Banana Republic
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
A burst of stone fruit—tart mirabelle plum dancing alongside the softer, almost wine-like sweetness of Anjou pear. The effect is bright and almost aldehydic, a crisp entrance that catches you off-guard with its fruitiness before something darker lurks beneath.
The tobacco leaf emerges with real presence, its leafy, slightly peppery character cutting through the lingering fruit. Coconut arrives alongside it, but it's subdued, almost candied—a supporting player rather than a lead. The spice intensifies here, a warming sensation that makes the fragrance feel less fruity cologne and more contemplative composition.
Tonka bean and vanilla meld into a creamy, almondy base that's both sweet and faintly woody. The tobacco becomes a whisper rather than a shout, adding depth and a subtle leather-like quality. What remains is soft but never soft-edged—a skin scent with backbone that lingers with a quiet, almost resinous warmth.
Tobacco & Tonka Bean arrives as a peculiar contradiction—a fragrance that wants simultaneously to seduce and to warn. Gino Percontino has constructed something defiantly unpolished, a scent that rejects the sanitised sweetness of most commercial fragrances in favour of something altogether murkier.
The genius lies in how the Anjou pear and mirabelle plum opening catches you before the darker impulses reveal themselves. These fruits aren't here to brighten; they're accomplices in a bait-and-switch. They lend a honeyed luminosity that makes the tobacco leaf in the heart feel like a genuine revelation rather than a gimmick. That tobacco doesn't smell like an ashtray—it's leafy and almost earthy, with a subtle spice that suggests clove or dried pepper, grounded by a coconut that's been slightly scorched at the edges rather than creamy-tropical.
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