Vanilla Skin, signed by Phlur in 2023, opens on a gourmand sugar accord, a fresh apple and a dry, dusty pepper. The heart blends warm jasmine, powdery lily and camphoraceous cashmere wood, before a base of vanilla, velvety sandalwood and honeyed benzoin.
Sugar, evoking praline and marshmallow, dominates the top alongside apple, fruity and fresh; pepper introduces a dusty dryness that cuts through this gourmand quality.
Jasmine, warm and wild, lily, a white and spicy flower, and cashmere wood, camphoraceous and voluptuous, share the heart: the sweetness of the lily meets the more animalic sweetness of the jasmine.
In the base, sweet vanilla, velvety sandalwood and honeyed benzoin occupy the same tier, each on its own register: sugar, velvet, honey.