Don’t Be Basic is a unisex extrait de parfum by Yours Truly Perfumes, released in 2026 and sold on the house’s website in 15 and 30 ml. The house presents it as an original pairing coffee and vanilla: espresso and cardamom in the top notes, vanilla pod and caramel in the heart, tonka bean, sandalwood and musk in the base. The perfumer and the olfactory family remain unknown.
Top notes
In the top notes, the house lists espresso and cardamom. It describes the espresso as “rich” and depicts the two notes as swirling into the vanilla, which places the coffee, heightened by the cardamom, at the opening of the accord.
Heart notes
The heart brings together vanilla pod and caramel. In the house’s description, it is toward these notes that the espresso and cardamom converge, giving Don’t Be Basic its gourmand, sweet quality, which the house highlights.
Base notes
The base pairs tonka bean, sandalwood and musk. The house writes that the accord “settles into” the tonka and sandalwood, which it calls warm; musk appears among the base notes without featuring in its description.
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