Dusita
Dusita
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A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Peppermint's sharp menthol snap arrives first, cutting across creamy, powdery orris with almost austere clarity. Honeysuckle enters immediately beneath, its green honeyed character preventing any mint-forward shrillness, instead establishing an herbal, slightly spiced freshness that feels botanical rather than candy-like.
Fig leaf's waxy, slightly soapy greenness brings the composition into intimate skin-scent territory as heliotrope, boronia, and thyme weave together—the frankincense emerges here as a pale, resinous whisper, adding a subtle spiced warmth without grandeur. The fragrance becomes considerably more woody and herbaceous, less bright than the opening.
Australian sandalwood and English oak create a pale, fine-grained wooden base that extends the fig leaf's skin-close intimacy into the closing hours. What remains is less a distinct fragrance and more a second skin—barely-there, vaguely sweet-herbal, the peppermint's initial vivacity mellowed into a whisper of green spice.
Le Pavillon d'Or announces itself with the sharp, almost mentholic clarity of peppermint cutting through a creamy orris root base—immediately you're in a space that's both herbaceous and powdery, the iris bringing that characteristic violet-tinged elegance. This isn't a garden fragrance pretending to be civilised; it's civilisation observing the garden with genuine curiosity. The honeysuckle arrives not as saccharine floral sweetness but as a green, slightly honeyed counterpoint to the peppermint's bite, creating an opening that feels almost architectural in its restraint.
What makes Pavillon d'Or genuinely compelling is how Ploi Umavijani allows the fig leaf to emerge—that almost soapy, waxy green note that brings a skin-close intimacy as the composition settles into its heart. The heliotrope doesn't sweeten here; instead, it sits alongside boronia absolute (a note of almond-like subtlety and delicate florality) and thyme, creating a harmony that's simultaneously spiced, green, and ever so slightly animalic. The Somalian frankincense adds a whisper of ecclesiastical warmth without dominating.
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