper and mineral notes in the top, cedar essence and vanilla in the heart, tonka bean absolute and white musk in the base, under a golden veil of musks and tonka.
The house describes tonka as a bean with tobacco accents, as dark-looking as burnt wood, which it pairs with woody scents. For Fabrice Pellegrin, a touch of musk and vanilla gives the whole its radiance and character.
What stays out
Other descriptions add almond, tobacco and teak wood. The house does not make them notes: for it, tobacco is a facet of the tonka, and neither almond nor teak appears in its tiers.
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