Timbuktu appeared in 2004, the second stop in L’Artisan Parfumeur’s travel collection. Bertrand Duchaufour composed it on returning from a stay in Mali, after the wusulan, a scented ritual Malian women pass from mother to daughter. Green mango and pink pepper open onto a karo karounde flower rare in perfumery, which incense, papyrus and vetiver fill with smoke.
ALCOHOL DENAT., PARFUM (FRAGRANCE), AQUA (WATER), HYDROXYCITRONELLAL, BUTYL METHOXYDIBENZOYLMETHANE, LINALOOL, BENZYL BENZOATE, EUGENOL, ALPHA-ISOMETHYL IONONE, LIMONENE, COUMARIN, GERANIOL, ISOEUGENOL, BENZYL ALCOHOL